#350 - Taiping 25: Rings Within Rings
The History of China

#350 - Taiping 25: Rings Within Rings

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 9, 202647 min
  • Documentary
  • History

In the summer of 1861, the strangest siege of the war took shape on the banks of the Yangtze. As Heaven itself sent forth cosmic signs – of victory or disaster, no one could be quite sure – an imperial army had a rebel city completely surrounded. Only for a different rebel army to surround that imperial ringing army. But they were, all of them, deceived... for somewhere out past the hills, another ring was made... Inside the walls, the gardens were planted, the rations were holding, and the markets were open for business. They would stay open...

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