What is the life of Chen Yucheng, a famous general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?

Chen Yucheng (1837-1862) was a famous young general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of China and a military commander in the later period. A native of Tengxian County, Guangxi. Shaogu, at the age of 14, participated in the Jintian Uprising with his uncle.

In the third year of Xianfeng (the third year of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 1853), he marched west with the army. In the following year, he attacked Wuchang and led 500 warriors to conquer the city. Because of the 30 checkpoints on the right side of the palace, he unified the 13th Army and the 4th Army of the Water Camp, and moved to Hubei, Anhui and other places.

He governed the army strictly, was brave and strategic, and was good at building fortresses to besiege, copying the back road and killing back the horse pistol when the team was closed, so there was a proverb of "thirty checks back to the horse gun". In the spring of the sixth year, Zhenjiang was trapped, and went to the aid with Qin Rigang, the king of Yan, because of the lack of communication between inside and outside, that is, he took several strong men to rush into Zhenjiang by boat, and agreed with the defenders to attack inside and outside, so he defeated the Qing army, relieved the siege of Zhenjiang, and broke the camp in the north and south of the Yangtze River with the friendly troops. After Shi Dakai left, he was named Cheng Tianyu, and he was in charge, the former army commander, and Li Xiucheng was the same as the main military and political officer, and tried his best to save the situation.

In the summer of the eighth year, he and Li Xiucheng met in Zongyang Town, Anhui Province, and agreed to solve the siege of Beijing, first breaking through the Jiangbei camp in Pukou, and then galloping to Luzhou (now Hefei), in the Battle of Sanhe, with a roundabout outflanking tactic to cut off the enemy's retreat, and completely annihilated the elite Li Xubin of the Hunan army. In nine years, he was crowned King of England. In ten years, together with the other armies, they broke through the camp in the south of the Yangtze River and conquered Su (Zhou) and Chang (Zhou) in the east.

When the Hunan army went eastward on the fourth road, Anqing was besieged, he paid attention to the upstream and advocated saving Anqing first. In the autumn, the Taiping army divided into two routes, took Hubei, and forced the enemy to come to the rescue. He led his army to the north, and arrived in Huangzhou (now Huanggang) in Hubei in February of the following year, but due to the obstruction of the British invaders and Li Xiucheng's delay in the south road, he failed to take Wuchang, so he returned to the division to aid Anqing, and lost many bitter battles.

In August, Anqing fell, and Chen Yucheng retreated to Luzhou and was severely reprimanded and dismissed. In the spring of the first year of Tongzhi (the twelfth year of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 1862), he sent his subordinate Chen Decai and others to lead his division to Shaanxi and other places to recruit troops, and the defenders of Luzhou were besieged. In April, he led his troops to break through the siege and went to Shouzhou (now Shou County, Anhui), where he was ensnared by the traitor Miao Peilin and sent to the Qing camp.

In the face of the enemy, righteousness is awe-inspiring, and unyielding. On the eighth day of the fifth month, he generously served in Yanjin County, Henan Province, at the age of 26.

King Chen Yucheng of England has a mighty life? Zeng Guofan gave him a 13-word evaluation, which is really accurate!

Zeng Guofan's evaluation of him was that "since the Han and Tang Dynasties, there has never been such a thief".。Whether it is Zeng Guofan's evaluation or Hong Xiuquan's evaluation, it can be seen that Chen Yucheng's ability is by no means an ordinary mediocre person. The history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom seems even a bit strange to us, but the strength of the Taiping Army in its heyday should not be underestimated, and there are many people like Chen Yucheng who are brave and good at fighting and have great achievements.

Chen Yucheng's original name was Chen Picheng, a native of Xinwang Village, Tengxian County, Guangxi, his parents died when he was a child, he and Li Xiucheng were friends in the same village, because there were purple marks under their eyes, and they looked like four eyes from afar, and were contemptuously called "four-eyed dogs" by the Qing court. At the age of 14, he followed his uncle Chen Chengrong to participate in the Jintian Uprising, and because he was too young, he was placed in the Boy Scouts. Although he is young, he is motivated and hardworking, and he works hard to practice his skills.

At the age of 17, he began to lead 500 soldiers himself, killed the guards of the city defenses, and planted all their banners all over the city.

Chen Yucheng climbed the city tower and opened the way for the army to enter the city, making the first contribution, and his reputation has been great since then. After hearing about this, the king Hong Xiuquan couldn't help but praise Chen Yucheng and gave a 5-word evaluation: Heroes are teenagers.

At the same time, he was promoted to the right of the 30th inspection point, commanding the 13th Army of the Army and the 4th Army of the Navy.

In the summer of 1858, Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng and other Taiping army generals met in Zongyang, Anhui Province, and formulated a resolution to break through the Jiangbei camp and lift the siege of Tianjing. During this period, Chen Yucheng was flexible and flexible, cooperated with tacit understanding, and made indelible contributions to the victory of Sanhe. In the second year after the victory of the Three Rivers, at the suggestion of Hong Ren, Hong Xiuquan named Chen Yucheng, who was only 23 years old with the highest status and the most outstanding military achievements at that time, as the king of England, and issued such an edict:

If you don't decide on foreign affairs, ask the king of England if you don't decide on internal affairs, and ask the king if you don't decide on two things. It can be seen that Chen Yucheng is very important.

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