Why was King Chen Yucheng captured by the Qing army?

Speaking of experts in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Shi Dakai, the wing king, was a famous soldier who made him commit suicide by diving, and the Qing army was terrified. Later, Chen Yucheng was a rare general. He saved the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from danger and wrote classic legendary anecdotes.

Chen Yucheng was originally named Chen Picheng. His parents died early and he became an orphan. Fortunately, his uncle Chen adopted him. When Chen participated in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising, Chen Taicheng, who was only fourteen years old, also joined the Rebel Army and was incorporated into the "Boy Scouts" camp.

After joining the Taiping Army, Chen Picheng was renamed as "Chen Yucheng". According to legend, the name Chen Yucheng was taken by Hong Xiuquan himself, and it was taken from a sentence said by Zhang Zai, a philosopher in the Song Dynasty, "Wealth and splendor enrich my life; Poverty is worrying, and the fish is raining. "

Although this boy scout is not a formal unit of Taiping Army, it is a typical "death squad". They have to undergo cruel training, even if they are swords and shadows.

Chen Yucheng was valued by Hong Xiuquan because he began to emerge as a boy scout at an early age. He fought with the army and made great achievements.

Because of this, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made Tianjing its capital, Chen Yucheng was promoted to be the general in charge of the store. And the subsequent Wuchang campaign, Chen Yucheng also because of the exploits of continuous promotion, soon rose to the position of winter official and prime minister.

Especially in A.D. 1856, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom successfully defeated the Qing army's Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps, and it was the young Chen Yucheng who made the first contribution.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in full swing. As a result, a sudden government changed everything and shocked the world.

Tianjing incident. As a result of the Tianjing Incident, Yang, the "pillar" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was killed, and then Wei Changhui, the northern king, was executed for "massacre", and even Qin Rigang and Chen were killed. Shi Dakai, the only remaining wing king among the five kings, left angrily because he could not bear the suspicion of Hong Xiuquan.

Such a change almost ruined the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Fortunately, in the critical period, Hong Xiuquan boldly used the young Gemini, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng. They also live up to expectations. In A.D. 1858, Chen Yucheng joined forces with Li Xiucheng to defeat the Qing army in Pukou, thus reversing the losing streak in one fell swoop. Subsequently, the two men led the army to win the "Three Rivers", which once led to a good situation of "Zhongxing" in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Later, because of the credit, Chen Yucheng, 23, was made king of England and became Hong Xiuquan's most effective assistant.

But when the Qing army besieged Anqing, Chen Yucheng made the mistake of "military line". In the process of being swayed by considerations of gain and loss, Anqing was attacked by the Qing army, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lost an extremely important military stronghold.

Later, Chen Yucheng, who returned to Luzhou, waited for an opportunity to recapture Anqing. As a result, he was lured to Shouzhou by Miao Qianjiuling. In this way, Chen Yucheng went to prison.

In A.D. 1862, 26-year-old Chen Yucheng was sentenced to "mid-year" imprisonment, and the place outside the Jade Emperor Temple in Henan's Jinxi Jiaochang became a place where he lost his soul.

According to legend, before his execution, Chen Yucheng shouted 10: "I will go, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be difficult for a long time!" Then, like Shi Dakai, he remained silent during the execution.

At that time, many people thought that Chen Yucheng's last words were crazy, even the Qing army thought so. After all, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom still has some awesome figures, such as loyal Li Xiucheng and dry Wang Hongren-hyun, and they have a foundation of more than ten years.