Chen Yucheng

Chen Yucheng

Chen Yucheng (1837-june 4, 1862), formerly known as Chen Picheng, was given the name Yucheng by Hong Xiuquan. The Hakkas in Tengxian County, Guangxi Province, were the main military generals in the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. They were brave and good at fighting, and were granted the king of England. He has mole under two eyes and looks like four eyes from afar. In 1862, Miao Peilin, the traitor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was tricked and killed. He was 26 years old.

Life of the characters

Chen Yucheng was born in 1837, formerly known as PI Cheng. Guangxi Tengxian Hakka people (Guiping), ancestral Wengyuan County, Guangdong. He came from a poor peasant family. When he was young, his parents died and he lived on his uncle.

In 1851, 15-year-old Chen Yucheng joined the Jintian uprising with his Uncle Chen Decai. He was very good in the boy scouts and practiced a good shot. Soon he became the leader of the boy scouts.

On March 19, 1853, after the Taiping Army established its capital in Tianjing, he was promoted to "the orthodox holy grain of the fourth left army" and was in charge of military grain.

In 1856, the army of Xichang did not advance because of the long resistance. Chen Yucheng "gave up his life to fight hard, attacked the city and set up an array, and ascended first with agility". He personally led 500 "heavenly soldiers to let down the city and ascend, so that the officers and soldiers scattered and fell into Hubei Province". 18-year-old Chen Yucheng showed bravery in the surprise attack on Wuchang, established his first merit, and was promoted to the 30th checkpoint on the right side of the Palace (38 commanders, below the prime minister), commanding the rear 13th army and the front 4th Army of Shuiying. In every battle, he carefully selected the troops with stronger combat effectiveness, so that when they confronted with the enemy, they deliberately retreated and ambushed in the terrain that was conducive to the hiding of the army. When the enemy pursues the Jedi, they suddenly find that the Taiping army has disappeared. When the enemy is at a loss, they suddenly order the Taiping army to fight back, which often causes the enemy to be caught off guard and lose the battle. "Because he is good at using the tactics, he returns at 30 o'clock" is well known to women and children. On the battlefield of the western expedition, Chen Yucheng was victorious in all directions. In October, Wuchang was defeated and retreated to Jizhou.

From January to February in 1855, Taiping army defeated Xiang Navy in Jiujiang and captured Zeng Guofan. Chen Yucheng was ordered to follow Qin Rigang and Wei Junbu to Hubei and capture Wuhan. On April 3, Qin Rigang and Wei Jun conquered Wuchang.

In 1856, he was promoted to Dongguan and prime minister. In the same year, Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, went to rescue Zhenjiang, but the Qing soldiers refused him. In order to rescue Zhenjiang, Chen Yucheng braved the enemy's bullets and rushed to Zhenjiang in a small boat to get in touch with general Wu Ruxiao. Chen Yucheng and Wu Ruxiao, together with Qin Rigang, attacked the Qing army inside and outside, and the Qing general jilhang'a was defeated, so they broke the siege of Zhenjiang. Then the Taiping army gathered around Tianjing and took advantage of the victory to pull up the "Jiangnan camp" of the Qing army. With the cooperation of Shi Dakai, Qin Rigang and other armies, Chen Yucheng led his troops to take part in the fierce battle which lasted for four days and nights. The commander-in-chief of the Qing army fled to Danyang and hanged himself. After that, he cooperated with Li Xiucheng to save Guazhou and conquer Yangzhou. The destruction of Jiangnan camp relieved the threat to Tianjing for three years, and made the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in its military heyday. In June, he returned to Tianjing to cooperate with Shi Dakai's headquarters to solve the siege of Tianjing. After the siege, he and Li Xiucheng were ordered to attack Jurong. In September, the Tianjing incident broke out, and more than 20000 people of Yang Xiuqing and his subordinates were killed. In December, Shi Dakai returned to Beijing to preside over the military and political affairs. Because of the internal strife, the Taiping Army's strategy for a period of time was mainly to maintain stability. Only Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng were ordered to launch a local counter offensive from Anhui.

