In the Qing Dynasty, the "Guild Party" in Guangdong and Guangxi had a dense population for a long time, which was very frequent in the local area and had a solid foundation. After the Opium War, the exploitation of Guangdong and Guangxi intensified and the situation was turbulent. After the Taiping Rebellion, social forces were even more encouraged and many uprisings were held. At that time, the documents of the Qing court recorded that "Guangdong thieves set out to attack the city and plunder the wild, wherever they went."
With the development of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the financial resources and forces of the Qing government became more and more tense. 1854, the Qing court began to mobilize treasures and military forces in Guangdong, suppressed Tian Pingjun's forces in the Yangtze River valley, and weakened its control over Guangdong. In addition, in order to further crack down on the Qing court, Tian Pingjun began to encourage all parties in Guangdong to launch an anti-Qing uprising. Emperor Xianfeng once said angrily: "Jiangnan rebelled against bandits and secretly sent the party back to Guangdong, colluding with ugly people and conspiring to make trouble." In this case, in June 1854, He Lu took the lead in responding. On July 5, Chen Kai, the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, led an uprising in Foshan. Claiming that "General Anton is in charge of the management of land and water soldiers and recruiting marshals", he captured Foshan, set up the Governor's Office, set up the posts of general, marshal, commander-in-chief, strategist and pioneer, and established a relatively complete military and political system. Taking this as a symbol, the curtain of Guangdong's anti-Qing uprising was opened.
In a few months, the insurgents developed hundreds of thousands of troops, captured more than 40 cities of various types and controlled half of Guangdong. On July 20th, the insurgents organized more than 200,000 troops and thousands of warships, and began to besiege Guangzhou. The insurgents have a huge momentum and a strong military advantage in the battle. However, the communication between the insurgents is inconvenient, and the leaders of all walks of life do not obey each other. "It is difficult for a thief to command his people." In terms of the Qing army, Ye, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, actively prepared his troops and colluded with the British troops stationed in Hong Kong to defeat the rebels. In June 5438+the following year 10, the Qing army captured Foshan. At this point, the plan of the rebel army to besiege Guangzhou completely failed and was cleaned by Ye.
After the siege of Guangzhou failed, the insurgents began to split up. Among them, Chen Kai and others moved to Guangxi, captured Zhou Xun House on September 27th 1855, and immediately established the rebel regime. The country name is Dacheng, and the year number is Hongde. Chen Kai changed its name from "King of Town South" to Xiujing, and set up a palace. At the beginning of the founding of Dacheng, it was surrounded by the Qing army on three sides, and the situation was very unfavorable. Insurgents also began to seek to break through the blockade of the Qing army, took the initiative to attack, and began the Western Expedition, the Northern Expedition and the Eastern Expedition, with fruitful results. 1857, the big country has controlled most of Guangxi, so powerful that it began to plan a general attack on Guilin.
In Guilin Battle, Dacheng assembled a large number of troops, but due to strategic mistakes, the battle failed. Later, Dacheng Guo suffered heavy losses in a series of battles. Although Shi Dakai sent troops to Guangxi for help, Dacheng Guo did not unite with Taiping Army, and the form was still not optimistic. 1861August 2 1 day, the Qing army contributed to Xiujing, and Chen Kai himself died in the battle. At this time, Dacheng country no longer exists, only the rest are still fighting. 1866, the Qing army broke Yao Xinchang's army, marking the end of Dacheng Uprising.