"Ma Zhanao is ready to reverse! Ma Guiyuan received the message sent by Ma Zhanao, and was stunned, he never thought of why Ma Zhanao suddenly decided to change his position!
Because in Ma Guiyuan's view, Ma Zhanao has always had a firm position, basically the reincarnation of Song Jiang, a capitulation faction who has escaped alive, why is it that all of a sudden, his attitude has taken a 180-degree turn?
In the message brought by Ma Zhanao, he said that he was wrong before, he was sorry for Ma Guiyuan, he didn't listen to his teachings, he really shouldn't have been, and he shouldn't have chosen the road of surrender.
Ma Zhanao now regrets it very much, he advised Ma Guiyuan, don't repeat his mistakes, only to fight to the end, is the only way out, if Ma Guiyuan is willing to continue to hold high the banner of the establishment of the Islamic State, Ma Zhanao promised to abandon the light and turn to the dark, return to Ma Guiyuan's banner, do his best, and die.
After retreating to Bayan Gerong, Ma Guiyuan was also hesitant. His uncle Ma Yongfu sent his son, Ma Guiyuan's cousin, with a message from Liu Jintang, to persuade Ma Guiyuan to surrender to the Qing Dynasty immediately.
Ma Guiyuan heard that Ma Yongfu had been given preferential treatment, and the official was reinstated and continued to serve as a "Huimu", and even the leaders of the Shaanxi Muslims, Yu Deyan, Cui Wei, and Bi Dacai, who had committed the most heinous crimes, were not settled by the Autumn Queen, and they were all included in the Qing army, giving them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and their families were also properly arranged.
Ma Yongfu's son, Ma Guiyuan's cousin, tried his best to assure him that if he let go of ** now and go to Xining to surrender, Liu Jintang assured that the Xunhua General Covenant would still belong to him, although the prefect of Xining could not do it.
As we said earlier, Ma Guiyuan's characteristic is that he has no idea, and when he heard his cousin say this, he was a little hesitant and planned to surrender to Liu Jintang, but at this time, Ma Zhanao sent someone to bring him a message, which gave him new ideas.
The person sent by Ma Zhanao said to him, Sect Master, don't surrender, otherwise you will definitely regret it, that day is not a human life, so even he Ma Zhanao is about to be unable to mix, and you can't bear it, Sect Master.
So Ma Zhanao wanted to rebel for a long time, but because he had no appeal, he could only endure it all the time.
Now if Ma Guiyuan is willing to raise his arms and shout, indicating the sect leader, you are determined to fight to the end with the Qing Dynasty, then Ma Zhanao is willing to be the forerunner, and as we all know, Ma Zhanao's combat power is invincible, so far, the only one who has defeated the Qing army on the frontal battlefield is Ma Zhanao.
Therefore, if the two sides join forces, Ma Guiyuan, with the respect of the sect leader, calls on the disciples under the Huasi Sect to pick up the ** again, appoint Ma Zhanao as the commander of the army, and take advantage of the terrain in Gansu and Qinghai, and completely compete with the Qing army.
And the people sent by Ma Zhanao also said to Ma Guiyuan, in fact, the old Muslims can completely beat the Qing army, if you think about it carefully, Ma Zhanao defeated the Qing army in Hezhou, and Bai Yanhu could have blocked the Qing army at the mouth of the big and small gorges, and the final defeat was entirely because of Ma Yongfu's rebellion behind his back and launched an uprising in Xining, so that they were exposed to the enemy.
Therefore, the root of all problems, Ma Zhanao believes, lies in our own lack of determination, especially himself, who also bears serious responsibility for the current situation, and the only way out for the Muslims in the northwest, he has finally figured out now, is to fight to the end, and the only person who can lead this struggle to success is none other than Ma Guiyuan.
Moreover, Ma Zhanao believes that in fact, as long as they block the Qing army for a year and a half, and defeat them on the battlefield once or twice, the imperial court will definitely remove Zuo Zongtang from his post and come to negotiate peace with them, and when the time comes, they can surrender to the imperial court only in name, and in fact completely control the autonomy here.
Once this effect is achieved, they can be like the Western Xia State back then, and the Qing court is false and wrong, secretly concentrate on development and growth, and wait until the next time the Qing court encounters internal strife and external troubles, they can take the opportunity to declare independence, and the founding of the Islamic State is just around the corner, and Ma Guiyuan will become the founding sultan of the Islamic State, and his name will go down in history.
