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Assassination of Yang Xiuqing
- When
- September 1856
- Where
- Tianjing
Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang slaughtered Yang Xiuqing and his followers at the Taiping capital in September 1856, on Hong Xiuquan's orders.
Wei Changhui returned to Nanjing with three thousand troops on September 1, 1856, and found that Qin Rigang had already arrived. Yang Xiuqing and his followers were slaughtered by Wei Changhui, Qin Rigang, and their troops on Hong Xiuquan's orders. The killing formed part of the internal conflicts and attempted coup that weakened the Taiping rebels during September and October 1856.
Sources
- Taiping Rebellion Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
- Wei Changhui Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-11
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