els . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 6 , ▁he ▁managed ▁to ▁rec ruit ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁troops ▁from ▁Hun an ▁to ▁rein force ▁Q ing ▁imperial ▁forces ▁at ▁Ji ' an , ▁Ji ang xi ▁Province . ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁they ▁managed ▁to ▁re capt ure ▁Ji ' an ▁from ▁the ▁reb els . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 0 , ▁Z eng ▁and ▁his ▁troops ▁bes ie ged ▁An q ing ▁and ▁repeatedly ▁f ended ▁off ▁re bel ▁rein for c ements ▁led ▁by ▁Chen ▁Y uch eng . ▁They ▁captured ▁An q ing ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 4 , ▁they ▁conquer ed ▁T ian j ing ▁( N an j ing ), ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁the ▁Ta ip ing ▁Heaven ly ▁Kingdom ▁established ▁by ▁the ▁reb els . ▁Z eng ▁was ▁later ▁appointed ▁as ▁the ▁Provin cial ▁Governor ▁of ▁H ube i ▁Province . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁the ▁T ong z hi ▁Emperor , ▁Z eng , ▁Gu o ▁Song ta o ▁and ▁others ▁compiled ▁the ▁book ▁Hun an ▁T ong ▁Z hi ▁( 湖 南 通 志 ; ▁Guide ▁to ▁Hun an ). ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 3 , ▁he ▁spons ored ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁silver ▁ta els ▁for ▁the ▁publishing ▁of ▁a ▁book , ▁Ch u ans han ▁Y ish u ▁( <0xE8> <0x88> <0xB9> 山 <0xE9> <0x81> <0xBA> 書 ; ▁Lost ▁Book ▁of ▁Ch u ans han ), ▁by