1852, Taiping army left Guangxi and entered Hunan and Hubei, invincible. Deeply aware that green camp and the Eight Banners were no longer enough, the Qing court ordered the provinces to defend Yingyong and help "attack and suppress". 1853 65438+ 10/2 1 day, Zeng Guofan, the right assistant minister of rites who went back to Hunan Xiangxiang to attend his mother's funeral, was ordered to help Hunan Governor Zhang supervise Hunan Yong ying. Later, Zeng Guofan thought that there should never be enough, and decided to form a new army, called Xiang Jun (also known as Xiang Yong).