Galloping in North China

The novel "Riding in North China" is a historical novel focusing on the rise and struggle of the New Nian Army in the Xiantong years of the late Qing Dynasty. It takes the reorganization of the New Nian Army after the failure of the Taiping Rebellion in 1864 as a starting point, and completely reproduces the tragic epic of this northern peasant rebel army galloping across the land of North China, resisting the Qing encirclement and suppression, and shaking the foundation of the late Qing rule. The novel is based on the real historical trajectory and quotes the latest research results in the field of history. It takes the fate of the core generals of the Nian Army such as Lai Wenguang, Zhang Zongyu, and Ren Huabang as the main line, and connects the great victory at Gaozhuang, the division of troops between the East and the West, and Key historical events such as the bloody battles of Lingyingji, Hebei and Lu, and the fall of Tuhaihe profoundly describe the resistance, choices and fate of the soldiers and civilians at the bottom of the troubled times, and restore the historical scenes of the broken mountains and rivers, the decay of officialdom and the suffering of the people in the troubled times of the late Qing Dynasty.