The Twin Stars of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

In 1856, the blood and fire of the Tianjing Incident burned away half of the elite of the Heavenly Kingdom, and also burned out two names who rose from the grassroots - Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng, the last twin stars of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Chen Yucheng was a tactical wizard who became a god in his early twenties with the "Victory of Three Rivers". He sailed into Zhenjiang in a small boat and led the dead soldiers to defend Anqing; They were once tacit comrades who broke through the Jiangnan camp side by side. Chen Yucheng led the charge and Li Xiucheng provided solid support, which once reversed the decline of the Kingdom of Heaven. There were also cracks gradually arising due to strategic differences. Chen Yucheng insisted on protecting the Qing defense line, while Li Xiucheng focused on running the Jiangsu and Zhejiang base areas. Hong Rengan's mediation could not eliminate the estrangement. Together they had raised hopes for the resurgence of the Kingdom of Heaven, but in the end they could not escape the fate of the times - Chen Yucheng went to die with his head held high in Yanjin, Henan, leaving behind a swan song that "a man's death will lead to his ears being dead"; Li Xiucheng broke through the encirclement when Tianjing fell, and wrote a self-narration full of struggles in prison. From the beacon fire in Jianghuai to the sunset in Tianjing, this book tells an epic about ideals and reality, persistence and compromise. It is also the last glory and tragedy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom written by two men, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng, with their blood and lives.