Wuhan: Strategic Mistake
In February 1861, Chen Yucheng led 100,000 troops in a preparation to attack Wuhan, but Harry Smith Parkes, who was in Wuhan, put up a strong, robust defense. The Taiping troops eventually gave up the attack. The resulting retreat was a grave strategic mistake, because the Xiang Army was able to subsequently concentrate all their forces to attack Anqing. If Chen's Taiping troops would have captured Wuhan, that would have effectively cut off the Xiang Army's rear.
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