Where did Shi Dakai finally lose?

186 1 September, Shi Dakai entered Sichuan from the north and south of Guangxi at the beginning of 1862. After that, he crossed the Yangtze River in the north, seized Chengdu, and established the Sichuan base area. Shi Dakai moved to Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, and entered Sichuan four times. Finally, in April of 1863, we crossed the river without bloodshed and broke through the Yangtze River defense line. In May, the Taiping Army arrived in Dadu River, when there were more than 40,000 Taiping Army members. There was no Qing army on the other side, and Shi Dakai ordered people to build more boats and rafts to cross the river the next day, but it rained heavily that night and the river surged, making it impossible to sail. Three days later, the Qing army rushed to protect, and the Taiping army was blocked by the unprecedented early flood of the Dadu River. It failed to cross the river many times, ran out of food and grass, and was in a desperate situation. In order to establish the miracle of "capturing Shi Dakai alive", Sichuan Governor Luo sent envoys to surrender, and Shi Dakai was determined to lay down his life for the whole army. After negotiations between the two sides, the Taiping Army demobilized 4,000 people on its own, and most of them escaped. The remaining two thousand people kept their weapons and followed Shi Dakai into the Qing camp. After Shi Dakai was taken to Chengdu, the Qing army was treacherous and all two thousand soldiers died.

1On June 27th, 863, Shi Dakai was tried in Chengdu court, and made a generous speech, which made the presiding judge stunned and speechless, and then he passed away calmly. When he was executed, he looked happy and suffered for a year until he died silently. The viewers were all moved and lamented the "strange man". When Shi Dakai was tortured, he was cut more than one hundred times, and there was silence from beginning to end. Shi Dakai's awe-inspiring righteousness and strong will shocked the officers and men of the Qing army. Liu Rong, the envoy of Sichuan, admired him very much, saying that he was "arrogant and strong, but his words were arrogant and he couldn't kiss up." On the occasion of his execution, his face lit up and he was the ugliest person. "