After the Tianjing incident in 1856, in order to reverse the crisis, the officers and soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom carried out an arduous struggle. Hong Xiuquan served as a military adviser and Premier of the State Administration, and actively set out to form a new core of leadership.

From January to may in 1857, after discussing with Li Xiucheng in Zongyang about cooperation in the war, they successively conquered Wuwei, Lujiang, Shucheng and other places. In May, the front advanced from Anhui to Hubei, and even conquered Huangmei, Guangji, Huangzhou, Qishui and Luotian. In October, he was granted the title of youzhengzhang, and he worked all day.

In 1858, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom restored the system of five army generals, and Chen Yucheng was the former army generals. In August 1858, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng gathered the local garrison generals of the Taiping Army in Zongyang, Anhui Province to formulate a plan to smash the Jiangbei camp and Jiangnan camp and stop the Qing army from attacking Tianjing. After the meeting, Chen Yucheng's Department crossed Shucheng from the buried hill to occupy Luzhou, and in September, it went to Wuyi, Chuzhou. Join Li Xiucheng here. The Taiping Army worked hard to attack the commander of Qingjiang North Camp dexing'a and Mongolia. In order to eliminate the cavalry of Shengbao, the main force of the Qing army, Chen Yucheng deployed an ambush knife player. On the 25th, the cavalry of Shengbao came and stormed. The swordsman jumped up and rushed into the enemy's array. He was protected by shield and cut off the horse's feet with the sword. All the enemies were turned upside down. Shengbao fled. Then he attacked Pukou at one stroke and wiped out more than 10000 enemies, which made dexing'a pay a huge price. Taking advantage of the victory, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng divided their forces to sweep across the battlefield in Northern Jiangsu. The enemy troops scattered in all directions. The victory of the Pukou battle destroyed the Jiangbei camp, relieved the threat of the enemy cutting off the supply of Tianjing, eased the Tianjing crisis, reversed the passive situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after the Tianjing incident and Shi Dakai's departure, and revived its military power.

In 1858, Li Xubin, the elite of Hunan army, besieged Sanhe with 6000 elite soldiers. Wu Dinggui, the general of Sanhe of Taiping army, asked Chen Yucheng for help in the Liuhe campaign. Chen Yucheng then crossed the river and rushed back to the Heavenly Kingdom. He invited Li Xiucheng, the chief General of the rear army, to go with him to Sanhe. Then he rushed to Luzhou (now Hefei) overnight. In the battle of Sanhe, he cut off the enemy's retreat by circuitous encirclement tactics and completely annihilated Li Xubin, the elite of Hunan army. In the ninth year, Jin became king of England. Ten years later, together with other armies, he broke the Jiangnan camp again and went to Suzhou and Changzhou.

When Xiangjun four Road East, Anqing was surrounded, he paid attention to the upstream, advocated to save anqing first. In the autumn, the Taiping Army scored two ways to take Hubei and force the enemy to come back. He led his army to the North Road and arrived in Huangzhou (now Huanggang), Hubei Province, in February of the next year. Due to the obstruction of the British aggressors and the delay of Li Xiucheng on the South Road, he failed to win Wuchang, so he went back to Anqing to aid Anqing and lost many hard battles. In August, when anqing fell, Chen Yucheng retired to Luzhou and was severely reprimanded and dismissed.

In the spring of the first year of tongzhi (the 12th year of renxu of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 1862), Chen Decai, the Minister of military affairs, and other divisions were sent to Shaanxi and other places to recruit troops. The garrison of Luzhou was besieged. In April, he led his troops to break through the encirclement and went to Shouzhou (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province) to trap the traitor Miao Peilin and deliver him to Qingying. In front of the enemy, he is resolute and unyielding. On the eighth day of May, he died in Yanjin County, Henan Province. He was only 26 years old.

