Shi Dakai is brave and good at fighting, why was the whole army wiped out in the Dadu River?

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the largest peasant uprising Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, among the many generals, only Shi Dakai can be called a famous general. He made great contributions in the process of the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and beat Zeng Guofan several times to commit suicide by jumping into the river. Moreover, he was an upright person and managed the army well, and was deeply loved by the soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Therefore, after the Tianjing Incident, so many soldiers followed him and fled.

However, what was very puzzling to later generations was that Shi Dakai, who was brave and good at fighting, fought invincible all the way from Nanjing to the Dadu River. Why was the whole army wiped out in the Dadu River in the end, and he died, and he was killed alive. What's the inside story here?

Many people say that it was because Shi Dakai did not deal with the local local snake Yi Tusi, so that he could report to the Qing army. In the end, it was surrounded by the Qing army, and was completely defeated, so that the whole army was annihilated.

In fact, Shi Dakai also knew this, and when he arrived at the Dadu River, he almost gave the ** on his body to the Tusi of the Yi nationality, and the Tusi also promised to let Shi Dakai cross the river smoothly. However, Shi Dakai missed the opportunity, and mainly because of a woman. After Tusi promised to give up the river, Shi Dakai asked the soldiers to start crossing the river, and it was forced.

40,000 troops, 10,000 crossed. But at this time, something happened, and Shi Dakai's concubine gave birth to a son in the camp.

Shi Dakai thought that this was a blessing from heaven, but when he was in a desperate situation, he sent a son. And she is also her favorite and most beautiful concubine, she is very weak after giving birth, and if she continues to cross the river at this time, she will probably die. Therefore, he considered this to be a good omen and ordered a suspension of the crossing of the river to celebrate his son's birthday for three days.

Of the more than 10,000 people who had passed over, Shi Dakai was afraid that they would be ambushed by the Qing army, so he let them cross back.

And it was these 3 days that changed the outcome and fate, the Qing army arrived in time under the leadership of Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan, and went out to buy the toast with much more ** than Shi Dakai, this Yi Tusi saw the money open, and immediately fell to the Qing army, and went to arrest Shi Dakai with the Qing army. And at this time, the water level of the Dadu River skyrocketed, even if it was forcibly crossed, it was impossible to cross it, and the Qing army on the opposite side was killed before crossing the river, so Shi Dakai, who was in a desperate situation, was forced to surrender.

The surrender condition was to save the lives of his subordinate soldiers, but Luo Bingzhang reversed his word, and after Shi Dakai surrendered, he immediately exterminated the Taiping army and wiped out the whole army. And for Shi Dakai and other major generals, Ling Chi was directly executed. It may be that when the Red Army crossed the Dadu River, in order to firmly gain the trust of the Yi Tusi, it not only gave money, but also made a blood alliance with the Tusi, so that the Dadu River was successfully crossed.

Shi Dakai. The main reasons for the failure in the Dadu River:

1. There is a lack of special institutions responsible for the grain and grass of the army, and food crises often occur in the army.

2. Zheng was late to Zhencong to expand the troops, which increased the food burden, but the logistics supply was not completely solved.

3. Ignoring logistics and not paying enough attention to the collection of grain and grass left an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of.

Introduction:

Shi Dakai (March 1831 - June 27, 1863), nicknamed Yada, nicknamed Shi Dangdang.

Guangxi Guixian County (now Qishi Township, Gangbei District, Guigang City), ancestral hometown of Heping County, Guangdong Province. Taiping heavenly kingdom.

Famous general, modern Chinese military strategist, national hero. The Imperial Bureau once named "Holy Spirit Dentsu."

The commander of the army, the king of wings", is revered as the "righteous king".

Shi Dakai was one of the most legendary figures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he was sympathetic to the people's livelihood, and his life deeds were praised by later generations, and he was considered "the most perfect image of the peasant uprisings in China in all dynasties". In May of the second year of Tongzhi (1863), he led the crowd deep into the Yuexi Mountain, reaching the south bank of the Dadu River, and finally the whole army was annihilated, and Shi Dakai was captured.