When Ma Guiyuan heard the words of the visitor, his heart was immediately surging and his blood boiled, and he immediately decided not to surrender to Liu Jintang, but to hold high the Koran and persevere in the cause of the founding of the Islamic State to the end.
But the person who came said that Ma Zhanao absolutely believed in the sect leader, but his subordinates were afraid that the sect leader would be half-hearted, and if he wanted everyone to follow the sect leader with all his heart, Ma Guiyuan had to do something to show his determination to fight to the death and never retreat.
When Ma Guiyuan heard this, he hurriedly asked, what do you say, I'll do it immediately. If Ma Guiyuan wants all the disciples in the sect to believe in his determination to persevere to the end, he should kill Ma Yongfu's son, showing that he and the Qing court are completely cut off, if you don't do this, everyone will not believe you, and your sultan will not be able to do it.
Ma Guiyuan listened, didn't say a word, and immediately called someone to push Ma Yongfu's son out and behead him, and then asked the person who came, what should I do next?
First of all, Ma Guiyuan was ready to fight guerrillas, and when Chen Xiang led the Qing army and approached Bayan Gerong, Ma Zhanao would choose a good place and let Ma Guiyuan lead people to ambush there first, and then Ma Zhanao lured the Qing army into the ambush circle, and the two sides should cooperate with each other to annihilate the more than 10,000 Qing troops led by Chen Xiang in one fell swoop, completely reversing the situation in the northwest.
Detailed plan, when Chen Xiang's army approached Bayan Gerong, Ma Zhanao came again according to the situation, specific arrangements, when the time comes, Ma Zhanao will meet with Ma Guiyuan in person, lead the head of the Muslims in Hezhou, swear allegiance to Ma Guiyuan, and arrange the actual battle plan at the same time, Ma Guiyuan only needs to stay in place, wait for Ma Zhanao to report on the work, and wait for good news.
Ma Guiyuan couldn't help nodding yes when he heard this, not only did he think it was good, but even the people around him this time thought that this idea was too good, as long as Ma Zhanao lured the Qing army into the heavy mountains of Xunhua and found a place to set up an ambush, even if the Qing army had three heads and six arms, it would be impossible to escape death, and everyone seemed to see hope all of a sudden.
At this moment, Ma Zhanao, as the guide and vanguard of the Qing army, led his troops to approach the direction of Bayan Gerong, and the conspiracy between him and Ma Guiyuan seemed to be completely ignorant of Chen Xiang and Shen Yusui.
In the mountains and mountains at the junction of Qinghai and Gansu, the terrain is complicated, except for the locals, no one can find the direction, and now even if Ma Zhanao really sells the two of them, the two of them can only follow the money, so in the endless mountains, the Qing army that is trekking hard, will it be plotted?
Why didn't Bai Yanhu surrender? Some people say that it is because he once dug the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor and wanted to cut off the lives of the descendants of China, and some people say that it is because he dug the mausoleum of the royal family of the Qing Dynasty in Inner Mongolia, and he is afraid of being settled by the autumn, in short, because he has done too many bad things.
Some people also believe that in fact, the most important reason is that he, like the Protestant leader, is the behind-the-scenes leader of the Northwest Rebellion, the direct instigator and organizer, so he himself is also clear in his heart, he is the first offender in the real sense, and there is no possibility of being forgiven in the slightest, so he can only go one way to the dark.
However, I think the real reason why Bai Yanhu resolutely refused to surrender was because he was so deeply poisoned by the extreme teachings of Islam that he had hallucinated that he was engaged in a great cause and that he was worth giving everything for it!
Bai Yanhu led five or six thousand people, of whom about three or four thousand were able to fight, crossed the Qilian Mountains and fled all the way to Suzhou, on the way, they met Muslim reinforcements from Central Asia and Xinjiang from Xinjiang, and the two sides joined together and rushed to Suzhou.
After Ma Wenlu got the news of their coming to help, he was overjoyed and decided to take this opportunity to tear through the encirclement of Suzhou City.
