The Qing army s prisoners of the Taiping army were cut by a thousand cuts, how did the Taiping army

The Taiping army's treatment of the captives of the Qing army was first of all to transform them ideologically and make them submit to the Taiping army.

The Taiping army was also very cruel to the Qing Dynasty's captives. Because after all, they are hostile forces. So that's all the way.

Personally, I think that the Taiping Army absorbed the Qing Army, and gave them the same treatment as the Taiping Army, etc.

At that time, as one of the eight kings, Shi Kaida led the army to be defeated, and once discussed with the ** of the Qing DynastyHe was willing to suffer a thousand cuts of criminal law, just to let go of these soldiers who fought with him, the Qing Dynasty's ** ostensibly agreed, and when Shi Kaida died, these cunning ** killed all the officers and soldiers who surrendered.

Judging from the attitude of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom towards prisoners, the Qing Dynasty's treatment method was indeed a little more vicious, but it was also understandableThe Qing Dynasty used their tragic death to warn the people that whoever dared to rebel would end up like this, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was mainly to win the hearts of the people, and if the means were too ruthless, it would not be conducive to his development

In the face of the surrendered Qing army, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had one principle, that is, all the children of the Eight Banners were killed, and the soldiers of the Green Battalion were treated preferentially, and most of them stayed in their original posts and were incorporated into the Taiping Army, and there was no distinction between each other in terms of grain and grass, so it can be said that they were treated as a family.

A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, the Taiping army was also doing the same to the Qing army at that time, so their hatred continued to grow.

There is a dialectical relationship in this, the Qing army cut down the Taiping army, in order to correct the public and play a deterrent role. The Taiping army's slaughter of the Qing army was counterproductive, and the Qing army would be even more stubborn and labeled as brutal.

The Taiping army was relatively good for prisoners, of course, if it was a Manchu minions, they would definitely be killed, but the average Han people would be treated leniently, and even stay in their original positions.

When the Qing army caught the Taiping army, they were all executed, and the Taiping army actually hoped that the Qing prisoners could join them and serve them, so that their power could be strengthened.

When the Taiping army caught the prisoners of the Qing army, generally speaking, they were persuaded to surrender if they could persuade them to surrender, and if they could not be persuaded to surrender, they would be killed.

The principle of the Taiping army in dealing with the captives of the Qing army was to kill all the nobles and minions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and to give preferential treatment to the Han people in the captives and integrate them into the Taiping army.

In 1864, with the fall of Tianjing, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, this marked the complete defeat of the Taiping Rebellion. From the Jintian Uprising in the first year of Xianfeng, and finally to the final victory of the Qing Dynasty in the third year of Tongzhi, the largest peasant uprising in the late Qing Dynasty lasted for 13 years, and the active range included Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other regions, and was the largest large-scale anti-Qing movement in China in the middle of the 19th century. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement greatly shook the rule of the Qing Dynasty, so the Qing Dynasty hated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom very much, and finally the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was full of internal contradictions, which eventually led to the failure of the uprising, and the outdoor Taiping Army also became a prisoner of the Qing army.

So what was the final fate of these Taiping soldiers who were captured by the Qing army? Let's find out together.

The fate of the Taiping army was tragic.

There is no record of the fate of the captured Taiping soldiers in history, but it can be seen from one incident, that is, the capture of Shi Dakai. After the internal strife in Tianjing, the contradictions within the leadership group of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were not eliminated, and finally Shi Dakai led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to flee in a negative spirit, and then conquered 15 provinces, and was finally defeated by the Qing army at the Dadu River. At that time, Shi Dakai also knew that there was no chance of winning the battle against the Qing army, because the terrain of the Dadu River was flat, and Shi Dakai's remaining troops could not stop the attack of the Qing army at all, for the sake of his subordinates, Shi Dakai finally agreed to surrender to the Qing army, and his condition was to pardon his subordinates.

At that time, the Qing army was of course very happy to hear the news, and hurriedly agreed to Shi Dakai's request, but Shi Dakai obviously forgot the truth that "soldiers are not tired of cheating", after Shi Dakai was captured, the Qing army executed all Shi Dakai's subordinates, and Shi Dakai was also executed by the Qing army, even Shi Dakai's son was not spared, it can be seen that the Qing army is not merciful to the Taiping army.

