163 years ago today, on June 4, 1862 (the eighth day of the fifth lunar month), Chen Yucheng, a general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, died in Yanjin, Henan Province. Chen Yucheng (1836-1862), a general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At the beginning, he was named Picheng, and Hong Xiuquan, the king of heaven, praised his loyalty and bravery, and changed his name to Yucheng. He is a native of West Bank Village, Dali, tengxian county, Guangxi. Born as a poor peasant. When I was young, my parents died and I lived on my uncle. In 1851, fifteen-year-old Chen Yucheng joined the Jintian Uprising with his uncle Chen Chengrong. In June, 1854, the Western Expeditionary Army entered Wuchang, but due to the stubborn resistance of the Qing army, it was unable to attack it for a long time. Chen Yucheng "sacrificed his life to fight hard, attacked the city and fell into battle, and was agile and ascended first." He personally led 500 "heavenly soldiers to the city, so that the officers and men collapsed and fell into Hubei Province." Chen Yucheng, 18, showed bravery and made the first contribution in the surprise attack on Wuchang. He was promoted to the 30th checkpoint on the right side of the palace (below the prime minister), commanding the 13th army and the first four armies of the water camp. On the Western Expedition, Chen Yucheng won everything, and in 1856, he was promoted to Prime Minister of the Winter Palace. In the same year, he followed King Yan Qin Rigang to rescue Zhenjiang and defeated the Qing army. The commander-in-chief of the Qing army Xiang Rongbai fled to Danyang and hanged himself. The destruction of the Jiangnan camp relieved the elbow and armpit trouble that threatened Tianjing for three years, and put the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in its military heyday. In 1858, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom restored the five-army general system, and Chen Yu became the former army general. In September 1858, he joined forces with Li Xiucheng. The Taiping Army struggled to jointly attack Dexing'a, commander-in-chief of the Qingjiang North Camp, and Mongolian Dutong Shengbao. After capturing Pukou and wiping out more than 10,000 enemies, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng took advantage of the victory to divide their troops and swept across the battlefield in northern Jiangsu. Enemy soldiers from all walks of life were dispersed. The victory in the Battle of Pukou destroyed the Jiangbei Camp, lifted the enemy's threat of cutting off Tianjing's supply, eased the Tianjing crisis, and reversed the passive situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after the Tianjing Incident and Shi Dakai's departure, and revived its military power. On November 15, 1858, Li Xubin's troops suddenly attacked Chen Yucheng's camp and rushed past Jinniu to suppress it. Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng, Sanhe defender Wu Dinggui, and three troops and horses broke through the enemy camp and annihilated more than 6,000 Qing troops. Li Xubin, who was fierce for a while, had no choice but to hang himself. In May, 1860, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng broke the bamboo and quickly liberated most areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Almost all the Qing troops in the south of the Yangtze River collapsed, and Qing generals He Chun and others committed suicide in despair. In 1861, Chen Yucheng stationed troops in Jixianguan, a stronghold outside Anqing. Zeng Guofan concentrated his main forces to besiege Anqing. On September 5th, the Xiang army blew up the north gate wall of Anqing and broke into the city. More than 16,000 Taiping army soldiers who fell hungry fought hard and all died heroically. Chen Yucheng retreated to Luzhou. In May 1862, Duolong'a besieged Luzhou. Chen Yucheng decided to abandon the city and go north to join the Northwest Army on the expedition. At this time, Miao Peilin, who was entrenched in Shouzhou and had secretly surrendered to the Qing army, lured Chen Yucheng to go to Shouzhou and promised to help Chen Yucheng capture Henan. Chen Yucheng didn't listen to his subordinates' repeated dissuasion and decided to leave Shouzhou. As a result, he was caught in the trap and sent to Qing Shuai Shengbao Camp. On June 4, 1862, Chen Yucheng died in Yanjin, Henan Province, at the age of 26.