Now under the city of Suzhou, in addition to Xu Zhanbiao's Sichuan army, there are more than 20 battalions of Qing army led by Jin Shun, which are the subordinates of Duolong'a who was originally brought to Ningxia by Du Xing'a, and there are also five battalions of Song Qing's Yi army who came from Shaanxi, besieging the city of Suzhou to the point of impassibility, and each besieging a city gate.
The troops led by Yang Shijun, who originally participated in the Battle of Hezhou, were also ordered by Zuo Zongtang to rush to Suzhou along the Hexi Corridor to chase Bai Yanhu to prevent him from fleeing south again.
The situation is very bad for Ma Wenlu, but Ma Wenlu, this guy, we also introduced earlier, has a bad stomach and a lot of thieves, after receiving Bai Yanhu's news, he immediately decided to take advantage of this opportunity to attack inside and outside and completely defeat the Qing army besieging the city.
Soon, Bai Yanhu arrived near Taerwan outside Suzhou City, in an abandoned fortress, he settled his troops, and then sent people to infiltrate Suzhou City overnight to discuss countermeasures with Ma Wenlu.
After Xu Zhanbiao got the news that Bai Yanhu was approaching, he was not idle, and immediately sent someone to get in touch with Yang Shijun, who was chasing Bai Yanhu, and the two sides finally agreed to take the initiative to attack, and besieged and annihilated him in Taerwan without waiting for Bai Yanhu to approach Suzhou City.
And Xu Zhanbiao also informed Jin Shun and Song Qing of this decision, and they also agreed to this action plan, and for the smooth implementation of this action plan, they will attack the city with all their might while Xu Zhanbiao divides his troops to attack Taerwan, contain Ma Wenlu, and make him unable to send troops to cooperate with Bai Yanhu.
Everything is well arranged, and it seems that Ma Wenlu and Bai Yanhu's wishful thinking is about to fall through again.
At the same time that Xu Zhanbiao led his troops to attack Bai Yanhu, Song Yi also led the Yi army from Henan and began to attack the outer defense line of the Muslim army under the city of Suzhou according to the pre-war discussion, so as to contain Ma Wenlu's actions.
We know that Song Qing is also very remarkable, and now in the archives of the Qing Palace, there is still a diagram of his Yijun drill, which depicts various formations and marching strategies, all of which are cleverly conceived, and can be called the first squadron, one of the pioneers of early modernization.
Naturally, the attack he launched also showed his housekeeping skills, and the chain ** formation was basically a deformation of the attack of the three columns, but the design was more perfect.
I saw Song Qing waving the order flag, and immediately the war drums rumbled, the military trumpets sounded in unison, and his troops lined up in several neat battle lines, and slaughtered the Muslim position with great momentum.
Unexpectedly, the Muslim rebels guarding the position, as soon as they saw his formation, they immediately smiled, not long ago, they suffered a big loss from Xu Zhanbiao because of playing this formation, I didn't expect that there were people in the Qing army who were so ignorant of current affairs.
So they immediately entered the trenches and various concealed fortifications, and waited for the Henan soldiers, who were marching in a neat formation, and after entering the firing range, they began to fire a volley.
Although these guys' ** is not good, their marksmanship is really good, and they defeated more than 200 Qing troops in the first salvo, and directly beat Song Qing's Yi army.
Isn't Song Qing a military expert?How can you make such a mistake?!It turned out that the last time he fought a big battle, it was the time to suppress the twist, and he only came to northern Shaanxi not long ago, and he was only in charge of public security and banditry work, and he had not participated in major battles, so naturally he had never seen new tactics.
However, in just a few years, the development of military technology has reached several steps, and Song Qing's old experience is naturally all out now.
Therefore, the Muslims guarding Suzhou, after fighting a few battles with Xu Zhanbiao, immediately knew that the past game would not work, so they now changed to the same as Xu Zhanbiao's Sichuan army, digging trenches, pulling scattered lines, crawling forward, and no longer performing military parades.
But Song Qing, who had just arrived at the battlefield, obviously hadn't figured out how the gameplay had changed again, so as soon as he came up, he was immediately beaten up.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Qing hurriedly waved the order flag and hurriedly changed the formation, but it changed several times, first the plum blossom array, and then the five-element array, but they were all beaten by the other party and suffered heavy losses, but fortunately, his men were well-trained, so that the whole army did not collapse.
Song Qing saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly withdrew his troops, let his troops withdraw, and went home to think about it behind closed doors. However, his defeat suddenly put others in danger.
