The Jintian Uprising was only 20,000 people, including family members, but it was able to cross the north and south of the river, capture Nanjing in 2 years, and confront the Qing Dynasty across the Yangtze River, and the combat effectiveness of the Taiping Army can be imagined.
The Taiping army can fight, which is related to the large number of elite soldiers. Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, Chen Yucheng, and Li Xiucheng were all figures who made the Qing Dynasty frightened.
Yang Xiuqing, the 9,000-year-old king of the East, has a strong planning ability, and can make quick decisions and capture fleeting fighters.
After the Battle of Lingyidu, the Taiping army was less than 5,000 people, but Yang Xiuqing was able to recover quickly. Two months later, the Taiping army was able to lay siege to Changsha, and half a year later to capture Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and Yangzhou, and launch the Northern Expedition.
After Yang Xiuqing broke the siege of the Beijing Division, Yang Xiuqing defeated the public opinion and destroyed the Jiangbei camp, taking the opportunity of Zhang Guoliang to go north, he immediately formed two mobile corps to defeat the Jiangnan camp and lift the three-year-long siege of the Beijing Division.
Shi Dakai, the king of wings is 5,000 years old, he can command thousands of troops at the age of 19, and at the age of 24, he pressed the famous minister Zeng Guofan of Zhongxing and beat him, forcing him to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water twice.
In 1855, Shi Dakai supervised Hukou and confronted the main force of the Hunan army with the defeat of the remnants.
Shi Dakai grasped the psychology of Xiao Jiesan, the general of the Hunan Army's naval division, who was anxious to fight, and "released" the Hunan Army's naval division's light warship to break into Poyang Lake, and then blocked the mouth of the lake to separate the Hunan army's naval division.
Then, Shi Da** attacked the Yangtze River Naval Division of the Hunan Army, captured the flagship of Zeng Guofan and its official documents, and reversed the situation of the Western Expedition in one fell swoop, and the Taiping Army turned into a strategic **.
At the end of the year, Shi Dakai ran Jiangxi, swept Jiangxi Province in the form of sports warfare, captured eight prefectures and 47 counties, and besieged Zeng Guofan in the isolated city of Nanchang, gaining the reputation of "God of War".
Chen Yucheng, a thousand years old of the British king, is brave and good at fighting, has the spirit of not fearing death, and is especially good at fighting bloody battles.
After Shi Dakai left, Chen Yucheng summoned displaced people from Anhui and dragged them to Hubei for exercise, fought with Hu Linyi and Li Xubin, and trained an elite.
In 1858, as soon as Chen Yucheng ended the Battle of Pukou, he immediately went north to Luzhou, and without any rest on the way, he entered the Battle of Sanhe.
At the end of the battle one day, Chen Yucheng annihilated 6,000 elites of the Hunan army, and the first fierce general Li Xubin was killed, and the vitality of the Hunan army was greatly damaged.
In a single battle, Chen Yucheng killed and injured the largest number of Hunan troops. Li Xubin's regiment was two strong brigades founded by Zeng Guofan in the early days, and they were reimbursed for one battle.
Then, Chen Yucheng continued to crisscross northern Anhui, annihilating the 20,000 Eight Banner soldiers of Shengbao, and capturing Li Mengqun, the governor of Anhui.
Chen Yucheng is either fighting, or on the way to fight, he has encountered many opponents, and he has no time to rest, but he can achieve such results, and the level can be imagined.
Li Xiucheng, a thousand years old loyal to the king, "eternal loyalty", was the absolute pillar of the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Li Xiucheng's basic market is very weak, but he knows the importance of preserving and developing his strength, and he also knows how to seize opportunities, and his strategic vision is even more first-class.
After the Tianjing Incident, the Jiangnan camp once again besieged Nanjing. Li Xiucheng had less than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but he was able to successfully use the tactic of "encircling Wei to save Zhao".
