Liu Jintang was furious: "I'll go back with you alone, what do you want to report?" Can I kill all the soldiers of your city alone? ”

The battalion officer hurriedly bowed, "Please don't embarrass the general, I'm just a battalion officer who is visiting the outpost." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zuo Zongtang grabbed Liu Jintang, who was about to be angry, "Don't be in a hurry for such a short time, let him go if he wants to report, this is Liu Jintang procrastinating, I see how long he can delay?" ”

Liu Jintang said angrily to Dong Fuxiang's battalion officer: "Did you hear that? Don't let me wait too long! ”

"Yes." Dong Fuxiang's battalion officer was so frightened that he hurried away, Liu Jintang was fierce, and he was really afraid that he would kill himself.

After listening to the report, Dong Fuxiang sighed, "I still can't hide." ”

"Your Excellency. No, governor, we just don't see it, he wants to rush hard, we can't help it, the governor has done enough benevolence. The person who spoke was Dong Fuxiang's personal entourage, at the beginning, he also loudly opposed Gan Jun to fight Zuo Zongtang, Dong Fuxiang had retreated all the way, the only requirement was that Zuo Zongtang should not pass from Gansu, I didn't expect Zuo Zongtang to be aggressive.

At first, he was called an adult, and then he was called the governor, but the habit had not yet changed.

Dong Fuxiang sighed, "They don't understand, even if I want to let him go, I can't do anything!" Now in our troops, they are all instructors sent by Huaguo, and many people in the army have joined the Huacui Party, if we insist on letting Zuo Zongtang pass, maybe we will start infighting ourselves, I don't beat him, it is already the limit of what we can do, just like that, there are still many brothers who are no longer satisfied! ”

"Yes, alas, otherwise, the governor will write everything clearly and send a letter to Zuo Zongtang, right?" The cronies suggested.

Dong Fuxiang's eyes lit up, "That's okay, it's just that if this letter falls into someone else's hands, I'll be finished!" ”

Dong Fuxiang rubbed his hands anxiously and walked back and forth.

The cronies know that the others Dong Fuxiang is referring to are people from the Huaguo Bureau of Statistics, or the Huacui Party, or cadres from Huaguo, anyway, as long as they are poked out, it is indeed very troublesome.

"Forget it, my lord, I'll go in person and make it clear to Zuo Zongtang and Liu Jintang!" Seeing that Dong Fuxiang was so embarrassed, his cronies volunteered.

Dong Fuxiang looked at him in embarrassment and said, "You? Brothers! I can't hurt you, Liu Jintang is very irritable, and he will really kill you to vent his anger! ”

"Governor, I'm not afraid, anyway, we have achieved the greatest benevolence, kill if you want to!" Such a cronie is also a person promoted by Dong Fuxiang, and he has a lot of affection for Dong Fuxiang.

"Good! There you go. "The officers in the army are all vigorous and resolute, and Dong Fuxiang is no exception.

The cronies went to see Zuo Zongtang and Liu Jintang in person.

Zuo Zongtang and Liu Jintang were not angry, and they were not unreasonable people, they sighed together and were speechless.

Dong Fuxiang's cronies knelt down and said: "Zuo Dashuai, General Liu, the governor of my family said that as long as you turn back, he is willing to use the head of the item to vouch for the two of you!" Even if you pass through Gansu, you can't escape the control of China and the Chinese army, don't forget, Xinjiang and Central Asia provinces are also under the control of China, there are three complete divisions of the Chinese army! Is Zuo Dashuai really going to be a horse bandit? ”

Zuo Zongtang sighed: "The key is that you can't surrender now, you get up, our people injured Li Hongzhang, whether Li Hongzhang is dead or alive, I don't know yet!" ”

"Huh?" The cronies stood up.

Liu Jintang waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, we all know, don't blame Dong Fuxiang for being unkind, just go back, if we insist on breaking through, we don't need his subordinates to show mercy." ”

Dong Fuxiang's cronies saw that Liu Jintang was unhappy, and sighed, "I know, if I persuade again, I may provoke General Liu to kill me, but I will say one last thing, if I insist on fighting, it can only be my own brothers who die, and anyone with eyes in the world can see that they can't beat the Chinese army, and no one in this world can beat the Chinese army, unless they go to a foreign country and be a dog of foreign devils!" ”

Liu Jintang said angrily: "Who did your special mother say would be the dog of foreign devils?" ”

Dong Fuxiang's relatives stood proudly, and they were not afraid of Liu Jintang, "I have said everything that should be said thoroughly, and if you want to kill it, you will kill it." ”

Liu Jintang pulled out his sword at once, "Lao Tzu will kill you now!" ”

Zuo Zongtang shouted: "Jintang, what are you doing?" It's all their own people. He said to Dong Fuxiang's cronies: "You go back, what you know, we don't know?" ”

Dong Fuxiang's cronies gave Zuo Zongtang and Liu Jintang a big salute respectively and left.

