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Conquering the country

In 1897, the weather had already warmed up, and the sun was sunny on the ground, and even the wind was blowing, and the wind was not cold. Shaanxi was the best season. In a large courtyard, a middle-aged man was lying on a chair, basking in the sun comfortably.

Take a closer look at the surrounding buildings. They cover an area of ​​hundreds of acres and are composed of four parts: the main building complex, the mansion wall, the mansion and the mansion river, and are in the palace-style layout of "three palaces and six courtyards". The courtyards are staggered and connected by corridors, with exquisite structure, exquisite craftsmanship, and simple and elegant style. However, the waves of golden spear ignited and make people guess the identity of this old man.

Liu Jintang, whose courtesy name is Yizhai, is from Xiangxiang, Hunan and is a famous general of a generation.

He was born in a peasant family in Xiangxiang, Hunan in 1844 (the 24th year of Daoguang). His father Liu Hourong joined the Hunan Army and was shot dead by the Taiping Army in Yuezhou (now Yueyang). From the purpose of "appointing his father's revenge", he joined Liu Hourong's troops at the age of 15. He then followed his uncle Liu Songshan to fight in Jiangxi, Anhui, Shaanxi and other places, participated in the suppression of the Taiping Army and Nian Army, and became a Taoist general who rose to the forefront of the old Hunan Army.

Under the influence of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising, Hui people in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places held uprisings one after another, and defeated the Qing army repeatedly. In 1867 (in the sixth year of Tongzhi, the Qing army led troops to suppress the Hui people's uprising army. In June 1869, the Qing army's troops pointed directly at Jinjibao, an important base of the Gansu rebel army (see the Battle of Jinjibao).

Zuo Zongtang took Liu Songshan's old Hunan Army as the main force and launched a fierce attack on the Jinjibao area. Due to the active defense and combat of the Hui Rebel Army, the Qing army's food transportation did not continue. Progress was slow. On the 2nd of 1870, Liu Songshan, the commander of the old Hunan Army, was shot dead by the rebel army. The morale of the Qing army was greatly reduced. In order to cope with the crisis, Zuo Zongtang appointed Liu Jintang, who was then the prime minister of the old Hunan Army's camp affairs, and proposed two plans for "staying" and "retreatment" for him.

Liu Jintang judged the situation and believed that "staying", "retreat", and retreating to the camp" were not desirable, and insisted on continuing to attack. He suggested to Zuo Zongtang: "Our army goes deep and lacks food and does not fight hard, and the thief will take advantage of me, and Lingzhou will be lost in the morning and evening. The overall situation cannot be supported." "We must kill our strength, and then the army can be fully equipped." This opinion was agreed by Zuo Zongtang.

In order to inspire morale, Liu Jintang summoned his generals to inspire: When our military achievements were achieved, we were unfortunately going to be defeated. You are all veterans who have followed my uncle for many years. Do you have the heart to stop the army? After unifying the generals' thoughts, he placed Liu Songshan's coffin in the military camp to inspire everyone's revenge and continue to attack the Jinjibao area.

In July 1872, Liu Jintang escorted Liu Songshan's coffin back to Hunan for burial. A year later, he led the 18th Battalion of the Old Hunan Army to attack the Xining Huimin Uprising Army led by Ma Guiyuan and Ma Benyuan. Because the rebel army used the 90 miles east of Xining to go from Xiaoxia to the Grand Gorge to resist resolutely, Liu Jintang only fought 50 bloody battles before he captured Xiakou Pass Road and entered Xining.

At the end of October 1873, the 5th Battalion participated in the attack on Suzhou (now Jiuquan, Gansu). He used the call of surrendering generals in the rebel army to lure surrender. Ma Wenlu, the leader of the rebel army guarding the city, took off his weapons in 114. Zuo Zongtang listed several generals' military achievements in suppressing the Shaanxi-Gansu Hui Rebel Army, and ranked Liu Jintang first. The Qing court promoted him to Xining Road, Gansu.

In 1875, the military > of the Kokhan Khanate in Central Asia led his troops into the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. With the support of Britain and Russia, the so-called "Zedeshar Khanate" colonial rule was established. In 1871, Tsar Russia directly sent troops to occupy the Ili area. Bai Yanhu, the former leader of the Hui Muslim rebel army in Shaanxi, treasoned and led his troops to surrender to Agubo. Faced with the grim situation of foreign enemies' invasion and the grim situation of the important officials such as Li Hongzhang, Liu Jintang firmly supported Zuo Zongtang's claim to regain Xinjiang with a clear patriotic stance. Starting from the spring of 1875 (the first year of Guangxu), Liu Jintang stationed in Liangzhou (now Wuwei), actively reorganized his army and prepared for war, and streamlined the 55th Battalion of the Old Hunan Army into the 25th Battalion. Combined with the enemy situation and geographical characteristics of Xinjiang, he conducted more than a year of combat training to prepare a powerful brigade for the regaining Xinjiang.

On 53, 1875... Tang recommended to the Qing court on 924 Liu Jintang, who believed that "Yang Rui is sharp, skilled, unparalleled in talent, and pure in ambitions", was commanded by the premier, and the Prime Minister's camp affairs were soon approved by the Qing court.