The Taiping army rushed to Hangzhou, the Jiangnan battalion transferred troops, Li Xiucheng quickly returned, joined forces with the southern Anhui army, completely defeated the Jiangnan battalion, and the Qing Dynasty's direct subordinate forces in the south were lost.
Then, Li Xiucheng took advantage of the victory to capture Jiangsu and Zhejiang, occupied this important fiscal and tax land, established Sufu Province and Tianzhejiang Province, and continued the life of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for several years.
Yang Xiuqing worked hard for three years and failed to win Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but Li Xiucheng did it. King Chung, with his inferior forces, achieved a height that the East King failed to reach.
It can be said that Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, Chen Yucheng, and Li Xiucheng are the leaders of the times. So, in an all-round analysis, who took the first military god of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
Contrasting theoretical works. The generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom almost never read and had a very low level of education. Shi Dakai participated in the imperial examination, but he was not admitted, and he was also considered a cultural person, but he did not have theoretical works.
Chen Yucheng did not read and was not interested in the art of war of the ancients. He is similar to Huo Quai, he became famous at a young age, fought as he pleased, and there were no fixed rules, which made it difficult for the enemy army to deal with.
Li Xiucheng reads a little, but he is good at learning. After the Eastern Expedition to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Li Xiucheng worked hard to learn cultural knowledge and get in touch with the gentry.
Li Xiucheng's self-written book has tens of thousands of words, and Li Xiucheng writes 7,000 words a day. It can be seen that Li Xiucheng has learned a lot, and his cultural level has been raised to a higher level.
However, Li Xiucheng also did not have any books on the art of war, perhaps because of his limited cultural level, or because he was busy with conquest and did not have the energy to write.
Yang Xiuqing, whose family is poor, lives on charcoal burning, and has never studied. However, Yang Xiuqing is good at summing up lessons and lessons, and asks his subordinates to ghostwrite, and there is a book "General Essentials of Marching".
Theoretical works are an important criterion for evaluating military strategists and famous generals, such as Wu Qi, Zhang Liang, Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Zhuge Liang, Li Jing, and Qi Jiguang.
From the perspective of the contribution of the art of war, Yang Xiuqing won, stronger than Shi Dakai, Li Xiucheng, and Chen Yucheng.
From the perspective of combat bravery. Yang Xiuqing is not in good health, often suffers from eye diseases, and has difficulty moving. In this way, charging into battle and fighting with the enemy, Yang Xiuqing can't do it.
Shi Dakai, a master of sports warfare, likes to fight "skillful battles", has no desperate courage, and rarely charges into battle, and the wing king sits in the Chinese army.
Li Xiucheng is soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and his physical fitness is okay. Li Xiucheng planned well, and he did not charge into battle, but he would personally go to the front line to command and boost morale.
In the eastern expedition to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Li Xiucheng was on the front line in person, braving the rain of bullets and bullets to command, so the morale of the Taiping army was strong and the battle was victorious.
Chen Yucheng, a brave general, in addition to commanding the battle on the front line, often charged into battle, took the lead, and fought bloody battles with the Qing army.
Tiger general, fierce general, fierce general, brave general, these terms are particularly suitable for Chen Yucheng.
Zeng Guofan said: "Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, there has never been such a thief. ”
Hu Linyi said: "The strongest among thieves is just a four-eyed dog." ”
Individual combat ability, Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, and Li Xiucheng are not Chen Yucheng's opponents.
In terms of training soldiers and cultivating talents. Wing King Shi Dakai is undoubtedly the worst, he can hardly train famous generals.
Shi Da has been working alone for 6 years, what kind of famous generals have he cultivated? The answer is no.
Wang Haiyang, Tan Tiyuan, Ji Qingyuan, Tong Ronghai, Zhu Yidian, Hu Yongxiang and other famous generals, when they followed Shi Dakai, they were not famous.
