| 词条 | Occupation of Ningbo |
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| conflict = Occupation of Ningbo | width = | partof = Taiping Rebellion (Eastern Expedition) | image = | caption = | date = December 9, 1861 – May 10, 1862 | place = Ningbo, Zhejiang, China | coordinates = | map_type = | map_relief = | latitude = | longitude = | map_size = | map_marksize = | map_caption = | map_label = | territory = | result = | status = | combatants_header = | combatant1 = Qing dynasty{{flagcountry|Second French Empire}} {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} | combatant2 = Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | combatant3 = | commander1 = {{plainlist}}
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| commander3 = | units1 = | units2 = | units3 = | strength1 = | strength2 = 60,000 | strength3 = | casualties1 = | casualties2 = | casualties3 = | notes = | campaignbox = }}{{Campaignbox Taiping Rebellion}} The Occupation of Ningbo was the five-month period in 1861 and 1862 during which the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom successfully occupied the city of Ningbo during the Taiping Rebellion. British and French support eventually allowed the Qing to retake the city. Fall of NingboIn December 1861, the Taiping, having already controlled the hinterlands of Zhejiang for many months, began marching on Ningbo under the command of Huang Chengzhong and Fan Youzeng.{{sfn|Uhalley|p=17, 17–18}} When the Taiping neared the city, they were approached by British, French, and American diplomats who attempted to dissuade them from taking the city.{{sfn|Uhalley|p=17-18}} Although Western diplomats had previously been successful in warning off the Taipings, they were ultimately only able to extract promises that foreign interests would not be harmed.{{sfn|Uhalley|p=17-18}} On December 9, 1861, 60,000 Taiping stormed Ningbo. Despite the fact that the British had been training the local Qing forces, there was no military opposition to the Taiping's capture Ningbo.{{sfn|Uhalley|p=17}} Occupation of NingboThe capture of Ningbo provided the Taiping with access to the sea and the opportunity to demonstrate that Taiping rule would not harm foreign interests.{{sfn|Uhalley|p=17}} Initially, foreign reaction to the occupation was positive, even from those who were normally critical of the Taiping, such as Harry Parkes and S. Wells Williams.{{sfn|Uhalley|p=17, 19}} However, although the Taiping were well-disciplined and took steps conducive to trade, later missives became more negative and the British began to prepare for an eventual retaking of the city by the Qing.{{sfn|Uhalley|p=17, 21-22}} Chen Zhengyue, a bagongsheng and member of the wealthiest household in Ying County, developed a plan to retake Ningbo.[1] He convinced the Qing troops to attempt to retake Ningbo, collaborated with foreign armies to organize an allied action, and provided funding for the expedition.[2] Retaking NingboOn May 10, 1862, Zheng Afu, the personal servant of Frederick E. B. Harvey, and Apak, a coastal pirate who commanded a fleet of 150 small, armed boats, successfully incited a British attack by firing upon {{HMS|Encounter|1846|6}} from the Taiping side of the river.{{sfn|Platt|p={{page needed|date=August 2018}} }} This false flag attack killed two British soldiers and caused Roderick Dew, the commander of the Encounter, and the French to begin a full-scale artillery barrage on the Taiping with six gunships.{{sfn|Platt|p={{page needed|date=August 2018}} }} Peasants and pirates then stormed Ningbo.{{sfn|Platt|p={{page needed|date=August 2018}} }} Zheng was personally responsible for directing the torture and summary execution of captives in the aftermath of the operation.{{sfn|Platt|p={{page needed|date=August 2018}} }} AftermathAfter Ningbo was retaken by the Qing, Apak and his pirate fleet began blockading the river and disrupting trade with the city.{{sfn|Platt|p={{page needed|date=August 2018}} }} Footnotes1. ^Xiaowei Zheng, Loyalty, Anxiety, and Opportunism: Local Elite Activism during the Taiping Rebellion in Eastern Zhejiang, 1851–1864, Late Imperial China, Volume 30, Number 2, December 2009, pp. 39-83, at 39-40 2. ^Xiaowei Zheng, Loyalty, Anxiety, and Opportunism: Local Elite Activism during the Taiping Rebellion in Eastern Zhejiang, 1851–1864, Late Imperial China, Volume 30, Number 2, December 2009, pp. 39-83, at 40 References
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