Jirhangga

Jirhangga (Manchu: ᠵᡳᡵᡥᠠᠩᡤᠠ; Chinese: 吉爾杭阿; also known as Koer-hanger in English) (? – June 1, 1856) was an eminent Manchu official in the late Qing dynasty and served as the Governor of Jiangsu who belonged to Bordered Yellow Banner. He was appointed to that post by Imperial Commissioner Xiang Rong (向榮). He was killed in action by the rebels during the Taiping Rebellion.

Against Small Swords Society

Recovery of Shanghai county

Before the Chinese New Year of 1856, Jirhangga and the Mayor of Nanjing led 15,000 troops into Shanghai, after mining one of the city walls. This was followed by street fighting, the recovery of Shanghai county, and the arrest of thousands of Small Swords Society members.

Organizing the Corps at Mount Jiuhua

In March 1856, he 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.

Death

When the Taiping General Qin Rigang led a force to reinforce the offensive against Beijing in the North, Jirhangga immediately attacked, despite having only a fraction of the troops available against the advice of his staff. After five days of fighting, Jirhangga was standing on the city wall of the Dantu District city, waving the Qing's banner when he was killed by artillery shells. Jirhangga died in 1856.

Extra merit

Xiang Rong ordered general Zhang Guoliang to lead reinforcements from Jiangnan DaYing to save Jirhangga but arrived too late (Jirhangga had been killed a week earlier), but Zhang Guoliang defeated the Taiping and recovered the vital city of Zhenjiang occupied for five years by the Taiping. Jirhangga's death and the five-day combat changed the Taiping rebels' former offensive toward the north.

Because Zhang Guoliang left Jiangnan DaYing and recovered Zhenjiang, over 400,000 Taiping troops formed a second and higher Jiangnan DaYing that was famous for the Battle of Nanking (1856) (??).

General Qin Rigang returned to Nanjing, after three months, occurred sad purge that Qin join in Nanjing, that merit was extra over Jirhangga's count in alive (??).

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