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The First rout of the Jiangnan Battalion () took place between 1853 and 1856 when the Qing government raised the Green Standard Army to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The action involved Qing forces surrounding the city of Nanking, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ==First rout of the Jiangnan Army Group== After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom militia successfully occupied Nanking in the southern territory of Jiangnan, within 10 days, First Class Senior Gen. Xiang Rong, in command of 10,000 Green Standard Army troops, surrounded the walls of the city. The remnants of the former Qing garrison defending Nanjing were barricaded inside the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. Alongside Xiang Rong, the Green Standard Army was led by Second Class Senior Gen. Her Chyun and Lt. Gen. Zhang Guoliang. The leaders of the Taiping forces were Shi Dakai, Yang Xiuqing, Qin Rigang(秦日綱) and Li Xiucheng. The regular Army numbered 80,000 troopsw and the Taiping Rebellion militia force had 460,000 militia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Jiangnan (1856)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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