Massive setback of the Taiping rebellion, Shi Dakai takes control of all five Taiping armies
Factions
Yang Xiuqing †
Wei Changhui †
Qin Rigang †
Hong Xiuquan
Shi Dakai
Strength
6,000
unknown
100,000
Casualties and losses
6,000
unknown
unknown
27,000+ opposition soldiers
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Taiping Rebellion
Jintian
Changsha
Wuchang
1st Nanjing
Western Expedition
Northern Expedition
Eastern Expedition
1st Jiangnan
Tianjing incident
Sanhe
2nd Jiangnan
Ningbo
Anqing
Shanghai
Guanzhong
Cixi
Changzhou
3rd Nanjing
Hubei
Fujian
The Tianjing Incident[1] (Chinese: 天京事變; pinyin: Tiānjīng Shìbiàn) was a major internal political conflict within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occurring during the late Qing dynasty from September 2 to October 1856. The conflict itself took place in the Taiping's capital city Tianjing. A few key leaders of the Taiping Rebellion were killed: the East King Yang Xiuqing, the North King Wei Changhui and the Yan King Qin Rigang. More than 27,000 other opposition rivals including soldiers perished in the conflict as well. The Tianjing Incident was said to be one of the factors which led to the eventual failure of the Taiping Rebellion, as well as the turning point in its fate.
^Steven Platt refers to it as the Eastern King’s coup
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