Tianjing Incident refers to a public split between the leading group of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. This incident divided the history of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom into two parts. It was the turning point of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s transition from prosperity to decline. The following interesting history editor brings you relevant content to share with you.
In the middle of the nineteenth century, when everything in the West gradually came to this ancient land, this land also set off a magnificent peasant movement, and the most famous among them was . Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement. During the 14 years of this movement, it swept across the country at that time like a violent wind. Although, this massive peasant uprising ultimately ended in failure. However, there are still many tragic heroes like Shidakai and Chen Yucheng . At the same time, when we reminisce about this history full of gold and iron horses, we can also find that there are actually many historical fragments, which are very intriguing.
The most important turning point of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement in history was the "Tianjing Incident" in 1856. Because this infighting caused a huge blow to the Taiping Army. While losing 20,000 soldiers, it also made the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom panic. Especially after the guise of "Heavenly Father" and "Heavenly Brother" was completely dismantled, it even caused the disintegration of people's minds within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. As a result, after this infighting, although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom went through a bitter battle, there was once a sign of resurgence. However, this movement did not escape the fate of destruction in the end. At the same time, when we look back on this period of history, we will also have such a question, that is, after the "Tianjing Incident," why did the Qing army not take advantage of the Taiping Army's internal strife and conquer Tianjing in one fell swoop?
first,What we need to understand is that although the Taiping Army had infighted, but at that time, south of the Yangtze River, such important military towns as Anqing and Jiujiang were still firmly in the hands of the Taiping Army. This was mainly due to the previous series of victories achieved by the Western Expeditionary Army under Shi Dakai's restraint. Moreover, on the eve of the internal conflict, the Taiping Army's operations against the Hunan Army also occupied an absolute advantage. Although, the occurrence of internal strife gave the Qing army a chance to counterattack. However, the Qing army faced many important military towns on its way to Tianjing. Therefore, from a purely military point of view, it is very difficult to accomplish this by taking advantage of the opportunity of infighting.
At the same time, judging from the combat effectiveness of the Qing army, it would be obviously impractical to take down the important town of Tianjing at that time. Because, at that time, the forces that the Qing Dynasty relied on were mainly divided into Zeng Guofan Hunan army and the original Eight Banners. From the previous situation in which Jiangnan Daying and Jiangbei Daying were conquered, it is obviously unrealistic to expect the Eight Bannermen to launch a fierce offensive against Tianjing.
At the same time, the Hunan Army also fell into a decline during the previous fierce battle with the Taiping Army. As a result, on the eve of the "Tianjing Incident", Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army was surrounded by the Taiping Army in the isolated city of Nanchang. Under such circumstances, the Qing army did not have the power to take advantage of internal strife to seize Tianjing.
Secondly, the Qing dynasty at that time did not want to take advantage of internal strife to invade Tianjing. In this case, it was the sudden external pressure. At that time, the second Opium War of had already begun. In 1856, the British and French forces shelled the city of Guangzhou first, and then the ships of the coalition forces moved up the coast.There have been two battles between and Dagukou . It is against this background that external threats once surpassed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At this time, the Qing dynasty was completely unable to concentrate its efforts against the Taiping Army. Moreover, in 1856, peasant uprisings broke out in Guangxi, Henan and other places. Under certain circumstances, this completely restrained the strength of the Qing army.
This is the history. After the internal conflict, although the Taiping Army fell into a decline on all battle lines. However, the Qing army was still unable to overcome Tianjing. It was also under such circumstances that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom persisted for eight years after the infighting. Because, at that time, the Qing army had a huge advantage over the Taiping army in terms of combat effectiveness and strategic advantage. As a result, Tianjing did not fall during the conflict in 1856, but was conquered in 1864.
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