Zuo Zongtang regained Xinjiang and conquered the place where Zhizhi Chanyu swore to be his master in Chentang. The four characters engraved on it are still there today.

These four words are Zuo Zongtang’s life dream. The soldiers of the Hunan Army who followed Zuo Zongtang to regain Xinjiang Wushi County in Xinjiang is located in the south of the Tianshan Mountains and borders Central Asia to the north. In the Han Dynasty, it was called Wensu. In the Tang Dynasty, Wensu Prefecture was established, and Emperor Qianlong determined the name of the county. Nearly 90% of the entire county is made up of mountains and desert. However, Wushi is the hometown of sea buckthorn, a drought- and sand-resistant vegetation that covers the earth in red. Wushi is the hometown of seabuckthorn. Two thousand years ago, the famous Western Han Dynasty general Chen Tang came to Wushi. In the third year of Emperor Jianzhao of the Han Yuan Dynasty, the Xiongnu Zhizhi Chanyu killed the Han Dynasty envoy Gu Ji. Chen Tang, the vice-captain of the Western Regions, issued a private decree and sent troops angrily. He organized a coalition of 40,000 people from all ethnic groups in Wushi, went on a northward expedition, carried out an armed crusade, and annihilated Zhizhi Chanyu in one fell swoop. On the way back to Chang'an, Chen Tang took Shan Yu's head and wrote with passion in his letter to the emperor - "Anyone who openly offends a strong man will be punished no matter how far away he is." " Han General Chen Tang: Anyone who offends the strong Han will be punished no matter how far away. Today, at the highest point of Yanzi Mountain in Wushi County, stands an ancient beacon tower. The beacon tower is the commanding height of Yanzi Mountain and the height of the spirit of guarding the border. . People named this beacon tower Chentang Beacon Tower in memory of General Chen Tang who guarded the border. When Zuo Zongtang regained Xinjiang, he was associated with Zuo Zongtang in October 1879. The army recaptured Aksu City. On the 25th of that month, two generals, Huang Wanpeng and Dong Fuxiang, left Aksu and marched into the desert Gobi to pursue Agubai's party in the direction of Wushi. The officers and soldiers marched for 200 miles throughout the day and night, and recovered Wushi City on the 26th. After Generals Huang and Dong regained Wushi, they continued to pursue them. At this time, the two generals crossed the border. "Looking across the Gobi, there was no sign of the thieves." It was late autumn, and the temperature suddenly dropped. After surrendering, Huang and Dong stationed their troops outside the city, climbing on the ice and sleeping in the snow. They only fought against thieves and did not disturb the people. In the film and television drama, in January 1878, Zuo Zongtang quickly regained Xinjiang. A 5,000-mile-long military defense line has been deployed in southern Xinjiang. This winding military defense line starts from Turpan, passes through Korla and Kashgar, and finally reaches Hotan. The general base has 67 stations and more than 100 locations. Karen. Karen, also called a post, served as a military camp in late Xinjiang. Although Zuo Zongtang had eliminated the Agubai forces in Xinjiang in 1878, he announced that he had recovered Xinjiang. The remnant forces of Aguba continued to invade the border areas of southern Xinjiang, killing people, stealing goods, and robbing property. Within two years after regaining Xinjiang, Zuo Zongtang's army fought against the invading enemies along the long border of southern Xinjiang. Many large and small border counterattacks were fought. Therefore, Zuo Zongtang also set up many stations at the border Wushi, where Chen Tang took the oath to defeat Zhizhi Shanyu. After Zuo Zongtang regained Xinjiang, Yang Changjun wrote "Respectfully Respecting Zuo Gong's Westward Journey to Gantang" from inside and outside the pass, which means: "The general has not returned the border troops, but the descendants of Hunan are all over the Tianshan Mountains; three thousand new willows have been planted." Here, the spring breeze comes to Yuguan. "The officers and soldiers stationed at the Wushi border engraved the four characters "Yuanmai Han and Tang Dynasty" on the big stone at the highest point of Yanzi Mountain outside the city. In the long river, the Han and Tang dynasties can also be said to be the pride of the ancient people. The unity of the country and the prosperity of culture created the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties, and these four words are the common link between the two periods. This was Zuo Zongtang's life ideal in his later years. He tried to find a way and fought bloody battles at the border. The soldiers did it. However, a decadent Qing Dynasty could not save China.

(Text/Fan Qianfeng)