Brief introduction of Wu Dalun
Wu Dalun (1835-192), whose name was Qing Qing, was born in Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province. Jinshi in 1867, awarded editing. Learn politics for Shaanxi and Gansu. In 1877, he went to Shanxiang and Shanxiang to do relief work, and went to the disaster area to inspect the disaster area. He was sponsored by Zuo Zongtang and Ceng Guoquan, and the following year, he was awarded Hebei Road. In 188, he was given the title of Sanpin Qing, and handled the border affairs of Ningguta, Sanxing and Hunchun with Jilin General Ming 'an. The following year, he was awarded Taipusi Qing. In 1883, France expanded from Vietnam to China and was ordered to run the Beiyang military affairs. In 1884, he moved to Zuofu as an ambassador. Imperial edict to North Korea to deal with the Jiashen Incident and Japan's aggression against North Korea. The following year, he went to Jilin in conjunction with Iktangga, the deputy commander-in-chief, and the Russian ambassador to investigate and invade the boundary. In 1886, he served as the chief representative of China and held demarcation talks with Russia in Yanchuhe-Hunchun. Arguing with the representatives of Russia, he recovered more than a hundred miles of territory illegally occupied by Russia and corrected the word "earth" jiepai. And won the right of navigation for China ships in Tumen estuary. In 1887, he was transferred to the governor of Guangdong, and fought against the aggression of Portugal occupying seven villages in Macao and Xiangshan. In 1888, the Yellow River in Zhengzhou burst its banks, and Wu Dacheng participated in the regulation. After the successful regulation of the river, he was actually awarded the governor of the river, and he was rewarded with the first prize.
In p>1894, the Sino-Japanese War broke out, and Wu Dacheng was then the governor of Hunan Province, calling for enlistment. On August 15 and 17, even the telegram "please command the Xiang army to go to the DPRK to supervise the war". Soon, he was allowed by the Qing court to "take the courage to the north." Xuan was appointed as the deputy to the military affairs of the Eastern Expedition.
in January, 1895, Wu Dacheng led more than 2 battalions of the new and old Xiang Army out of the customs, and arrived at Tianzhuangtai on February 11th. From February 21st, Wu Dacheng joined forces with Heilongjiang generals Iktangga, Jilin General Changshun and Song Qing to launch the fourth counter-offensive against Haicheng. At that time, there were more than one hundred battalions of the Qing army near Haicheng, with more than sixty thousand people. Although there are many troops, due to the complex system, there are Xiang Army, Chu Army, Huai Army and Northeast Army, which are not affiliated with each other and lack unified command. Wu Dacheng nominally helps with military affairs, but he can't command the whole army. The generals will mostly "support the troops according to the key points, wait and see, but at first glance, they can't make a decisive victory." There are only 2 battalions under the control of Wu Dacheng, and most of the Xiang generals he led through the customs were incompetent and greedy for death. When being dispatched, "it's too late to die." After going through the customs, I stayed on the sidelines and balked. Liu Shuyuan, the leader of the pro-army, "chickened out" when facing the enemy, and Wu Yuankai, the leader of the artillery team, "retreated at the same rate" when he heard the war. In addition, Wu Dacheng himself, although he volunteered to join the army, was not familiar with the army, and he was boastful and conceited. He overestimated himself, underestimated the enemy and lacked serious plans for the overall situation of the war.
just as Wu Dacheng and others concentrated their forces on attacking Haicheng, the Japanese army took advantage of the weakness of the Qing army and adopted the diversion tactics of "pretending to attack Liaoyang and actually taking Niuzhuang". On March 3, they sent the 3rd and 5th divisions to attack Niuzhuang. Wu Dacheng and others failed to see through the Japanese plot, ignored Niuzhuang and besieged Haicheng with all their strength. Due to the emptiness of Niuzhuang's defense, it was captured by the Japanese in one day.
On the day Niuzhuang fell, Wu Dacheng hurried from Grange Station to Shishan Station. "There was an endless stream of defeats along the way, and its situation has collapsed." After Wu Dacheng retreated from Shishan Station, Song Qing also guarded Yingkou's main force and withdrew to Grange Station, which caused Yingkou's troops to be empty. On March 7, the Japanese army easily captured Yingkou, and Grange Station was subsequently captured.
grange terrace was lost, and "the Xiang army was defeated by force, with too many casualties and demoralized people". Wu Dacheng was angry with the Xiang army and wanted to draw his sword and kill himself, but he was blocked by the left and right squares. But he sighed and said, "I can't fight the army, so please discuss it severely." On March 17, the Qing court ordered Wu Dacheng to be removed from his post of deputy military affairs and handed it over to the Ministry for deliberation. Revoke one's post, stay in office, and find a job. In 1898, he was dismissed by decree and never used again.
Wu Dacheng was famous for his calligraphy. After he was dismissed from his post, he was very poor. He sold calligraphy, painting and ancient bronze wares for himself. He died in 192.