Laugh about history and share interesting stories. Open a legend and gain wisdom in life. Hello, everyone, welcome to the article "Interesting Talk about Literature, History and Philosophy". In the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), after the Western Expedition Army of Taiping Army conquered Hankou in Hanyang, Hubei Province, it went south to capture Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. At this point, the Xiang army trained by Zeng Guofan had already set out in Hengzhou to defend Changsha. Taiping Army stills Changsha has a new force. If you storm, it will cause great casualties, and you may not be able to capture it. Therefore, the Taiping Army decided not to attack Changsha, and first took the territory near Changsha. Some troops bypassed Changsha and attacked Xiangtan, while others occupied Jinggang, an important port near Changsha, and gradually cut off Changsha's foreign aid. Zeng Guofan, like Zeng Guofan, realized that if he stayed in Changsha, there would be no reinforcements outside and no food inside, and he would be trapped in Changsha by the Taiping rebels. The best defense is attack. Zeng Guofan decided to take the initiative to attack Xiangtan occupied by Taiping rebels. The arrangement of this campaign is that General Taqibu led five battalions of amphibious troops first, and the next day Zeng Guofan led the other five battalions of army divisions to support and meet, in order to win. After the Taiping Army and the Qing Army stills set off, Zeng Guofan was also ready to set off. At this time, he received information that there were only a few hundred Taiping rebels in Jinggang, and the weak defense could be won in one fell swoop. At this time, Zeng Guofan had thousands of troops in his hand, and he captured them with ten times the strength, so he could concentrate his superior forces to annihilate the Taiping Army. It seems easy to win the first battle. Before the stills of Taiping Campaign, Zeng Guofan was full of confidence. But the information is wrong, and the number of Taiping rebels is far more than a few hundred. If the weather is not beautiful, "it rains all night" and "the wind is blowing on the boat" will be terrible. The navy division of the Xiang army braved the wind and waves to reach the Taiping Army camp, and was violently bombarded by the Taiping Army artillery on the shore. It is extremely difficult to resist the desire to retreat, so it is very difficult to go against the wind. I had no choice but to go ashore and pull the boat to escape. How could I get up quickly and be defeated by the Taiping Army? Zeng Guofan's calligraphy was defeated by Xiang Army. After Zeng Guofan heard about it, he quickly led the army to support. At this time, the morale of the army is also unstable. As soon as it saw the defeated naval division, it fled with it. Zeng Guofan raised the flag and shouted: "Those who cross the flag will be beheaded!" ! "At that time, the defeat was overwhelming, and many soldiers fled around him and could not cut. Zeng Guofan was defeated, ashamed, committed suicide by diving, and was rescued. He planned to jump and was monitored by his subordinates. He didn't eat or drink, made a will and wanted to die. Just then, the news of Taqibu's victory in Xiangtan came and saved Zeng Guofan's life. Emperor Xianfeng ascended the throne, the defeat of Jinggang was a small defeat, and Xiangtan was a great victory. Tachibu defeated more than 30,000 Taiping rebels with less than 10,000 troops and almost wiped out the Taiping rebels in the forest department. Xianfeng exultation, issued a series of imperial edicts, let zeng guofan single title, civil and military officials in hunan province, in addition to the governor, others let zeng guofan disposal. When Liu Bang was chatting with Han Xin, Han Xin said that Liu Bang was good at generals, but not good at them. Zeng Guofan is also such a person, good at commanding generals, not good at personally commanding and killing the enemy. Therefore, Zeng Guofan stopped fighting and killing enemies in the future, but began to be a defender who won the battle thousands of miles away in strategic planning. What do you think of generals and generals? Welcome to leave a message for discussion! Like it, remember to like it, thank you! ▲ References:
1, clear draft, biography of Zeng Guofan in Liu Hongjie, historical romance of China.