The Qing Emperor ruler of all under heaven has given command of the Army of the North to Li Hongzhang and the Command of the Army of the Yellow River to Zeng Guofan who are ordered to prepare Qing forces to defeat the Taiping Rebels Whatever the Cost.With any Hope of Foreign Intervention killed off by the current Pan European Conflict the Emperor knows that Skilled Chinese leaders regardless of Race are needed to end the Conflict with the Taiping Rebels to the south. To this end Zeng Guofan has been given overall command of all standing armies forces south of Beijing, this doesn't include the Conscript armies in the south or the Imperial army based around Beijing, this includes both his own force, the army of the North and the Army of Mongolia and is preparing to make his next move to defeat the Taiping rebels.