As soon as Song Qing retreated, Ma Wenlu immediately withdrew the main force in this direction and used it in other directions.
And Jin Shun's side, because it was a containment feint, although a fierce artillery bombardment was launched on the rebels' positions, but the scene was not good enough, Ma Wenlu observed for a while, thinking that this was a bluff and brushing up the sense of existence, so Ma Wenlu decided to ignore it for the time being.
Then he estimated that the troops led by Xu Zhanbiao to attack Taerwan had gone far, so he decided to move to the position of the Sichuan army.
As we said earlier, although the Sichuan army is short and frustrated, among these troops, it is the most advanced, and the combat experience is the richest, which has made Ma Wenlu suffer several big losses, and Ma Wenlu now wants to kill a bloody road here, isn't it wishful thinking?
But the road is one foot high and the devil is one foot high, Ma Wenlu, this guy, can go from a small soldier to today, entrenched in Suzhou for seven years, and play with the ** of the Qing Dynasty between applause, without two brushes, it can't be done.
And if you think about it carefully, you will find that the other rebel Muslim leaders who dominate one side are all religious leaders, grand imams, court ** and the like, only he is a small soldier, a non-commissioned officer, and an out-and-out professional soldier.
Someone like him will definitely have something extraordinary!Although this guy was a little outdated at the beginning, he learned very quickly, and after a few battles, what trench tactics, sniper tactics, and infantry and artillery coordination tactics, this guy suddenly came back to his senses, and the more he played, the better he became.
Now, he has come up with a way to deal with Xu Zhanbiao, don't you like digging trenches and repairing fortifications?It doesn't matter, my infantry and cavalry can't rush up, but I'm going to use "tanks", aren't you just out of moves?
AhhMa Wenlu has a "tank", and readers may say, are you writing confused?Written as a crossing?Hehe, I really didn't write nonsense, but Ma Wenlu's is not the current "tank", but the "soil tank".
After a few battles, Ma Wenlu already understood that in front of the trenches, the infantry rushed hard, that is, they were sent to death, but if they wanted to break the blockade line and not break through the trenches, there was no chance at all.
After pondering for a few days and nights, this guy suddenly had an idea and invented the "earth tank". He had the front of the trolley nailed a few large wooden planks, and then covered the sides with thick felt cloth and leather to ensure that the bullets could not penetrate.
Then he built more than 70 cars at once, and each car was pushed by a few people, and the soldiers hid behind these cars, and he thought, no matter how good your Sichuan army's guns are, no matter how fast the bullets are, no matter how well they are ambushed in the trenches, and they can't penetrate this shield, it is equal to zero!
In fact, Zhang Zongyu, the leader of the Twist Army, also used this tactic before, but it didn't work, because the speed of this kind of vehicle was too slow, and the target was obvious, and it became a live target for Zuo Zongtang's artillery team.
But Ma Wenlu was much more cunning, and he took this into account, so the breakthrough position he chose was precisely the artillery of the Qing army, which could not hit him.
He quietly pushed the carts out of the city at night, then covered them up with straw and dirt, and when he had repelled Song Qing's attack and was sure that Jin Soon was just bluffing and had no worries, he decided to give it a go.
...... a few months ago）
Zuo Zongtang has been very entangled recently, he really wants Ma Guiyuan to surrender as soon as possible, but he is very afraid that Ma Guiyuan will surrender as soon as possible, why is this?
Because in case Ma Guiyuan fights guerrilla warfare with him, it is too difficult to catch this guy on such a large territory as Qinghai, and he doesn't know how much money it will cost, so he hopes that he will surrender as soon as possible.
But if Ma Guiyuan really surrendered to him, Zuo Zongtang would not be happy, because in that case, he would not be able to kill him. Why did Zuo Zongtang want to kill Ma Guiyuan very much? It stands to reason that this guy doesn't have a lot of brains, and his combat power is not strong, so it shouldn't be a big deal to keep it, right?
But the problem is that Zuo Zongtang has seen through the battle to pacify the northwest, and the root of all these problems lies in the religious eunuch system in the northwest.
The leader of a sect, his control over the congregation is much higher than that of the Qing court, in fact, it is a **, and it has been passed down from generation to generation, which is extremely harmful, if this problem is not solved, the next rebellion is only time.
