The Taiping defeat a besieging army. Assassinations rock the Heavenly Capital. First, Yang Xiuqing, the East King, is assassinated and then the North King. The Taiping lose central strategic leadership and Taiping commanders begin to operate autonomously. The Hunan Provincial Army advances along the Yangtze River. The British are not amused with the Taiping Rebellion.

Image: "Sunset on the Yangtze River" by Stanley Zimny (Thank You for 52 Million views) is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.  

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