In 1860, Wang Haiyang and dozens of other generals broke away from Shi Dakai and followed Li Xiucheng's eastward expedition, so that they could rise rapidly and become the pillars of the later Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Chen Yucheng is stronger than Shi Dakai, the king knows how to train soldiers, and the training of famous generals is average. Chen Yucheng's army, many of the fierce generals grew up before the Tianjing Incident, which is related to Yang Xiuqing's training.
Yang Xiuqing and Li Xiucheng are on a par in cultivating talents and training soldiers, and they are both quite strong existences.
Yang Xiuqing is good at promoting talents from the bottom, and so is Li Xiucheng. However, Li Xiucheng can still "poach people" from other places, and the hero does not ask where he comes from, which is better than Yang Xiuqing.
After the Tianjing Incident, Li Xiucheng's basic market was very weak, and there were almost no famous generals under his command. However, Li Xiucheng knows how to cultivate, and in the later stage, there will be a "blowout" of talents.
Chen Kunshu, Tan Shaoguang, Wu Dingcai, **Ai, Ji Qingyuan, Wang Haiyang, Lu Shunde, Tan Tiyuan, Chen Bingwen, Gao Yongkuan, Wang Anjun, Liu Bingjun, Huang Zilong and other famous generals were all trained by Li Xiucheng after the Tianjing Incident or when he broke away from Shi Dakai.
Treat the enemy army and win the hearts and minds of the people. Li Xiucheng is undoubtedly the strongest, and he knows how to "fight" for the surrender of the Qing army.
Lin Fuxiang was captured, and Li Xiucheng treated him well. Lin Fuxiang was a hero who fought against the British army, and he was unwilling to surrender to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Li Xiucheng was not embarrassed.
Li Xiucheng treated the generals well, and Lin Fuxiang said: "You can't work with King Zhong in this life, and you will fight side by side in the next life." ”
Lin Fuxiang was released and returned to the Qing Dynasty. As a result, Cixi killed Lin Fuxiang with the help of the Hunan army, saying that he had surrendered to the Taiping army.
Chen Yucheng, Yang Xiuqing, and Shi Dakai treated the enemy army relatively poorly, and it was difficult to win the hearts and minds of the people.
For example, Yang Xiuqing has a poor attitude towards the Heaven and Earth Society, and the same is true for the flag people.
Chen Yucheng directly eliminated the Qing generals who were unwilling to surrender.
Shi Dakai, as long as he understands the importance of "people's hearts", will not be besieged by Tusi soldiers on the bank of the Dadu River.
Shi Dakai's entire army was annihilated, which was related to the loss of Tusi's support. If you don't agree with each other, you will use force, and you won't do toast work.
Strategic perspective. Shi Dakai was the worst, he didn't achieve anything after he went it alone, and even ordinary generals couldn't win, and he was judged like two people before the Tianjing incident.
Shi Dakai is suitable for implementing Yang Xiuqing's plan, rather than planning the overall situation by himself. Without Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai would not be able to win the battle.
Chen Yucheng is a little stronger than Shi Dakai, but he is more about implementing the combat plan, and he can't plan it himself, otherwise he won't be trapped in Luzhou.
A series of brilliant victories in the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were all planned by Li Xiucheng and executed by Chen Yucheng. For example, the two Zongyang meetings, the plan to save Zhao from Wei Wei, the Jianping meeting, and so on.
Li Xiucheng and Yang Xiuqing are both masters of strategic planning. But Li Xiucheng is stronger, he achieves his goals with ability, facts, and personality charm, which is also convincing.
Yang Xiuqing, who went down to operate as a "heavenly father", needed to rely on his religious authority to make others submit, but the people's hearts were not convinced.
Compared with all aspects, Yang Xiuqing, Shi Dakai, Chen Yucheng, and Li Xiucheng have their own advantages. Overall, Li Xiucheng is the most suitable to be the first military god of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he is very strong as a whole and has a balanced development.
Liang Qichao once said: If the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is Li Xiucheng, it is unknown who the lord of the present day is. Meaning, Li Xiucheng is the king of the day, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is expected to replace the Qing Dynasty.