We're going to wind things down with this episode. 1863-1864, the bitter and bloody end of the Taiping Rebellion.

After the Convention of Beijing was signed in 1860, the foreign pers weren't so sure about the Taiping's anymore. Also, we hear about Frederick Townshend Ward and the Ever Victorious Army.

After seizing the city of Nanjing in March 1853, the Taiping leadership launches two military expeditions, one to the north to capture the capital, Beijing, and the other to the west.

In this episode, we trace the Taiping Rebels as they make their way from Yong'an in Guangxi all the way to the southern capital of Nanjing.

The Taiping Rebellion is arguably the pivotal event that got the dominos falling that led to the  Warlord Era and the later founding of the PRC.