How does Zuo recover Xinjiang?

In the west of Xinjiang, there is a small country called Hao Han, which has always been attached to the leadership of China. Later, Russia invaded many territories of Hao Han countries, which aroused the dissatisfaction of Hao Han leader Akuta. So Russia encouraged him to occupy Xinjiang, China, to make up for the lost territory. With the support of the Russians, Agubo led troops to occupy southern Xinjiang. Then, he expanded to northern Xinjiang and occupied Urumqi. Later, Agubo announced the establishment of Azhe Deschard State in Xinjiang, and he became king. This is a blatant secession of Xinjiang from the territory of China. Russia also wanted to seize Xinjiang in China for a long time, so it took the opportunity to send troops and occupied Yili in western Xinjiang.

Agubo and Russia invaded Xinjiang, which caused controversy among Qing government officials. Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang were afraid of Russia. They think that Empress Dowager Cixi doesn't care about Xinjiang because she is busy looking for a new emperor. Emperor Tongzhi was ill not long ago, and Cixi wanted to find an emperor who listened to her. Then she chose the Prince of Alcohol? Zai Tian, the son of Yu ā n. Zai Tian's father is Xianfeng's younger brother and his mother is Cixi's younger sister. After Cixi put Zai Tian, 4, on the throne of the emperor, she began to listen to politics again. Carrying the field is Emperor Guangxu.

Yan Hong Akuta occupied Xinjiang, and the governor of Lanzhou, Shaanxi Province was very anxious. He was even more anxious and angry when he heard that the court didn't care about it at all. Zuo immediately wrote the paper to refute Li Hongzhang and others. In the paper, he said angrily, "We must never encourage foreign aggression. Give up Xinjiang and they will occupy the whole northwest. Give up the whole northwest, they occupied the whole of China. Others can tolerate Agubo's aggression, but I can't. If the court agrees with me, I am willing to lead the troops to recover the whole of Xinjiang. "

Zuo's memorial was written with great momentum, which made many high officials in the imperial court admire him very much. They recommended Zuo to Cixi in succession, hoping to recover Xinjiang as soon as possible. Empress dowager cixi also felt that losing territory was not honorable. Since someone is willing to pay, let's try. Therefore, Zuo was appointed as an imperial envoy and led the troops to recover Xinjiang.

/kloc-in the spring of 0/876, Zuo led his troops out of Lanzhou, passed the Hexi Corridor and came to Suzhou (now Jiuquan). Along the way, you can see walking willows with lush green leaves. These willows were brought from the northwest by Zuo, and he ordered the sergeant to plant them to keep the water and soil. Left, gather the generals of the whole army and formulate specific strategies for marching into Xinjiang. He said: "Xinjiang is vast and sparsely populated. In the middle is Tianshan Mountain, which divides Xinjiang into north and south. The north is flat and has convenient transportation. We will attack northern Xinjiang first. After gaining a foothold, we will March into southern Xinjiang and recover all the territory. " Liu Jintang and other generals nodded and said that this method is very good. Seeing that everyone agreed, Zuo said, "Please, two generals, lead an army to attack Urumqi. Xu Zhanbiao and Zhang Yao guard Hami. The rest of the troops defended Dunhuang, Anmen and Yumen to prevent the enemy from invading the mainland. " The generals were about to split up after receiving the order. Zuo told everyone: "There are many ethnic groups in Xinjiang, all of which are our brothers and sisters. You must respect them and never allow those who kill and set fire to severely punish the goods. "

Liu Jintang led the main force to leave Jiuquan and went straight to Urumqi. General Agubo Bai Yanhu was stationed in Urumqi. Bai Yanhu is from China. When he heard that General Zuo was killed, he wrote a letter to Agubo and sent soldiers to guard the ancient pasture outside the city. As soon as Liu Jintang arrived in Ulumu, he ordered an attack on this ancient pasture. Agubo's army has been desperately resisting all day. In fact, the Qing army did not really attack violently. Liu Jintang just let the troops shoot from a distance and shout loudly, instead of rushing forward. After dark, the Qing army retreated.

After a day of fighting, Bai Yanhu was tired and annoyed. He felt that the Qing army had launched an attack during the day and could sleep peacefully at night. But just as he was sleeping, the gunfire outside woke him up. The sudden attack of the Qing army made Agubo's army too late to prepare and was wiped out. Bai Yanhu desperately fled back to Urumqi and fled overnight with his family. Liu Jintang led his troops to occupy the ancient pasture and quickly occupied Urumqi.

The next day, reinforcements from Agubo arrived. Liu Jintang has set up an encirclement outside the city. As soon as the enemy entered the room, the Qing soldiers who were lying around shot. Agubo's army suffered heavy casualties.

Agubo thought that with Russian support, China dared not send troops to beat him. Now that the left army has won one victory after another, he is a little at a loss. But Agubo won't give up and will fight the China Army to the end. He ordered his son, Hekela, to guard Toksun, the general manager, Yi Deer Hurida, to guard Dabancheng, and Bai Yanhu, to guard Turpan, ready to fight to the death. However, his plan finally failed. In this way, the southern Xinjiang region was also recovered. Agubo retreated one after another and led a small army to the west. He was killed by his men on the way and got the end he deserved. Soon, Bai Yanhu and Hekela fled to Russia. Troops from all walks of life successfully joined forces in Turpan. In this way, the Qing army recovered all the territory except Yili.

Seeing that the Russian army was still in Ili and unwilling to leave, Zuo decided to go to Xinjiang to command the Qing army to recover Ili. Before he left, he had a coffin carried. The soldiers didn't understand what was going on, so Zuo said excitedly, "I am sixty-five years old, and I am willing to take my life in order to recover the territory of the country." The soldiers were deeply moved to see the commander-in-chief so determined and said, "Unless we drive out the Russians, we will never come back alive."

Left Suzhou, walked not far to the west, and suddenly received an order from Empress Dowager Cixi. Cixi told him to stop marching into Ili. Zuo is very sad. He looked at the endless Gobi desert in the northwest and sighed. But there was no way, so he had to order the troops to stop marching. It turned out that Cixi was afraid that the left recovery of Ili would cause trouble. She discussed with Li Hongzhang and decided to send Zeng Guofan's son Ceng Jize to negotiate with the Russians. Later, Ceng Jize and Russia signed the Ili Treaty. Although I was going back to Ili, I gave a large territory west of the Horgos River to Russia.