Imperial Commissioner: First Class Senior General Xiang Rong (向榮) Military commander: Second Class Senior General Her Chyun Lieutenant General: Zhang GuoLiang Shi Dakai, Yang Xiuqing, Qin Rigang (秦日綱), Li Xiucheng The 80,000 soldiers in the regular Army faced 460,000+ in the Taiping Rebellion militia force.
On August 9, Xiang Rong committed suicide in Danyang, but this strategy stopped the forces' march north.
1858–1860 Imperial Commissioner: First Class Senior General Her Chyun Viceroy of Liangjiang: He Guiqing (何桂清) (escaped to Shanghai and was executed by Qing) Military commander: Second Class Senior General Zhang GuoLiang (KIA early May 1860) Governor of Zhejiang province 1st Luo Zundian (羅遵殿) (died early March 1860, forced suicide) Governor of Zhejiang province 2nd Wang Youling (王有齡) (died early October 1861, forced suicide) Governor of Jiangsu province Xu Youren (徐有壬) (KIA December 21, 1860) Lieutenant General: Zhang YuLiang (張玉良) (KIA October 1861) Lieutenant General: Zhou Tengso (周天受) (KIA middle of May 1860) Lieutenant General: Wang Jung (王浚) (KIA late April 1860) Li Xiucheng, Lai Wenguang, Tong Zonghai (童容海), Chen Yucheng, Yang Fuqing (楊輔清), Li Shixian, Liu Qeuling (劉瑲琳) The regular Army had only 180,000 soldiers while the Taiping Rebellion militia force had at least 560,000 soldiers.
The leaders intrigued against each other: Xiang Rong (向榮) and Her Chyun in the first Jiangnan DaYing Her Chyun group, and the He Guiqing and Zeng Guofan groups disputed inner officials' system, which allowed the Taiping Rebellion to gain momentum.
Her Chyun could use the Brigadier General's works but he belittled the Taiping Rebellion, He Guiqing's cowardice and Zeng Guofan's selfishness, which were the three reasons for their loss.