Nian Army Uprising

The Nian Army Uprising: The Elegy of the Children of Wuhuai River Against the Qing Dynasty In the last years of Daoguang's reign, the Wuhuai River Basin was plagued by famines, government exploitation, and landowners' rampage, forcing the hungry people to despair. The chivalrous man Zhang Lexing raised his arms and gathered the Nian Party and township braves. They raised the banner of "Practice for Heaven" at Zhiheji, which kicked off the Nian Army uprising. This armed force originating from the private sector gathered its strength under the "Five Flags System" and moved to Anhui, Henan, Sulu, and fought bloody battles with Qing court officers and soldiers, Mongolian cavalry and even foreign rifle teams. It even formed an alliance with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which once shocked the capital. From Luohe Spark to the Central Plains Competition, from the victory of Gaolouzhai and the killing of Seng Gelinqin to the persistence of the base in northern Anhui, the officers and soldiers of the Nian Army, led by leaders such as Zhang Lexing, Du Jinchan, Zhang Zongyu, etc., Fought against the decadent dynasty with their flesh and blood. However, Tianjing fell, allies were destroyed, and the Qing army's "River Defense Encirclement and Suppression" pressed forward step by step. The Nian Army went through many hardships such as splits, betrayals by traitors, and the loss of base areas, and finally faced a desperate decisive battle on the banks of the Tuhai River. This peasant uprising, which lasted for fifteen years, is a magnificent anti-Qing epic in the history of the late Qing Dynasty. It witnessed the resistance and perseverance of the people at the bottom, wrote about the loyalty and tragedy of heroic sons and daughters, and also reflected the last struggle before the fall of the feudal dynasty. Its passion and tragedy are still echoing in the land of Wuhuai.