1. The situation faced by Shi Dakai and the Red Army was different.

Shi Dakai was facing the army to the bank of the Dadu River, and there was no bridge at that location, so the Taiping army looked for a boat to cross the river. However, on the night of the preparation, the Dadu River flooded with heavy rain and could not be crossed by boats, and the Taiping army was blocked by heavy rain and rising water for three days, so they were caught up by the Qing court's pursuers. After several months of siege, the army was finally annihilated.

The Red Army marched to the vicinity of Luding County and crossed the river through the Luding Bridge. Due to the rapid march, the Red Army distanced itself from the Sichuan army that was chasing it, and there were not many defenders of Luding Bridge, and the combat strength was not strong. In addition, the 22-man commandos were not afraid of death, so the Red Army successfully broke through the Luding Bridge and successfully crossed the river.

2. Shi Dakai and the Red Army have different strategic goals.

At that time, Shi Dakai had already been disheartened, and since he left Tianjing, he had lost the goal and motivation to continue to move forward. In addition, Shi Dakai's own lack of a clear political program has led to internal instability, so his army has been in the process of continuous collapse. That is, his strategic goals are not clear.

In contrast, the Red Army, although it was also a strategic shift, was completely different from fleeing. The Red Army always had a clear strategic goal.

In May 1861, when Shi Dakai led the Taiping army to the Dadu River, there was no Qing army on the other side of the Dadu River, and it was a good time to cross the river. But heavy rain fell, Shi Dakai was delayed for three days, after three days, the Qing army was deployed one after another, the Taiping army could not force the crossing but fell into danger, and later Shi Dakai accepted the persuasion of Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan, to surrender, and the Taiping army was also annihilated. Many years later, the Red Army also arrived, but the Red Army crossed the Dadu River.

Why couldn't Shi Dakai cross the Dadu River back then? Let's look at why.

When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in full swing, disagreements broke out within the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom, that is, the Tianjing Incident. The impact of the Tianjing Incident on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was huge, and Shi Dakai fled to Anqing because he was suspected by the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan. When Shi Dakai was in Anqing, he recruited troops aggressively, and soon gathered hundreds of thousands of peasant troops, and began the Long March.

Shi Dakai gave up attacking Zhejiang, retreated to Fujian, and began to attack Jiangxi instead. In 1859, Shi Dakai failed to conquer Baoqing because he fought alone, so he was forced to retreat to Guangxi.

In September 1861, Shi Dakai went north from Guangzhou, and since then Shi Dakai began to fight in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and finally crossed the Jinsha River and broke through the Changsha defense line of the Qing army. Shi Dakai's expedition lasted 7 years, passed through 15 provinces, traveled more than 50,000 miles, and finally decided to follow Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition and march from Sichuan to Shaanxi. The only route for Shi Dakai to go north is the Dadu River, originally Shi Dakai thought that it would be safe to cross this river, but what he didn't expect was that Shi Dakai confessed himself to the Dadu River.

At that time, when the Taiping army had just arrived at the Dadu River, the Qing army on the opposite side did not set up defenses, which was obviously a good time to cross the river. But at this time, Shi Dakai's concubine gave birth to a son for him, and Shi Dakai, who was in danger, thought that God had opened his eyes and gave him a son, thinking that this was a good omen, so he stopped crossing the river. Because they were afraid that the people who had crossed before would be ambushed, they let them withdraw.

This proved to be an extremely wrong decision, and Shi Dakai gave up the best time to cross the river. The ancients often said that the opportunity should not be lost and never come again, and history has proved this sentence many times. Shi Dakai stayed on the shore for three days, and when Shi Dakai wanted to cross the river, the river swelled, and it rained so heavily that the boat could not cross the river at all.