Liu Jintang said in frustration: "Dashuai, what should I do now?" ”

"Let's fight, go back and fight with the Chinese army!" Zuo Zongtang is still courageous, he is really chased, and he can still be decisive.

Hearing Zuo Zongtang say this, Liu Jintang was a little worried, and asked: "Fight with the Chinese army, do you want to fight their cavalry?" ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded, "Yes, our goal is too big, really even if we fight to a few hundred people, we don't go to Tianshui City, the troops will go in three directions, and then assemble in Qinghai, it's the same, I believe that Dong Fuxiang won't embarrass us, now it's because the Chinese army is next to us!" Dong Fuxiang didn't dare to let us pass, he did have his difficulties! Perhaps, we have defeated the Chinese army, and Dong Fuxiang may still join forces with us! I want to prove that the Chinese army is not invincible! ”

Liu Jintang listened to Zuo Zongtang's analysis, and became energetic, "It's still handsome and far-sighted, yes, fight with them!" ”

Zuo Zongtang asked Liu Jintang to gather several high-ranking generals.

This time, to the surprise of Zuo Zongtang and Liu Jintang, everyone was not interested, or rather, they were scared by the Chinese army!

"Marshal, it's not that we are afraid of the Chinese army, it's really the Chinese army's guns and cannons, with only such a small number of troops in our hands, it's difficult to deal with! Moreover, our troops are too small, if there is an army of 100,000, the old man will also dare to go out of the city and fight a hard-fought battle with the Chinese army! A veteran of the Chu army said.

"Yes! Handsome. Let's stop fighting, we can just disperse and run, right?! Another general second only to Liu Jintang also said.

Zuo Zongtang was almost not angry to death: "If there is an army of 100,000, do you still need to say it?" Scatter running? How much can it be divided? I've thought about this for a long time, if it's too scattered, will the army still be able to regroup? Divided into a dozen shares? Are you all scattered and go to be horse bandits? ”

"Humph! Do you still have the backbone, our Chu army is still afraid of more than 2,000 Chinese cavalry? We are all with twisters and bandits, and we have been rolling in blood for more than ten years! Are you still manly? Since you don't dare to fight, then I'll do it. I, Liu Jintang, am not afraid of the guns of the Chinese army, I want to use the saber and bow in my hand to cut off the head of that Xuan Jianzhang with my own hands! Liu Jintang said sharply.

was called out by Liu Jintang like this, and everyone didn't dare to say it.

"Marshal, the Chinese army is powerful, if you fight hard, you really have no certainty of winning, think again!" is still the veteran who spoke just now, he is not afraid of Liu Jintang.

Liu Jintang said angrily: "Then you get out!" ”

Zuo Zongtang slapped the table, "Jintang, don't be presumptuous, isn't this discussing, what's the hurry?" ”

The crowd was silent.

Zuo Zongtang sighed, "Since everyone's ideas can't be unanimous, in my opinion, we will disperse today and discuss it at noon tomorrow!" Where to go, everyone must unify one meaning, it really can't work, just learn from Huajun, let's also democratize once, vote, everyone is a brother in life and death, no matter what time it is, you can't help but have one heart, even if you go to the palace of Hades, you must also be a brother! ”

Zuo Zongtang is a literati, and he speaks beautifully.

As soon as a few sensational words were spoken, a group of old brothers suddenly burst into tears.

Zuo Zongtang is discussing what to do?

In fact, the contact between Zuo Zongtang and Dong Fuxiang, including Zuo Zongtang's meeting, these things have all reached the hands of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army.

The Chinese army has a spy from the Statistics Bureau by Zuo Zongtang's side, although his position is not high, he is just a gang leader, but it does not affect the transmission of intelligence.

Xuan Jianzhang consulted with a group of staff officers and invited Prince Yi and Prince Alcohol to attend, and on the other hand, he quickly sent the information to the president's secretariat.

President Meng got the information and sighed, he actually admired Zuo Zongtang and a group of senior officers under Zuo Zongtang, especially this Liu Jintang, who was not an ordinary person.

It is not too much to be Liu Jintang and the Optimus Prime of the Qing Dynasty's logistics and military!

Liu Jintang's biggest activity was to pacify the Tongzhi Hui Rebellion in the northwest region and the Berkehuri forces, the heir of Agubai, in the chaos in Xinjiang. Gansu in the Qing Dynasty also included Ningxia and Xining.

