Turning to the history of the late Qing Dynasty, it is just one word "frustrated"! There are countless land cemeteries, as if you can get a share of the pie if you form a team! But even so, there was still a tough guy who withstood the pressure and swears to recover Xinjiang. He was one of the four famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty, " Zuo Zongtang "!
zuo Zongtang
Let’s first look at the invading forces of all parties that dazzled you and made the Qing government anxious!
Since the door of the late Qing Dynasty was kicked open by the great powers in 1840, the late Qing Dynasty has been in a vicious cycle of being beaten - open ports - beaten - compensation - beaten - signing - beaten - be beaten - ceding land.
internal troubles: In 1864, farmers in various parts of the late Qing Dynasty revolt one after another, and ethnic minorities in Xinjiang also took advantage of the chaos to riots and began to oppose the rule of the Qing government.
External troubles: Northwest Region: In 1865, a man named Aguber , with the support of the British, led his army to invade more than 1.6 million square kilometers of land in Xinjiang and establish a regime. It was natural that he obtained the United Kingdom and Tsarist Russia support and establish various economic exchanges with it! In 1871, Tsarist Russia occupied Yili , called "Only Supervision"! Let’s look at the coast again: In 1874, Japanese pirates invaded Taiwan by force, and the southeastern coast began to be in turmoil!
Struggle to the public and send troops to Xinjiang
1975, 63-year-old Zuo Zongtang served as the imperial envoy to supervise Xinjiang affairs! Why do you go against the public? At that time, the Qing Dynasty was vigorously carrying out the Westernization Movement, vigorously developing the Beiyang Fleet, and maintaining coastal defense. Li Hongzhang As the leader behind the Beiyang Fleet, he naturally did not want to hand over the limited treasury to Zuo Zongtang to recapture the "barren land" in Xinjiang! He believed that Xinjiang was remote, with no grass growing, and a desert, and suggested recognizing the Aguba regime so that it could become a small subordinate country of the Qing Dynasty! Zuo Zongtang believed that there was a rare treasure land, with a wide area, cattle and sheep everywhere, and rich products! The water affairs in the eastern part are as important as those in the western part, but matters are prioritized!
Li Hongzhang
Faced with the fierce quarrel, Zuo Zongtang received strong support from Cixi Laofu this time! Win! Cixi also had her considerations. The territory of more than one million square kilometers accounts for one-sixth of the country's land area. She gave up as soon as she wanted to give up, and Cixi was also unyieldingly reluctant to leave! In addition, Britain and France jointly invaded the capital in 1860, and Cixi fled west! If Xinjiang is lost, Cixi will lose the rear of shelter!
Finally, in 1876, Zuo Zongtang took the Qing government to relocate 5 million taels of silver, as well as Hu Xueyan as Zuo Zongtang, and used tariffs as loans to borrow 18 million taels of silver from various overseas banks. , set off in a mighty way! It’s just a dark coffin in the team, which is particularly eye-catching! That was the coffin prepared by this old man over 60 years old for himself, which showed his determination to recover Xinjiang to the death! This move has inspired the morale of the entire army! No one wants to be the humiliating soul under the iron hoof of the great powers!
headed westward, advance slowly and fight quickly, and attack the northern border first!
Zuo Zongtang is worthy of being a genius in war! Faced with Agubo's foreign guns and cannons, Zuo Zongtang recruited troops in advance, created a large number of advanced weapons and improved weapons and equipment! Secondly, be careful and calculate the daily food of each person and horse to prevent military expenses from being tight! Then prepare a large amount of food and grass, and marching and fighting, food and grass are absolutely indispensable. He analyzed that Aguber's power was mainly concentrated in the southern border, and the northern border was relatively weak, so he started with the northern border.A quick battle and a quick decision must be made to recover Xinjiang within two years! Although Agubai was mentally prepared and knew that the Qing Dynasty sent troops to encircle and suppress, he did not expect to be caught off guard by Zuo Zongtang! Facing the captives, Zuo Zongtang acted the opposite way, no matter whether he surrendered or not, he would be killed! If you don’t kill it, it will lay deep hidden dangers in Xinjiang! In this way, he defeated Agubo and captured his son Berkhuli with his plan. Zuo Zongtang finally recovered Xinjiang with his super military skills! A great victory!
Then Zuo Zongtang entered Xinjiang for the second time, and the two sides signed the "Ili Treaty" to recover Yili in the hands of Tsarist Russia! It's not easy!
Then after several efforts, we have implemented the policy of maintaining stability in Xinjiang, which gives us the opportunity to see the vast land and rich products of Xinjiang now! Liang Qichao called him "the number one great man in five hundred years"! Such a national hero is the backbone of our nation!