On the one hand, heavy rain fell from the sky, and on the other hand, the Qing army successively deployed defenses on the opposite side of the Dadu River, and it was basically hopeless to cross the river. In the end, Shi Dakai, who was helpless, accepted Luo Bingzhang's persuasion to surrender and led his troops to surrender to the Qing army. However, as soon as Shi Dakai entered the Qing army camp, he was escorted to Chengdu Lingchi to be tortured, and his subordinates were all killed by the Qing army.

Other rivers near the Dadu River were blocked by floods, and there was also the deployment of the Qing army, the Dadu River was Shi Dakai's only escape route, and there was originally a glimmer of life, but because of the delay of the best time to cross the river, the whole army was wiped out and defeated by the Dadu River.

At that time, Shi Dakai went to the Dadu River, and had ordered the troops to start crossing the river, at this time there was no Qing army defense on the other side of the river, which was the best opportunity to cross the river, but Shi Dakai gave birth to a son at that time, he thought it was a good omen, so he called the soldiers who crossed the river back, and then it rained heavily for three days, Shi Dakai wanted to cross the river, but could not cross, because the Qing army had been deployed on the other side of the river, Shi Dakai led the troops to surrender and was killed.

In fact, on the bank of the Dadu River, Shi Dakai had a chance to escape, but the heavy rain and floods obstructed Shi Dakai had no chance to cross the Dadu River. Some people asked why Shi Dakai did not choose other routes, in fact, the rivers near the Dadu River at that time were also blocked by floods, and the Qing soldiers had besieged them, the Dadu River was the only route that could have a chance to escape, but it was a pity that the sky did not help people, and the river god was in trouble, cutting off the only hope of the Taiping army, and it was also doomed that Shi Dakai could not cross the Dadu River.

When Shi Dakai crossed the Dadu River, it rained heavily, and the river swelled, and after stopping for three days, the Qing army had already made a good defense, and it was impossible to cross the river at all.

First, Shi Dakai's strategy is not clear. He initially planned to go to Jiangxi and Fujian, then to Huguang, and finally decided that the occupation of Sichuan was the only way out, and this aimless escape and rush made it impossible for his army to establish a base at all. A baseless ground is like a rootless weed, which also dooms him to final failure.

The second is that Shi Dakai is emotionally unwise. After leaving, Shi Dakai's initial scope of activities was mainly in Jiangxi and other places, very close to the main force of the Taiping Army. However, when Tianjing was in danger and there was an emergency in various places, they all hoped that Shi Dakai could help, but Shi Dakai was always reluctant to give assistance.

The third is that Shi Dakai is lax in his thinking. In addition to strategy, Shi Dakai's own thinking also loosened, Shi Dakai in Zidadi on the bank of the Dadu River in order to celebrate the birth of a son, so he rested for three days, which made him fall into the abyss of no return. Fourth, the Qing army had the advantage of having the right time, the right place, and the right people in terms of tactics.

After Shi Da entered Sichuan, he was defeated by the Qing army and had to go in the direction of the Dadu River. At this time, the Dadu River was controlled by the Qing army and Tusi, and it was not surprising that Shi Dakai was at the end of the road in such a net.

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Because Shi Dakai's name is not right. Dear, after Shi Dakai left Tianjing, the planning was repeatedly wrong, and it was changeable, and it was also a wrong choice to use Sichuan as a base!In the end, Shi Dakai was on the side of the Dadu River, and he encountered a once-in-a-century rise in advance and couldn't cross the river.

Why did Shi Da cross the Dadu River and the whole army would be annihilated?

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Because Shi Dakai's name is not right. Dear, after Shi Dakai left Tianjing, the planning was repeatedly wrong, and it was changeable, and it was also a wrong choice to use Sichuan as a base!In the end, Shi Dakai was on the side of the Dadu River, and he encountered a once-in-a-century rise in advance and couldn't cross the river.

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Kiss, Shi Dakai was captured when he went to the Qing camp to negotiate with the Qing army in order to protect the lives of his brothers. As a result, not only did he fail to protect his brothers, but he also lost his life. If he escapes alone, like the politicians of ancient times, then he still has the possibility of making a comeback!