1865 (four years of Tongzhi), Agubo invaded Xinjiang, and later established the "Zhede Sarkhan State", which occupied most of Xinjiang. 187 1 year (ten years of Tongzhi), Russia reoccupied Yili, Xinjiang.
1875 (the first year of Guangxu), Zuo was appointed as an imperial envoy to supervise the military affairs in Xinjiang. He put forward the policy of "slow advance and urgent battle" and "north first and then south" and made full preparations.
1876 (the second year of Guangxu) In April, the Qing army swore in Suzhou (now Jiuquan) that Premier Liu Jintang, the general of the Xiang army, led troops into Xinjiang and soon collected retro pastures, Ulumu, Manas and other places.
1877 (the third year of Guangxu) In April, the Qing soldiers marched into southern Xinjiang in three ways. Within half a month, they successively left the three cities, Toksun and Turpan, and the gateway to southern Xinjiang was opened. In May, Agubo died suddenly.
From 65438+ 10, the Qing army first recovered four cities in the east of southern Xinjiang, and then rushed into four cities in the west while the enemy was in chaos. Pokhuli, son of Agubo, led the remnants to flee to Russia. 1878 65438+1October 2 (Guangxu 3rd year1kloc-0/October 29), the Qing army recaptured Hotan and won the final victory in the campaign to recapture Xinjiang.
The victory of the Qing army shattered the plot of Britain and Russia to annex Xinjiang. Ceng Jize successfully negotiated the Ili Treaty with Russia in 188 1 year (the seventh year of Guangxu), and the Qing government recovered Ili the following year. 1884 (10th year of Guangxu), Xinjiang was established as a province, and Liu Jintang became the first governor of Xinjiang in Gansu.
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Zuo (1812165438+1October1September 5, 885), Han nationality, with high word season, simple word, andno. Xiangnong. Hunan Xiangyin people.
In the late Qing dynasty, he was an important minister, strategist and politician, a famous soldier of Xiang army and one of the representatives of Westernization School. Together with Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, they are called "the four famous ministers of ZTE in the late Qing Dynasty".
Zuo studied at Chengnan College in Changsha, and passed the provincial examination at the age of 20. Although he tried again and again in the exam, he attached importance to agriculture, read a lot of books, and studied geography and Sun Tzu's art of war.
Later, he took part in the movement to pacify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, initiated the Westernization Movement, suppressed the Nian Army, put down the rebellion of Tongzhi in Shaanxi and Gansu, recovered Xinjiang, and promoted the establishment of Xinjiang as a province.
He has served as governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, governor of two rivers, official to university of Dongge, minister of military aircraft, and second-class duke Jing. During the Sino-French War, he invited himself to Fujian to supervise the division. In the 11th year of Guangxu (1885), he died in Fuzhou at the age of 73. As a posthumous gift to Tai Fu, posthumous title's "Wen Xiang" was included in Zhao Zhong and Xianliang Memorial Hall.
On the left are Chu Barracks System and Park Cunge's Agricultural Books. His manuscript and literature are the Complete Works of Zuo Wenxiang, and later generations compiled the Complete Works of Zuo.
Baidu Encyclopedia-The Battle of Qing Army Recovering Xinjiang