186 1 in April, Chen Yucheng returned to Anhui from Hubei, led 30,000 troops to Jixian Pass in Anqing, and approached Zeng Guofan Xiang in the besieged city. On April 29th, Chen Yucheng and Ye Lingbing, the city guards, camped on the north and south sides of Linghu Lake in the northeast of the city and exchanged views by boat. At the same time, Hong Xiuquan decided to be king because he failed to realize the plan of saving Anqing by uniting Hubei? Lin led troops from Tianjing to save Anqing; Huang Ye, governor of Dingnan, led his troops to explore Wuhu in the west. 186 1 year, Hong Ren? Lin in Tongcheng, Lujiang and Wu Ru small department * * * twenty thousand people, with a battalion 15 km, to the north of Anqing Xindu, Hengshanpu, Liantan, and meet with Chen Yucheng department to solve the Anqing crisis. Zeng Guofan is also determined to invest more troops to fight the Taiping rebels in Anqing.
1861may 10, Zeng Guofan moved to Liu Dong on the river and took command nearby; At the same time, 6000 people from the flank department were transferred from Jingdezhen to Jiangbei. Hu Linyi, who was in Taihu Lake, also mobilized 5,000 troops from the General Company to join the Daji Ministry to help Anqing, and put forward the operational policy of "being late in the south and fast in the north", that is, fighting Hong Ren? Be careful if Lin is fast and Chen Yucheng is late. In this way, Taiping Army and Xiang Army launched a fierce battle outside Anqing City.
/kloc-In May, 2000, Chen Yucheng and Ye fought Quanguo and Yang Zaifu in Linghu, but the outcome was not even. On the 2nd, nearly 10,000 people from Abe, Duo Long, swooped down on Liantan and Hengshanpu in four roads. More than 10,000 Taiping troops stationed in Xin 'an went to the rescue. Duo Long fought with the 3rd Infantry Battalion, the 5th Infantry Battalion attacked from the flank, and the cavalry attacked from the back. Taiping rebels were attacked from front to back, with heavy casualties, Hong Ren? Lin, Wu Ruao led people back to Tongcheng. On the 3rd, seven or eight thousand people from the Yellow Department and more than twenty thousand people from the Nian Army arrived and camped in Tianlinzhuang, southeast of Tongcheng. On the 6th, Huang, together with soldiers from Hong Ren, led 30,000 men to attack the old camp of Xindu and Hubei Trailer, but was repelled by Ah, and Huang and other departments were blocked by Ah, unable to meet Chen Yucheng, so he withdrew from Tianlinzhuang and retreated to Kongcheng town east of Tongcheng.
Chen Yucheng met Hong Ren? The reinforcements were blocked, so it was convenient to take five or six thousand people around Tongcheng on May 19, and the preparatory department stationed Liu et al. at various bases inside and outside the Pass in Jixian County.
On may 20th, Chen Yucheng arrived in Tongcheng, where he met with Hong Ren? Agreed to attack the enemy of the trailer river on the 23rd. The battle plan of Taiping Army was mastered by Duo Long A, so Duo Long A decided to preemptively ambush the Taiping Army's marching route. On the 23rd, the Taiping Army began to take action and launched an attack on the 24th, but it soon fell into the encirclement of the enemy, causing great casualties and had to return to Tongcheng.
Prior to this, Bao Chao and Cheng Daji, two Xiang armies, reached the Commissioner of Jixian County on May 20th, and immediately attacked the Fourth Battalion of Taiping Army in Chigangling, which was repelled by Liu. The Xiang army built dozens of forts near Chigangling, and since June 2, it has been bombarding the fourth base of Chigangling. On the 8th, the third base of Taiping Army was destroyed, but the first base where Liu was located was still stubbornly resistant. On the 9th, Liu Bei was defeated by Bao Chaobu. Liu is dead. The 4,000 Taiping rebels in the fourth base of Chigangling are all elite Taiping rebels. All of them were wiped out this time, which greatly affected the fighting capacity of Chen Yucheng.
1 July, Wu Dingcai was defeated by Xiang Xiang from Ling Huchong.
On July 8th, Ceng Guoquan overseers attacked the Taiping Army camp on the north and south sides of Linghu Lake 18, and thousands of Taiping Army troops surrendered (all of them were killed). Wu Dingcai led the remnants to retreat into Anqing City.
Anqing has been besieged for several years, and its grain, grass and ammunition will be exhausted. The rescue of Taiping Army failed again. Tianjing authorities decided to send reinforcements from Yang Fuqing Department in southern Anhui. In late July, Yang Fuqing crossed the river from Ningguo Mansion. From August 2/Kloc-0 to August 24, about 40,000 people, including Chen Yucheng and Yang Fuqing, arrived in Jixian Pass one after another, with more than 40 battalions. On 25th and 26th, the overseers of Chen Yucheng and Yang Fuqing launched a fierce attack on the rear trench of Ceng Guoquan. Ceng Guoquan led the battalions to persevere. When the Taiping army approached, it fired, causing many casualties to the Taiping army. From August 28th to September 2nd, the Taiping Army attacked the enemy camp every night. On the night of September 3, they stormed again, and at the same time, they entered the city with small shipping rice, all of which were robbed by Xiang Navy. In the early morning of September 5, the Xiang army broke through the northern city wall and broke into the city. Together with the Yangtze river navy, the north and south attacked. The Taiping army guarding the city was completely annihilated, Ye and Wu Dingcai were martyred, and Zhang Chaojue broke through by boat and disappeared.