C3540 The Shu Army went out to war (1/2)
Just five hundred miles away from the Jiayuguan in the west, the first vanguard under Zuo Zongtang's command, Xu Zhanbiao, was stationed here.
's army was known as the direct descendant of the Xiang Army, they were all soldiers recruited from Hubei Province. However, the First Warrior that he brought along this time was not from Huxiang, but from Sichuan!
Xu Zhanbiao, a person from Sichuan Province who was also a West Rider, had started to enlist in the army and slowly accumulated military merits one step at a time. Finally, he relied entirely on his own ability to become an official general! First rank!
This guy could be said to be an example to the people of Shu Army, an example to those of the lowest class in the Qing Dynasty!
Xu Zhanbiao's background was slightly different from Zuo Zongtang's as the leaders of the Xiang Army were more or less scholars, and this Shu Army Governor was a disciple from a poor family that had enlisted into the army through the head soldiers.
During the time of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there were also many uprisings of peasants in Sichuan. Xu Zhanbiao had repeatedly performed wondrous deeds in the Guo Yong Battalion in Sichuan. In the end, it was directly promoted to the rank of Governor!
After Zuo Zongtang's western expedition, Xu Zhanbiao's Shu Army began to advance northwards to force a path for Gan Nan. From the south, they launched a fierce assault against Lanzhou, firmly suppressing Gan Shan's attempt to harass Gan Nan and Northern Sichuan.
When the situation in Gan Nan stabilized, Zuo Zongtang took Xu Zhanbiao as the vanguard and led a total of six thousand elite riders from the Twelve Battalions of Shu Army into Su Prefecture, Gan Prefecture, and An Prefecture … Xu Zhanbiao calmed down the situation in the whole Hexi Corridor.
At this moment, Zuo Zongtang's army in the middle was able to smoothly walk along the Hexi Corridor, and only met with the harassment of flying sand and rocks, and not continuous attacks from the rebel army.
After pacifying the entire province, Zuo Zongtang ordered Xu Zhanbiao to enter Guizhou City, the capital of the An Prefecture, and begin to clean up the rebel army in the An Xi Prefecture. By 1871, all the passes leading from the Guizhou to the Stellar Gorge were already under the control of the Qing Army.
Although there was no change in the general direction of history, the minute details had already changed!
It was because of Xiao Letian's appearance that changed the situation in East Asia at that time. In the few wars with France and Russia, the enemy's strength was greatly exhausted.
Yaqub's Rebellion, who had received a large amount of reinforcements from Sha Russia in the past, did not receive that much in this world. Maybe he did not even know that a large amount of the Sha Russia's supplies that were consumed in the war in the Far East were supposed to be given to him.
Yaqub did not receive as much military support as he actually did, so naturally, he did not receive much material for the Ganshan rebel army. However, Zuo Zongtang's Xiang Army received a lot of advanced military assistance because of her good relationship with the Chinese.
The true history of 1871 was not even able to calm down Gan Shan's reversion, but right now, the entirety of Gan Shan's territory had been reclaimed, and Xu Zhanbiao's army was already at Stellar Gorge!
The pigeon had only sent a message for less than a day when Xu Zhanbiao received the military order from General Zuo. When he found out that there was still a bunch of British Expedition s on their way back to their country in the bitter and cold plains to the north, he couldn't help but feel red in his eyes.
”Good man!” Good man! This is a rare event, but I'm not sure if it's Zassaktu or not... What guts! Men, point the troops to the main camp! ”
The voice of the military drum resonated. The General s and commanders of the various Battalion Head s rushed over on their horses, wearing helmets and armor.
The military and important town in the North Atlantic had a Sichuan accent. This made the local citizens feel a sense of novelty!
”Time is of the essence, I won't waste everyone's time! She passed down the commander-in-chief's order … ”After receiving the order, the cavalry of our tribe officially stormed the Stellar Gorge. After occupying the last pass, the cavalry entered deep into the Hami and continued to harass and fight …”
”This time, we are not after the gains and losses of one city, what is important is that we need to delay all five thousand of Yaqub's cavalry here, drag them to the Hami area, and not throw a single soldier into the Western Prefecture in the north …”
Ah? The generals were stunned, ”This weather? Cavalry harassment? We're not afraid of fighting... But this weather must be very big! ”
”Our Shu Army is not afraid of death, but we fearlessly froze to death … This? ”This, this, this, this …”
Bang! Xu Zhanbiao slapped the military case hard. ”I have to fight even if I have to freeze to death! Let me tell you this, I have to be at the frontlines of the first battle that I fought against the Stellar Gorge! ”
”Even if I have to die, I will die first! You know a hammer! The five thousand turtle sons that Yaqub left in the Hami... It's all useless just to look at them! ”