"At that time, Chen Yucheng, the British king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, began to notice this Hunan army attacking from the edge, and led his troops to help Taihu Lake."

"Because Chen Yucheng was carried away by the momentum of the previous successive battles, he despised the attack of the Hunan army, and the Hunan army was guided by Zeng Guofan's parents and sons, and finally the Taiping army was defeated and had to retreat, and in this way, Taihu Lake also fell into the hands of the Hunan army."

"In order not to give the Taiping army a chance to breathe, the Hunan army that took Taihu Lake launched another attack a few days later."

"Constantly pursued the rest of Chen Yucheng, and so far, Shipai, Taihu Lake, Qianshan, and Zongyang have all been occupied by the Hunan army."

"Chen Yucheng, who retreated to Tongcheng, also basically cut off contact with Anqing because of the more than 10,000 Hunan troops across the trailer river."

"In the end, the Hunan army came to the city of Anqing, but they only camped and built fortifications, and did not take the initiative to attack the city, and the entire Anqing city was completely surrounded by the Hunan army."

"The heads of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan and Li Xiucheng, did not understand Zeng Guofan's strategy thoroughly at first."

"Although they know that Anqing is of great significance, it is not as good as the lifeblood of the Qing court, the Jiangnan region."

"So when the Hunan army invaded Anqing on a large scale, Hong and Li also thought that it was a good solution to first control the Jiangnan region and lay a solid foundation, and then go back to rescue Anqing."

"Even in order to uproot the Jiangnan camp set up by the Qing army on the edge of Tianjing City, Hong Xiuquan also transferred a lot of Taiping troops to help, which further accelerated the speed of the Hunan army approaching Anqing."

"Later, not only did a large area of the Jiangnan area fall, but even the Anglo-French forces began to attack BJ."

"At such a critical moment, Zeng Guofan shirked the request of Emperor Xianfeng for various reasons, and vowed to surround Anqing City to the death, and even his own nest was about to be lost to fight this battle, such a firm attitude and courage are enough to see Zeng Guofan's excellent quality as a military strategist."

In the autumn of 1860, Hong Xiuquan, who had rediscovered the importance of Anqing, ordered a westward expedition, and Chen Yucheng began a counterattack with the army after the situation on the rear road stabilized.

"It's a pity that Zeng Guofan has already anticipated it, and made all preparations to ambush the Taiping army, under the offensive of several months, Chen Yucheng's troops have been defeated repeatedly, Hong and Li still focus their strategies on attacking Zhejiang Shang, and Anqing City has also run out of grain and grass in this nearly year of siege, and the soldiers defending the city have long been weak."

"On September 5, 1861, the Hunan army used tunnel explosives to blow up the north gate of Anqing, and since then, the city of Anqing has been lost, and the Taiping army's base in Anhui has collapsed."

"As early as when the generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom despised the strength of the Hunan army and the strategic intelligence of Zeng Guofan, this battle was doomed."

"And the whole battle is completely developed according to Zeng Guofan's expected trend, which can be called wonderful."

"Not long after the loss of Anqing, the leaders of the Taiping Army, who were eager to expand the results of the war on other fronts, spared no effort to start the Eastern Crusade, and the failure to recognize the situation and acting in a hurry led to the gradual destruction of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Battle of Anqing was only a starting point for their decline."

"Looking at the entire battle of Anqing, I can only use four words to describe Zeng Guofan's tactics: isolation but not encirclement, encirclement but not fighting, pruning branches and leaves first, and then taking the roots."

"In general, it is not to add unnecessary casualties to attack the impregnable main defending city, as long as the periphery is cleared, cut off the grain route into the city, and then slowly wait for the main city to be cut off from grain and grass, and then take the city."

"At this time, I have to say that our emperor, the minister in front of him led the army to fight with his life, and he went to have fun."

"The ministers of the people went to rehabilitate, and Emperor Xianfeng himself went to the Old Summer Palace to play."

"What a ridiculous thing, the country didn't care about it, and went to the Old Summer Palace to enjoy himself, why did Emperor Xianfeng only live for 11 years? I deserve it! ”

"This is the same as most faint kings, the short life span is entirely because of their own living habits and environment."

"Our Xianfeng Emperor's mother, Concubine Quan, in order to be able to rely on her mother's son, used medicine to help give birth, so that Emperor Xianfeng was born early and won the throne."

"Emperor Xianfeng is still a premature baby, and he should pay more attention to his body, but he is not!"

"Emperor Daoguang's first three sons all died young, and they were faced with childless inheritance, so Emperor Xianfeng was born just right, and he became the emperor in this way."

"Everyone knows that premature babies are inherently poor and ordinary people, and if they are not adjusted and recuperated, they will inevitably be more painful and sick, so Emperor Xianfeng should have lived a more disciplined life."

"And he spends all day drinking and having fun, this "Historical Records" actually said that because of this Taiping Army uprising, this is because he wants to play and bring himself a high hat!"

"It is recorded that Emperor Xianfeng was very painful in his heart after the offensive of the Taiping army, and he wanted to do something to save the Qing Dynasty, but he had no way to start."

"The long-term depression could not be relieved, so I had to start a rotten life to intoxicate myself, not wanting to face political affairs."

Li Longji: Poof! Admit it, admit it, eat well, who doesn't like beauty?

"In fact, during the reign of Emperor Xianfeng, there were not many beauties in the harem, a total of 18, compared to the previous emperors, it was indeed not much, but it was only in the reign of eleven years, if there were more than ten years, it might be more than that."

"These are just concubines on the bright side, the real harem is in the Old Summer Palace."

"Because there are too many rules in the palace to satisfy his own erosive life, Emperor Xianfeng set up his own harem in the Old Summer Palace, and there are not so many rules in the harem."

"Here I can only say that you are still the emperor, you will play!"

Cao Cao: Who likes to be well-behaved, but they can't be too unruly, it's better to be a woman, too sensible.

Liu Ruyi: House flowers don't have the fragrance of wild flowers, isn't it?

"Anyway, basically Emperor Xianfeng lives in the Old Summer Palace for two-thirds of the year, turning the sky and the sea, and pursuing happiness."

"And the establishment of a special department is to go to the people to collect beauties, in order to net all the beauties in the world, disdain all costs, as long as it is a beauty, it is okay to be a woman."

Cao Cao: This little brother really knows how to play, and he still has to learn.

Liu Bei: Cao thief, I just found out that this is more than you can play, you like women are still a little far behind.

"It's so ridiculous that even if you are given a healthy body, you can't stand such a spoil. This kind of life goes on forever, and the body is definitely getting worse day by day, so what can be done?"

"After taking supplements, there will be deer blood in the palace, most of which is consumed by Emperor Xianfeng, just to forget the troubles for a short period of time."

"Later, after the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded BJ, Emperor Xianfeng led his concubines to flee to the Old Summer Palace, and at the same time, he did not forget to give the order to lead the deer first to ensure his daily needs, after all, a war is a war, and life cannot be left behind."