Refers to Zuo Zongtang, praising Zuo Zongtang’s great achievements in leading the Huxiang Army to regain the lost land in Xinjiang.

Xinjiang has been China’s territory since ancient times. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, it was called the "Western Regions" during the Western Han Dynasty. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the "Western Regions" was renamed Xinjiang.

From November 24th to 25th, a commemorative event for the 200th anniversary of Zuo Zongtang’s birth will be held in Zuo Zongtang’s hometown, Xiangyin County, Hunan. It was this famous general in the late Qing Dynasty who made great contributions to the recovery of Xinjiang that year.

Pan Zuyin, an important official in the late Qing Dynasty, said: The world cannot live without Hunan for a day, and Hunan cannot live without Zuo Zongtang for a day. The Empress Dowager Cixi issued an edict: No memorials to Zuo are allowed for 30 years.

In the first year of Guangxu (1875), the situation in Xinjiang deteriorated seriously. At this time, Zuo Zongtang was already 63 years old. It was time for him to return to his fields and take care of himself. However, as a military commander, he ignored his own Old and frail, he resolutely devoted himself to a great struggle to save the mountains and rivers of Xinjiang.

He is also praised as "the person who has made the greatest contribution to defending China's territory since Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty."

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Zuo Zongtang worked as a teacher in the countryside for a long time in his youth. Later, he flourished and became a governor, governor-general, and imperial envoy for 20 years.

It can be said that the reputation and status have reached the top. The expedition to Xinjiang in the recent seventies was entirely for the future and destiny of the country. He said that the occupied Xinjiang must not be left alone, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.

As a Chinese, especially a minister who is responsible for protecting the country, how can he bear to stay out of it?

Before Zuo Zongtang came out of the mountains, he once compared himself with Zhuge Liang. He said that he was penniless, worried about the world, able to release thousands of volumes with his hand, and trusted the ancients. On January 3, 1850, Lin Zexu had an in-depth conversation with Zuo Zongtang before his death. It was also the only meeting between the two in their lives. Lin gave Zuo all the information he had compiled and the maps he had drawn in Xinjiang.

Lin Zexu said to Zuo Zongtang: "In the future, there may be people who can control the barbarians in the southeast; and in the west, Xinjiang will be determined by none other than the king. With my several years of hard work, dedicated to my subordinates, maybe I can rule Xinjiang in the future. It's useful."

Lin Zexu wrote in his own hand to Zuo Zongtang: If you want to benefit the country's life and death, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings? Since then, Zuo Zongtang has always encouraged himself with this famous saying, saying: Whenever encountering difficulties and difficulties, I sometimes have the intention of retreating, which is really unworthy of my confidant.

Under the guidance of his strong patriotic sentiments and anti-aggression thoughts, Zuo Zongtang took "leading the frontier famine as his own responsibility" and "the army is personally stationed at Yumen Pass and will not return it until Loulan is killed". Despite the consensus of the public, he was left to his own devices, regardless of the thousands of miles of journey. The Tianshan Mountains and the Gobi Desert were blocking his way forward, and the country's thieves, power and treacherous slanderers were behind him, both openly and secretly.

Resolutely led the troops out of the border and returned to the country; in the Western Expedition, he strategized and won the battle thousands of miles away. He made a series of correct strategic and tactical decisions. He used his troops like a god, fought quickly and achieved brilliant results. .

Mobilize forces from all aspects to raise pay, food, and transportation for the Western Expedition army. The troops are well fed and the horses are strong, and logistics is advanced, laying the foundation for winning the war. In the struggle to regain Ili, the soldiers and soldiers came out of the border to fight to the death, forcing Tsarist Russia to change the treaty.

In the aftermath of the recovery of Xinjiang, attention was paid to the construction of Xinjiang, safeguarding national unity, and consolidating the unity of the motherland. Zuo Zongtang made indelible achievements in the struggle to regain Xinjiang.

As General Wang Zhen said during his lifetime: "If it weren't for Zuo Zongtang, the 1.6 million square kilometers of our motherland would have been snatched away by polar bears.

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