But if Ma Guiyuan surrendered to the Qing court, and the Qing court killed him again, then he became a martyr, and since then the seeds of hatred have been planted, just like after the Protestant leader Ma Mingxin was killed, it didn't take long for Protestantism to break out again, and since then, it has never stopped.
Now Protestantism is already the sworn enemy of the imperial court, and although they have been beaten badly this time, they will still be relieved in another decade or two.
If Ma Guiyuan is killed, and then the old religion becomes the mortal enemy of the imperial court, then there will be no peace in the northwest, and it is impossible for the imperial court to completely kill all Muslims, or completely ban Islam, which will only induce endless rebellions, and this is not what a normal person should do, otherwise it will be no different from those extremely vicious extreme Muslims.
Therefore, if Ma Guiyuan surrendered to the imperial court immediately, Zuo Zongtang could only treat him preferentially and never kill him, but in this way, the eunuch system would exist, and the root of the rebellion would not be eradicated, and there would be endless troubles after all.
So at the same time as Liu Jintang's good news was spreading, Zuo Zongtang became more and more restless, Ma Guiyuan, a little kid, has now become a hot potato, let him pick it up, don't pick it up, how should this be good?
Then Liu Jintang reported to him that Ma Guiyuan had fled to Bayan Gerong, and he had sent someone to recruit him, and after Zuo Zongtang heard the news, his heart was even more entangled, and he didn't sleep well for a few nights.
In the past, the imperial court's policy towards the northwest was to support the weak old religions, suppress the strong Protestants, use Muslims to deal with the Muslims, and let them kill themselves, and the court only needed to quietly balance the power.
Since the beginning of this policy in the Qianlong Dynasty, after so many years of implementation, the effect has been very good, but after this time, the old religion has also become a traitor, if Ma Guiyuan is not sanctioned, the national law will become a child's play in the future, and if Ma Guiyuan is killed, who will be the role of this balance?
Mu is made of Mu, hey......Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but sigh, is this most cost-effective method handed down by Emperor Qianlong really impossible to use anymore?
Zuo Zongtang paced back and forth in the room, and suddenly, he remembered Ma Zhanao, that day in Lanzhou City, Ma Zhanao had a long talk with him in this room after surrendering, which left a deep impression on him.
This person obviously won the battle, but he knew the current affairs and immediately surrendered to him, which shows that this person has a very sense of proportion, at least very rational, unlike ordinary Muslims, who have a hot brain at every turn and start messing around, so Zuo Zongtang feels that Ma Zhanao can be used well.
And when Zuo Zongtang talked to him, he could still feel that this guy was unwilling to be subservient to others, and he was ambitious, both he and his son.
Zuo Zongtang also noticed a detail, Ma Zhanao's father and son respected Ma Guiyuan on the surface, but they were not like this in their hearts.
Ma Zhanao said that he had been under the supervision of his father since he was a child, and he studied Islamic classics day and night, and later went to the Mosque of Xi'an University Lane, and studied hard for several years.
But after coming back, he needed to worship a little kid who didn't know anything and had just become an adult, just because his grandfather was late, so when he could become the sect leader, Ma Guiyuan gritted his teeth slightly, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes, although he quickly covered it up, but Zuo Zongtang still noticed this detail.
Thinking of this, Zuo Zongtang's heart suddenly brightened, and he suddenly figured out how to solve this problem that had been a headache for a long time, or "use Mu to control Mu", and solve this problem from another angle.
So he immediately sent someone to give Liu Jintang a new order, so that he didn't have to pursue Ma Guiyuan anymore, even if Ma Guiyuan came to surrender, it would be delayed for the time being, he didn't have to accept it immediately, and he didn't have to refuse, he just needed to deal with the other Muslims around Xining, as well as those Shaanxi Muslims who were wandering around, and he didn't care about Ma Guiyuan's affairs.
Then he immediately sent someone to bring a message to Chen Xiang, asking him to pretend to have inadvertently revealed the news of Ma Guiyuan's possible surrender to Liu Jintang to Ma Zhanao, and then don't worry about anything else, if there is a connection between Ma Zhanao and Ma Guiyuan, he must not interfere, just pretend not to see it.
