Go to Heaven for a Wedding
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In the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army, Zuo Zongtang's Zhejiang Army, and Li Hongzhang's Huai Army fought jointly. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's major cities in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huzhou, etc., Were easily captured. Cheng Xueqi, the admiral of the Huai army, led 13,000 Huai troops to capture Suzhou, which was heavily guarded by 100,000 Taiping troops. He captured and killed eight Taiping Suzhou generals without a single blow. After Suzhou was pacified, the Huai army took advantage of the victory and divided its forces to attack Changzhou and Jiaxing. Cheng Xueqi was ordered to capture Jiaxing. The city walls of Jiaxing were low and undefeable. Cheng Xueqi originally thought that Jiaxing would be within easy reach of leading the victorious army. Unexpectedly, the siege of the city lasted for nearly two months, with the loss of troops and generals, and they could not even get closer to the city. Later, with the support of British and French artillery, the city wall was finally destroyed. Just as the city was being broken, the Huai Army general, who was the most valiant among the three armies, was injured at the hands of a weak woman and died.
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