The battle of Sanhe Town

When the victories of the Taiping army were reported frequently in Jiangbei battlefield, Zeng Guofan, the leader of the Xiang army, took the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack in Anhui. After the Qing generals Dexing A and Bao Chao invaded Anqing, the Qing valiant generals Li Xubin captured many towns in succession, and then raised troops to besiege Sanhe, an important town in Anhui Province. The situation was very tense. Sanhe is the throat of Luzhou and an important supply base of grain and materials in Tianjing. The Taiping army has been here for many years. In front of the crazy attack of the Xiang army, the general Wu Dinggui defended the city and asked for help. After hearing the news, Chen Yucheng, on the one hand, played the tune of heavenly king, and Li Xiucheng went to the rescue together, on the other hand, led the training star night to rescue Sanhe. Chen Yucheng led his troops to Baishi mountain and Jinniu Town in the west of Lujiang County to cut off the enemy's retreat. He ordered Luzhou garrison general Wu Ruxiao to join Nien Zhang lexing's troops and go south to block the enemy's Shucheng reinforcements. Li Xiucheng also came to Baishishan to garrison troops as backup. The Taiping army gathered superior forces and made the enemy besieged on all sides.

In the summer and autumn of 1858, Hong Xiuquan rebuilt the system of five army generals, and Chen Yucheng was appointed as the former army generals. A military conference was held in Zongyang, Anhui Province, and a contract was made to solve the siege of Tianjing. In September, he united with Li Xiucheng to conquer the Jiangbei camp of the Qing army. In November, with the cooperation of Li Xiucheng, he defeated Li Xubin's Department of Hunan army in Sanhe Town and annihilated 6000 of his elite. Li Xubin was forced to commit suicide. This battle became the turning point of the military from decline to prosperity in the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

On November 15, 1858, Li Xubin's troops prepared to attack Chen Yucheng's camp and rush through Jinniu to suppress it. With the cooperation of Li Xiucheng, Chen Yucheng besieged Li Xubin in the camp. Sanhe garrison general Wu Dinggui also rushed out of the city. Three groups of soldiers broke through the enemy barracks in one go, totally annihilating more than 6000 people of the Qing army. Li Xubin, a fierce one, was desperate and hanged himself. Zeng Guohua, the younger brother of Zeng Guofan, lamented that "I abandoned courage in my city. Since the defeat of Sanhe, my strength has been greatly damaged. Although many comforts, but compared with the past sharp, research for the color. Hu Linyi, the general of the Qing Dynasty, also confessed that "after the collapse of the three rivers, his vigor was exhausted, and the elite of the four-year struggle was once over, and the talents who dared to fight, and those who were wise enough, were also withered.".

The victory of Pukou and Sanhe is of great significance in the revolutionary history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It encouraged the morale and stabilized the situation. From then on, the Taiping army took the initiative, and a new situation of high revolution appeared. Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng's outstanding military talents and contributions made them famous generals in the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In the summer of 1859, at the age of 23, Chen Yucheng was crowned king of England.

In March 1859, he defeated Li Mengqun, governor of Anhui Province in Guanting, Anhui Province, and captured Li Mengqun alive. From March to June, he defeated the imperial ministers of Qing Dynasty three times in Anhui Province to win the Baojun army. In June, he was appointed king of Jin Dynasty. In October, he defeated Feng Zicai, the chief of the Qing army, in lingzikou, and the siege of Liuhe was resolved. In November, he and Li Xiucheng jointly attacked Pukou, destroyed more than 50 Qing battalions and killed Zhou Tianpei, governor of the Qing Dynasty. Because anqing was in a hurry, he led the army to the West.

In May 1860, he joined forces with Li Xiucheng and Yang Fuqing to break the Jiangnan camp. In the same month, a military conference was held in Tianjing, and the Taiping army began its eastward expedition with Li Xiucheng and Li Shixian as the main force. In September, he went to Suzhou to discuss with Li Xiucheng about the grand plan, the so-called second time

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