Chen Xiang felt a little inexplicable when he received Zuo Zongtang's message, but he still immediately found an opportunity, pretending to talk with Ma Zhanao, and talked nonsense from all over the world, Ma Zhanao was full of smiles, deliberately flattering, and looked very respectful and courteous, and both parties seemed to be very happy.
At the end, Chen Xiang said casually: "I heard that Ma Guiyuan is ready to surrender Liu Jintang, it seems that the leader of your old sect also knows that you have to abandon the dark and turn to the light, and in the future, you masters and apprentices must make more contributions to the stability of the northwest, work hard, and the future is limitless." ”
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Ma Zhanao's face suddenly sank, although he immediately resumed his smile, but it seemed very unnatural, Chen Xiang was a little unconscious, but since Zuo Zongtang asked him not to ask more, he pretended not to see it, patted his ass and left.
As soon as Chen Xiang left, Ma Zhanao immediately called Ma Qianling and Ma Haiyan over, and told the two of them the news, but they didn't expect that the faces of these two people also sank immediately, and the three of them looked very frustrated.
Ma Guiyuan doesn't surrender, what do they have to do? Why are they so depressed?
Under the city of Suzhou, Ma Wenlu sent more than 3,000 daredevils, under the cover of more than 70 vehicles, and suddenly launched an attack on the position of the Sichuan army.
The Sichuan army, who remained in the position, suddenly saw dozens of cars being pushed and rushed over, followed by a group of guys armed with broadswords and spears, and hurriedly opened fire.
Why break through in this direction? It was because Ma Wenlu had long noticed that the artillery behind this position had been pulled to a newly repaired fort a few days ago for bombardment in the city, and now the gun position was too high to hit these very short targets, but the pitch angle was not enough, and for a while, it was impossible for them to quickly pull the cannon down from the high fort, so Ma Wenlu chose this trench as a breakthrough.
Sure enough, Ma Wenlu's soldiers, hiding behind the earthen tanks, launched a charge, and the Sichuan artillery standing on the high battery, although they also tried to bombard the other side, but the muzzle could not be suppressed, and as a result, the shells flew over the enemy's head without causing much damage.
This time the Sichuan army was a little overwhelmed, the artillery did not work, so they could only rely on rifles, although the gunfire was intensive, bullets rained down, but it did not cause much damage to the Muslim rebels hiding behind the earthen tanks, and soon they rushed to the front of the Sichuan army's position, poured out from behind the car, and the two sides began hand-to-hand combat.
At this time, the short and frustrated Sichuan army, facing the Northwest Han who was a head taller than them, immediately seemed to be unable to do it.
Although hand-to-hand combat is also about some technology, it is more about fighting physical strength and strength, which is far from the Sichuan army composed of hobbits.
In the fierce battle, the Sichuan army was heavy, several generals were cut by Muslim soldiers, and the front was forced to retreat again and again, and it seemed that it would not be able to hold ......
Outside the city of Suzhou, more than ten miles away, Xu Zhanbiao and Yang Shijun smoothly converged, and the two sides immediately surrounded the enemy fortress in Taerwan, and after a burst of artillery bombardment, the whole army launched a charge and successfully attacked the enemy base.
But as soon as they entered, they were immediately dumbfounded, all those left in the fortress were old, weak, sick and disabled, and people who couldn't walk, Bai Yanhu's main force had long since disappeared, and they had already quietly bypassed the encirclement at night, and then hurried to Suzhou.
Now, they were very close to the position of the Sichuan army, and they could hear the sound of fighting and guns on both sides, so Bai Yanhu drew his war knife, shouted loudly, and the hooves of more than 4,000 cavalry rumbled, and rushed to the ...... of the Qing army's position
At the head of Suzhou City, Ma Wenlu saw his death squad, constantly advancing forward, winning one victory after another, and was about to defeat the Sichuan army, and couldn't help but be elated, at this time, he saw the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and heard the sound of horses' hooves, which made him even more excited, and he felt that today he was going to completely raise his eyebrows.
He knew that this was Bai Yanhu's reinforcements, and they were about to arrive, if nothing else, the two sides would attack inside and outside, and they would break the Qing army today, and this battle would probably go down in the annals ......of history
So he waved his hand to the city, and more than 10,000 reserve troops immediately began to assemble at the city gate, preparing to rush out of the city and completely annihilate the Sichuan army, so will Zuo Zongtang suffer a second defeat in the northwest?
On the way home is the New Year