So in the face of such a desperate situation, many Taiping soldiers were unwilling to be prisoners of the Qing Dynasty, so they began the final desperate fight. In 1864, Li Shixian, the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, led his troops to capture the Zhangzhou region of present-day Fujian Province, which was the stronghold of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for the last period of time, but a small Zhangzhou could not resist the attack of the Qing army at all, and the following year the Qing ** sent Zuo Zongtang to lead the army to attack Li Shixian, and finally the last base of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was gone. After the war, tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers who did not want to be captured fled overseas on foreign ships, and eventually became absentees in South America.

However, the exploitation of the workers by the capitalists at that time was very serious, and in their eyes the Taiping army was like slaves, they had to work for dozens of hours in a row, and if they did not complete the workload, they would be beaten badly, and many Taiping soldiers died of overwork.

Therefore, the fate of the Taiping prisoners of war is very tragic, many Taiping soldiers would rather die in a foreign land than be captured by the Qing army, and the contradictions of decades of war have been very serious, and there is no way.

After the defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, how did the Qing ** treat the prisoners of war of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?

After the Taiping Army was captured, the Qing army was merciless, basically killed, whether it was the Eight Banners, the Han Army, a single chop with a bit of identity, the small leaders collectively cut, and slaughtered the city, especially the generals of the Hunan Army, all of them were good at slaughtering people, such as Zeng Guofan's nickname "Zeng Butcher", Zeng Guoquan's nickname "Zeng Shaved Head", Peng Yulin's nickname "Living Yama King", Wang Xin's nickname "Wang Laohu", etc., especially Zeng Dashuai, although the greatest merit and the highest achievement, but the killing was too heavy, leaving criticism in history.

In addition to these kings, there are also lower-level generals and small leaders who lead people to surrender or be captured, basically the head of Ling Chi, such as the record of "Monk Lingling Qin's Fold", after Wang Lin Fengxiang was captured, Xiao Fengshan, the small leader at the bottom, led 91 people to surrender, except for children, everyone else was cut down, and there was no pardon; "Qi Shan Song Fold" records that 24 peasants who transported grain for the Taiping Army were captured in Yizheng County, Jiangsu, and were directly punished on the spot; According to the record of "Hechun Song", more than 180 Taiping soldiers were captured in Lujiang County, the leader Ling Chi, and the soldiers beheaded them; In addition, the "Compilation of Barbarian Atmosphere" records that in order to commemorate the fallen Qing soldiers, Seng Lingqin tied up 8,000 Taiping prisoners and collectively dug up their hearts and sacrificed alive; "Zeng Guofan's Songs" records that when Wu Kunxiu, a fierce general under the Hunan army, attacked Jiangxi, he would peel and hang a tree every time he captured a prisoner of war.

However, in the early stage of the extermination of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there were also some prisoners of war used by the Qing army, but only a handful, such as Chen Yucheng's subordinate Cheng Xueqi with Ding Ruchang and other 300 people surrendered to Zeng Guoquan, who was temporarily taken in for the sake of the war situation, but did not believe them, every battle let it rush to the front, who knew that this group of prisoners of war was very brave, and later Cheng Xueqi became the general soldier, and Ding Ruchang we are all familiar with, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, a national hero. In addition, there is Wei Jun, he is Wei Changhui's younger brother, after Wei Changhui was killed due to the Tianjing Incident, Wei Jun surrendered to the Qing army and was named a general, and he was also a Taiping army general who rarely surrendered and was not killed.

If the war is not to resist the invaders, I think it really has no meaning, ordinary soldiers do not know who they are fighting for, they don't know who they are paying for, and their salaries are often deducted by officials. Therefore, we should cherish the peaceful and peaceful life we have now, protect our own homes and our country, and let everyone enjoy the peace of life.

Some of them were directly treated as slaves, and some of them were released directly, and they were generally released.

Qing ** was quite cruel to the prisoners of war of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Qing ** did not trust them, but let them rush to the front in every battle, and more were killed by Qing soldiers, who died extremely heroic and miserable, and a large number of female soldiers were sold to brothels.

Qing ** sentenced these prisoners of war to death, and these prisoners of war died particularly tragically.

1. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a "rebel" in the Qing Dynasty, so in order to resist the rebellion, Ling Chi was punished as a warning.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's policy towards captives was to accept them as the Taiping Army, and the same was true for the Qing Army, who accepted the surrender on their own initiative and were forced to surrender, that is, prisoners, and all of them were killed.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's policy of treating captives was very cruel, and the Qing army was usually beheaded.

In principle, it is mainly to surrender or dismiss, because the killing of prisoners of war is to be pointed out by thousands of people. However, only Han officers and soldiers were eligible to surrender, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners were not allowed to enjoy this treatment.