Jinjibao in Wuzhong County, Ningxia Prefecture, Gansu Province is located 50 miles southwest of Lingzhou, with Huamachi in the east, Guyuan in the south, and the Yellow River in the west. There are two dangerous places outside the fort, one is the gorge mouth in the west, which is the mouth of the Qingtong Gorge of the Yellow River, and the water inlet that controls the Qin Canal and the Han Canal that flow through Jinji Fort, and the other is the Yongning Cave in the east, which is the place where the Shanshui River passes through the Qin Canal culvert, and it is also the outlet that controls the Qin and Han Canals. In order to seize the advantageous terrain, Liu Songshan concentrated his forces to capture these two military points, but the mouth of the gorge was soon recaptured by the Hui army, and the Qing army fell into the unfavorable situation of flooding the Hui army.

In order to reverse this trend, Liu Jintang first strengthened the defense of the grain road and the defense of Yongning Cave, and then led his troops to capture the forts between Lingzhou and Wuzhong Fort, opening the way for the capture of Jinji Fort. Zuo Zongtang was very satisfied with Liu Jintang's deployment and results, and played the Qing court, "recommending him to be of great use." The Qing court immediately issued an order to confer Liu Jintang's title of Sanpin Secretary and make him officially command the Lao Xiang army.

In order to resist Liu Jintang's attack, Ma Hualong, the leader of the Hui rebellion army, relied on the Qin and Han two canals to dig trenches and build walls, build forts and build forts, so that the walls inside and outside Jinji Fort were vertical and horizontal, the fortress was ringed, the canals and water were reinforced, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Qin canal, Banqiao weir and Shanshui River were dug one after another, so that the Qing army camp fell into a pool of water. In the face of these difficulties, Liu Jintang was undaunted. He took the lead, went back and forth in the mud, led the old Hunan army to attack one by one, step by step, fought hard for several months, and finally captured the forts on the periphery of Jinji Fort, and began to turn to the attack on Jinji Fort. Jinji Fort is very solidly built, the fort wall is 4 zhang high, 3 zhang thick, 9 li in circumference, there is a fort in the fort, and the defense is very tight.

Liu Jintang was besieged with deep ditches and high bases. He ordered the Qing army to dig two long trenches with a depth of 1 zhang and a width of 3 zhang, and built a wall about a height of more than 3 zhang on the edge of the trench to cut off the connection between Jinji Fort and the outside world. At the same time, several forts were built, which were condescending and constantly bombarded the fort. Finally, Ma Hualong was forced to surrender to the Qing camp on January 6, 1871, and then occupied Jinji Fort.

On March 2, in accordance with Zuo Zongtang's instructions, Liu Jintang corrected Ma Hualong's father and son and more than 1,800 Hui soldiers.

A year later, he led the 18th battalion of the Lao Xiang Army to attack Ma Guiyuan and the Hui rebel army in Xining Prefecture, Gansu Province, led by Ma Benyuan. Because the Hui army took advantage of the 90-mile dangerous valley from Xiaoxia to Daxia east of Xining to resolutely slaughter the Han, Liu Jintang had no choice but to storm it, and fought more than 50 bloody battles for more than two months before it captured the pass at the mouth of the gorge and stationed in Xining.

In the mid-19th century, much of Xinjiang was under the iron heel of Agubai. Aguba had already invaded and occupied the areas of Urumqi and Manas in the south and north of Xinjiang, while the Ili Valley was illegally occupied by the Russian army, and only Hami, Balikun, Brentohai, Tacheng and other places were still under the control of the Qing government.

The people of the whole country eagerly hoped that the Qing government would send troops into Xin, expel the invading enemy, and recover Xinjiang.

In 1875, Zuo Zongtang was appointed as the minister of the Qincha who supervised the military affairs of Xinjiang, and waved his troops out of the customs. Zuo Zongtang is well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Hunan army and Liu Jintang's commanding ability. When he was planning and transferring the new troops to join the war, he ordered Liu Jintang to take charge of the camp affairs of the premier's western expeditionary army and to be responsible for directing the military operations of the former enemy armies.

The 31-year-old Liu Jintang, as the commander of the Hunan Army, premiered the camp affairs of the various armies of the Western Expedition, and in fact took on the important task of recovering Xinjiang. In accordance with Zuo Zongtang's operational policy of taking the north road first and then recovering the south road, he led the Hunan army and other armies to recover Urumqi, Manas and other cities in northern Xinjiang one by one; conquered the key fortified Agubo Shengjinkou, Dabancheng and other Tianshan passes and Turpan areas; Then he sent troops to the south road, and successively recovered the four eastern cities of Karasar (now Yanjiao), Kucha, Aksu, and Wushi; It recovered the four western cities of Yarkand (present-day Shache), Yingishal, Kashgar (present-day Kashgar), and Hotan.