On 1876426, Liu Jintang led the 25th Battalion of the Old Hunan Army in Suzhou to march towards the northern Xinjiang in batches (see the Qing Dynasty's War to Recover Xinjiang; The simple policy was to decide to launch the northern Xinjiang operation in the new autumn when "there are all over the new valley and there is food to make a cause". In late July, he met with the 39th Battalion of the Jinshun tribe who had entered Xinjiang and stationed in Jimusa (now Jimusaar). He attacked Urumqi and reached the end of the journey.

Within the moon, we drove more than 2,000 miles to capture the West>+

In the early 9 months, Aikmukhan and Abdulhama gathered more than 2,000 troops and "declared that they would seize Ka and Ying cities by Russian orders" (Xinjiang |> Ushchatikaren, 700 miles west of Kashgar, was at the foot of Selekur (now Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County) |+|Jintang heard the news and personally led 2,000 horse stairs, carried dry food, and passed Yingjishar to the road to wasteland::... Selekur quickly advanced. Aikmukhan learned that the Qing army was coming to help, so he evacuated Selekur and fled north. Liu Jintang immediately changed the route north, digging ice into a road, and ventured over Karatashda, which had accumulated ice all year round, and finally caught up with him at 800 miles at 4 nights.

Zuo Zongtang commented on Liu Jintang's combat command to annihilate the enemy's remnants and said: "When the troops are not used for ten thousand, the sight of the canal is almost completely out of the net, and the cities in the mainland are as safe as before, and the chickens and dogs are not shocked, then the clarity of the machine and the speed of the machine can be used to lead to it." The Russian army was also very afraid of Liu Jintang, and once said, "Liu Jintang is here, and the Tianshan Mountains cannot be crossed."

However, the Qing Dynasty was always unwilling to hand over military power to the Han people. Liu Jintang knew it well, so he simply left the house and went home to avoid unexpected disasters. In 1880, Xinjiang was slightly decided. After Yili recovered, he applied for the opening of the countryside on the grounds of his ancestors and his foot disease. The court happily agreed and released Liu Jintang for more than ten years, leaving the hero's head blank.

In recent years, the country has been in trouble, and Liu Jintang is also very quiet. Unexpectedly, when a few requests to send the letter of war, the court just said lightly, "The general's courage is commendable." The other place is gone. The heart of Mr. Liu Jintang slowly cooled down. Occasionally, he thought of his majestic posture of following General Zuo and "trampling through the Qilian Mountains" and he couldn't help feeling sad.

That morning, Liu Jintang finished the sun, and his hands and feet were warmed up and his spirits were better (he suffered from the cold in the war in his early years), so he stepped to the restaurant to drink. When the waiter saw him, he immediately waited Liu Jintang to a special seat. Everyone in Xi'an knew about it. Liu Jintang ordered a few dishes, ordered some wine, and then swept it slightly.

Unexpectedly, after a glance at the eagle, I found that a few more people came into the restaurant. One of them was tall and stood there like an iron tower. There was another person not far from him, wearing a long gown, and could directly shine in his eyes. It was obviously a difficult person. These two people intentionally or unintentionally stuck the entrance and exit of the restaurant, with their bodies slightly sideways, obviously protecting the people in the middle.

Liu Jintang was also a man who had experienced strong winds and waves. He knew that these two were bodyguards and felt a little regretful. If these two men wanted to be in their own army, they would at least be a general who led the army alone. Unexpectedly, it was not worth it. Thinking of this, Liu Jintang looked a little angry, and the young man in the middle also looked up, and the two of them had their eyes intersected...

Liu Jintang felt a huge wave coming towards him, with the momentum of destroying everything and trying to subdue himself. This momentum Liu Jintang was very familiar with, but this man had already taken the yellow crane, which made him a little dazed.

"Zuo Shuai" Liu Jintang remembered his teacher and his eyes were a little blurred.

When Liu Jintang wiped away his tears, the young man had already walked up to Liu Jintang and gave a deep bow. "This father-in-law, seeing his father-in-law is very demeanor, and wants to drink a few drinks with him. I wonder if he can appreciate his face."

Liu Jintang raised his head and looked at the young man carefully. The young man was tall and had a pale face, but there seemed to be a thick layer of blood between his eyebrows. Liu Jintang asked himself that he had killed countless people in his life, but the bloody smell was not as heavy as the young man. He was surprised when he remembered it. He nodded slightly and answered. Liu Jintang turned his head and looked at the teahouse.

In Shaanxi, teahouses are not places where people drink tea, but places where storytellers can make a storyteller. If you speak well, you can earn at most a hundred cents a day. If you speak badly, you will have to pay the seat fee. Therefore, these people will be happy to listen to the new current affairs, and the storytellers will be happy to listen to them.

On this day, there is a name for the storyteller, Zhao Gang, a hero of a generation. He used the big boss of North China and half of the emperor of China, to speak out. Today, he was talking about the 60th chapter of "The president bravely rescues Zhiyuan, and the small manager shows off his wisdom to destroy the Japanese chief." The storyteller Zhang Deqi was not good-looking, and when he arrived, he took a photo of the arbor. Everyone calmed down and heard that the storyteller was not good.

"The last time the Japanese Japanese ship Omatsu Island and other ships surrounded the Zhiyuan ship, and saw that the Zhiyuan ship was out of control. But at this moment..."
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