The first stage, from June 1853 to April 1854, entered Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan. 1June 3, 853 (three years of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, three years of Xianfeng), Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ordered Xiaguan Deputy Prime Minister Lai to lead an army of 20,000 to 30,000, with more than 1,000 warships, and began to return to Jiangxi from Tianjing, and occupied Anqing, an important town on the north bank of the Yangtze River, on June 10. Lai led more than 10,000 troops to the west and captured Pengze, Hukou and Nankang in Jiangxi (at that time, there were more than 10,000 troops stationed in Nanchang, led by Zhang Fei, the governor of Jiangxi, and Jiang Zhongyuan, the provincial judge of Hubei). The Taiping Army bombed the city wall three times in a row, but they were all blocked by the defenders and failed to break into the city. In view of the unsuccessful storm, checkpoint Zeng Tianyang led a Taiping Army to capture Fengcheng (now Gao 'an), Raozhou (now Boyang), Leping, Jingdezhen, Duchang and other places in late August to isolate Nanchang and put it on standby. Yang Jiu couldn't attack Nanchang, so he ordered his retreat and turned to northern Anhui and Hubei. On September 24, the Taiping Army left Nanchang and entered the river via Hukou. There are two roads: one is to lead troops in Shi Xiangzhen and Wei Jun, and the other is to lead troops in Hubei. All the way back to Anqing, under the leadership of Zeng Tianyang and others, ready to capture northern Anhui. Shi Xiangzhen and others led the Taiping Army to capture Jiujiang on the 29th, leaving Kai Wing Lam to command the guards and continue westward. 65438+ 10/5 defeated the Qing army in Tianjia Town (now northwest of Wuxue City, Hubei Province), entered Kezhou and Wuchang County (now Ezhou), and occupied Hankou and Hanyang on the 20th.
Aware of Anhui's important position in the Western Expedition, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Leading Group ordered Wing King Shi Dakai to lead 6,000 people to Anqing on September 25th to take charge of the military affairs of the Western Expedition, so that the Taiping Army at the front line in Hubei withdrew from Hanyang and Hankou, leaving Shi Xiangzhen to lead the troops in Huangzhou (now Huanggang) and return to northern Anhui. On October 25th, 65438/KLOC-0, Guan Chun Prime Minister Hu Yihuang led an army to attack from the north of Anqing, and even occupied Tongcheng and Shucheng, keeping pace with Luzhou (now Hefei), the temporary capital of Anhui. The Qing court urgently dispatched reinforcements from all walks of life. The Taiping Army repelled the reinforcements from the Qing army and captured Luzhou in 1854+ 14. The new Anhui governor Jiang Zhongyuan drowned. The Taiping Army expanded its achievements and captured Lujiang, Lu 'an, Qianshan and Wuwei counties. Immediately, Wei Jun and other main forces moved to Hubei again, and together with the troops staying in Huangzhou, attacked the Qing army camp in Huangzhou on February 12, killing Governor Wu of Huguang. /kloc-in June of 0/6, more than 10,000 Taiping rebels led by Hankou, Hanyang and Wei Jun of Sanke besieged Wuchang, and the main forces marched north and south to Hubei and Hunan. Zeng Tianyang led the northern army to connect Xiaogan, Yunmeng, Anlu, Suizhou, Zhongxiang, Jingmen and Dangyang. /kloc-captured Yichang in May of 0/8, and went to Yidu (now a city) and Zhijiang (now a town), where the police broke into Hunan. Under the command of Shi Xiangzhen, the Taiping Army of South Road advanced into Hunan, and occupied Yuezhou (now Yueyang) on February 27th, and even occupied Xiangyin and Ningxiang. Zeng Guofan, assistant minister of the Qing court, led the newly-built Xiang army to resist from Changsha to the north, and the Taiping Army was forced to withdraw from Hunan. In Hubei, it joined the reinforcements led by Vice Premier and Chun Guanlin, and then re-entered Hunan. On April 7, Ke Yuezhou occupied Jinggang (now northwest of Wangcheng) and led the troops to station. Lin led the main force to continue southward. On April 24, he occupied Xiangtan and sought to attack Changsha from the north and the south.
After the Taiping Army captured Xiangtan, Zeng Guofan immediately sent lieutenant Taqibu and magistrate Chu Ruhang to lead the two divisions of Xiang Army, and besieged Xiangtan. After fierce competition, the Taiping Army was defeated and forced to withdraw from Xiangtan on May 1. Lin led his troops west to Changde and other places. After joining forces with Zeng Tianyang's North Road Army, he crossed Dongting Lake on June 29th and retreated to Yuezhou. On June 26th, the Wei Army captured Wuchang for the second time.