When the Qing army was victorious, Aguba committed suicide by poisoning himself in Korla. His son, Haigula, was killed by his brother Berkhuri in an ambush on his way west. On the eve of the Qing army's reconquest of Kashgar, Berkhuri fled with the remnants back to Kokand, which had been occupied by Tsarist Russia.

Some of the British and Turkish instructors and craftsmen in the rear lair of the Aqub bandits became captives overnight. They marveled at the speed of the Qing army's actions and called Liu Jintang "General Fei". With the successive victories of the Western Expeditionary Army, Liu Jintang successively won the rank of Cavalry Captain, Reward Double-eyed Dazzling Ling, and Sanpin Jingqing Alternate. Later, he was promoted from the cavalry lieutenant to the second baron, the supplement Taichang Siqing, and the political envoy Sitong. In 1878, when Zuo Zongtang returned to Beijing, he was appointed by the Qing court as the acting minister of the Qin Mission and supervised the military affairs of Xinjiang.

Liu Jintang rushed back to Hami from Kashgar to take up a new post. Due to the end of the campaign to recover Xinjiang, Liu Jintang's lifelong career as a horse warrior also came to an end. Soon, through diplomatic negotiations, the Qing government ceded the area west of the Khorgos River to Tsarist Russia, and the Russian troops withdrew from the nine cities of Ili. A series of aftermath work in Xinjiang, until Xinjiang was established as a province, fell on Liu Jintang. This year, he was not yet 35 years old.

The campaign to recover Xinjiang began in August 1876 and ended in January 1878, after only one and a half years, and the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, who had suffered greatly from the ravages, actively supported and cooperated with the Qing army in the battle, and the Uygur and Kirghiz people in Luntai, Kucha, Baicheng, Aksu, Wushi, Aheqi and other places rose up to expel the enemy and welcome the Qing army from the city.

Therefore, the battle to recover Xinjiang was unexpectedly smooth and swift. The fundamental reason for this is of course due to the justice of this war, but Liu Jintang's trust in and good use of the intelligence provided by the Uygur and other ethnic groups, his ability to divide and disintegrate the enemy's strongholds, and his ability to capture fighter planes and adjust military deployments in a timely manner are also some important factors.

At the end of October 1873, Liu Jintang was ordered to lead 5 battalions of men and horses to participate in the attack on Suzhou (now Jiuquan, Gansu). He used the shouts of the rebel generals to lure him to surrender, and Ma Wenlu, the leader of the rebel army defending the city, opened the city on November 4 and disarmed him. Zuo Zongtang has several generals to suppress the Shaanxi-Gansu Hui rebel army, and Liu Jintang is ranked first. The Qing court promoted him to Xining Province in Gansu Province accordingly.

In 1875, Aguba, the military leader of the Kokand Khanate in Central Asia, took advantage of the turmoil in Xinjiang to lead troops to invade the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and with the support of Britain and Russia, established the colonial rule of the so-called "Zhedeshar Khanate". In 1871, Tsarist Russia directly sent troops to forcibly occupy the Ili region.

In 1873, Bai Yanhu, the former leader of the Shaanxi Hui rebel army, committed treason and led his troops to take refuge in Agubai. In the face of the invasion of foreign enemies and the grim situation in which Li Hongzhang and other important ministers advocated abandoning Xinjiang, Liu Jintang resolutely supported Zuo Zongtang's proposal to recover Xinjiang with a clear patriotic standpoint.

Beginning in the spring of 1875 (the first year of Guangxu), Liu Jintang was stationed in Liangzhou (now Wuwei), actively reorganized the army, streamlined the 55th battalion of the old Hunan army into 25 battalions, and combined with the enemy situation and geographical characteristics of Xinjiang, carried out combat training for more than a year, and prepared a strong force for the recovery of Xinjiang. On May 3, 1875, the Qing court appointed Zuo Zongtang as the minister of the Qin Mission to supervise the military affairs of Xinjiang.

On September 24, Zuo Zongtang recommended to the Qing court Liu Jintang, who he considered "sharp and sensitive, talented, and loyal", as the commander of the former enemy, and the prime minister was in charge of camp affairs, which was quickly approved by the Qing court.

President Meng believes that even from the perspective of Liu Jintang's expulsion of Agubai, it is not too much to say that Liu Jintang is a national hero.

The Qing court also produced many national heroes.

President Moe sighed.

Jiegege leaned next to President Meng, "The president has this desire to cherish the enemy, I'm already very happy, don't think about it, let the people below do it themselves, right?" ”

President Meng sighed, "They have merit to the country!" What about Li Hongzhang? Has Li Hongzhang's condition improved? ”