Ep. 281 | The Taiping Rebellion (Part 2)
The China History Podcast
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Homsho Tren's Typing Army
The march towards 20 million dead is in full swing. The message they were preaching was by now virulently anti manchu, anti government and anti confusion. With a message like that, it made it easy to find common ground with the local oppressed people. They now had their sight set on dongting lake to the north. That was going to be their gateway to the yansa river. But in another well planned ambush, the typing army got hit again, and half their navy was sunk.
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