How crazy was Hong Xiuquan before he died? After Shi Dakai left the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lost its "pillar" and was in danger of falling apart at any time. In this case, Hong Xiuquan began to promote Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng and other young generals to lead the army, and achieved some positive results. Hong Xiuquan promoted Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng and others, but at the same time, he made his cousin Hong king, put him in charge of state affairs and controlled generals, which was equivalent to the commander-in-chief of Taiping Army. But Hong Ren was just a scholar, and his ability to March and fight was not as good as that of Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng, who had fought in the battlefield for many years, but Hong Xiuquan still put him in charge of the military and political affairs. Visible Hong Xiuquan mental confusion at this time, just want to trust their loved ones.

Not only that, in order to buy people's hearts, Hong Xiuquan also gave titles to his relatives, courtiers and generals, and even the chefs and drivers who served him were crowned kings, with more than 2,700 people. It can be said that "the prince is full of dynasty, and the dog's tail continues to mink"! However, before he died, Hong Xiuquan turned into a "magic stick" and lied in the imperial edict: "When the people feel at ease, I will go to heaven and get the heavenly soldiers from the heavenly brothers to protect Tianjing." Even if I say, "Don't worry, I will dispatch troops to save the city from the heavenly father, and the siege of Tianjing will be lifted soon." Hong Xiuquan has been thinking from beginning to end, doing everything, which is ridiculous. 1862, Ceng Guoquan led the main force of Xiang army to besiege Tianjing (Nanjing), and fierce fighting broke out outside Tianjing. Soon, Taiping Army lost all strategic places in Tianjing.

At this time, Tianjing was obviously untenable, and the best way was to break through, but Hong Xiuquan only knew how to have fun, thinking that the Qing army could not enter Tianjing. He believes that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has a heavenly father and a heavenly brother to save the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in danger. Although the situation is precarious, Hong Xiuquan still indulges in debauchery every day and doesn't care about the war outside the city at all. 1863165438+10, Ceng Guoquan occupied Xiaolingwei outside Nanjing, and the situation was extremely tense. Seeing the critical situation, Li Xiucheng tried to persuade Hong Xiuquan to give up Nanking and led his team to fight guerrilla warfare in Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other provinces. He can come back once the time is right.

As far as the situation was concerned, the Taiping Army still occupied a large area of land in the south of the Yangtze River, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and it was allied with the Nian Army, which was active in the Central Plains. Even if guerrilla warfare is resumed, there is full hope. But Hong Xiuquan was very angry and scolded Li Xiucheng. He thought that the heavenly father would save himself and was not afraid of the siege of the Qing army. Although Li Xiucheng is helpless, he still loves the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in his heart. He told Tianwang that there was no food and grass in the city. Hong Xiuquan replied: "The heavenly father told him in his dream that manna could be eaten and kept healthy." The so-called "manna" is weeds. Li Xiucheng also reported earlier that someone was poisoned by eating these weeds, but Hong Xiuquan didn't listen. He went his own way, ate these things and was soon poisoned.

After getting sick, Hong Xiuquan thought his heavenly father blessed him and refused to receive treatment. He soon became terminally ill (another way of saying that he committed suicide by taking poison). 1June, 864, his soul returned to the "heaven" at the age of 5 1. Shortly after Hong Xiuquan's death, Tianjing City was broken. The so-called heavenly soldiers didn't come, but waited for the Xiang army. Only 50 days after Hong Xiuquan's death, Nanjing fell. After the Xiang army conquered Nanjing, it excavated Hong Xiuquan's coffin in the back garden of Tianwangfu, cut his body into dozens of pieces, and then burned his bones and ashes. "Slay the body and burn it with fire!" . After that, the Qing army put the bones of Master Hong into the cannon, and with a cannon, Hong Xiuquan really ascended to heaven. Hong Xiuquan has been a speculator all his life. He realized his personal desire in the name of religion, but in the end it vanished with the sound of guns.