The Nian Army Uprising was a large-scale peasant anti-Qing movement that broke out in the Huanghuai River Basin in northern China in the mid-19th century. It was the same period as the Taiping Rebellion. The uprising was centered in northern Anhui and developed from the scattered "Nian Party". In 1855, Zhang Lexing was elected as the leader, and a five-banner military system was established for joint operations. In the later period, it was divided into east and west routes and adopted mobile tactics. It once killed Qing general Seng Gelinqin. In 1868, the Eastern and Western Nien armies were wiped out by the Qing army one after another, and the uprising ultimately failed.
