Destroy the life of Gordon of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Charles George Gordon (1833 65438+1October 28th-1885 65438+1October 26th) was a British engineering general in the Victorian era. Because they were very active in colonial times, they were called Gordon in China and Gordon in Khartoum. He is an expert in management, and he has shown certain tactical skills when he leads the company. However, he has an abnormal addiction to religion, and his self-confidence has magical power, which can influence different nationalities.

Gordon's time in England is very short. 1860, when the Second Opium War broke out, he volunteered to go to China and arrived in Tianjin in September. Missed the attack on Dagubao, but caught up with the occupation of Beijing and the Summer Palace. He stayed in the north of China until April 1862, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom began to threaten the Europeans in Shanghai.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom won a series of victories in Guangxi, Hunan and Hubei provinces from 1850 and occupied Nanjing from 1853. Later, the offensive began to slow down, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom basically stopped expanding, but they were close enough to Shanghai to threaten European immigrants there. Shanghai has set up a volunteer team composed of Europeans and China people to defend the city. This army is under the command of American Frederick Townsend Ward. Sporadic fighting continues in the western suburbs of Shanghai, and Ward's army is slowly retreating.

The British arrived at this time, and the British general William Charles Staveley decided to use Wall and another small French army to drive the Taiping Army out of Shanghai within 30 miles. Jiading and Qingpu were originally occupied by Taiping rebels, and these areas were basically recaptured by volunteers at the end of 1862.

Huaer was killed when he attacked Cixi, and his successor was not liked by Emperor China. Li Hongzhang, then governor of Jiangsu Province, asked Stevenson to appoint another British officer to command the foreign gun team. Steve chose Gordon, who is already a major. 1in March, 863, Gordon took over the command in Songjiang. He trained troops with a small crutch, attacked repeatedly and fiercely, and won the title of Chang, which is an inspiring but exaggerated title. Gordon reorganized the army to support Changshu. The rescue was a success, and Gordon soon gained the respect of the soldiers.

165438+ 10, Suzhou was captured by Gordon and China. 1in may 864, the Taiping army captured the last fortress outside Tianjing (now Nanjing)-Chang, whose reputation reached its peak. However, because of opposition to the surrender, they had a big fight with Li Hongzhang (see Suzhou for details). After the war, Emperor Tongzhi of China awarded Gordon China the title of prefect, which is the highest rank in the army. In addition, Britain promoted him to Lieutenant Colonel and made him Sir bartholomew.