Jirhangga
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Jirhangga (
Governor of Jiangsu, which belonged to Bordered Yellow Banner, and was appointed to that post by Imperial Commissioner Xiang Rong (向榮). He was killed in action by rebels during the Taiping Rebellion.[citation needed
]
Actions against Small Swords Society
Recovery of Shanghai county
Before the
Shanghai county, and the arrest of thousands of Small Swords Society
members.
Organizing the Corps at Mount Jiuhua
In March 1856, Jirhangga and Nanjing's Mayor led 40,000 troops stationed in Mount Jiuhua. The army was intended to capture the capital of the Taiping Rebellion in Nanjing.[citation needed]
Death
In 1856, when the Taiping General
]Aftermath
Under orders from Xiang Rong,
Jiangnan DaYing to save Jirhangga, but arrived too late, as Jirhangga had been killed a week earlier. Zhang Guoliang still recovered the vital city of Zhenjiang from the Taiping, who had occupied it for five years. Jirhangga's death and the five-day combat changed the Taiping rebels' former offensive toward the north.[citation needed
]