As an outstanding general of the younger generation of Xiang army, how did he help Zuo recover Xinjiang?

Liu Jintang, a native of Xiangxiang, Hunan Province, was born in 1844 and died in 1894. When Liu Jintang was young, his father Liu Hourong was killed in the war with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. As an adult, he followed his uncle Liu Songshan to fight everywhere, suppressed the army and the Nian army successively, and gradually became an outstanding general of the younger generation of Xiang Army.

In the third year, an anti-Qing uprising broke out in Xinjiang, and a large-scale civil uprising plunged Xinjiang into melee. Akuta, the great khanate of Central Asia, took the opportunity to invade Xinjiang and, with the support of Britain and Russia, established the regime of "Zhe Deschard State". In this case, there was also a dispute between "border defense" and "coastal defense" in the Qing Dynasty. Resolutely support Zuo's idea of recovering Xinjiang, and actively organize troops to prepare for the war to prepare for the recovery of Xinjiang.

in the first year of Guangxu, the Qing dynasty was determined to recover Xinjiang and ordered Zuo to supervise Xinjiang's military affairs. He is recommended as the former enemy commander-in-chief and the prime minister is in charge of business. Assisted Zuo in formulating the correct operational strategies of "slow entry and quick exit" and "north first and then south". Under the command of this correct strategy, the battle to recover Xinjiang is mainly divided into three stages.

the first stage is to recover northern Xinjiang. There are two ways for the Qing army to open the door to northern Xinjiang. One is the main road, which runs through the Gobi desert, and the other is the path, which is full of water. But Bai Yanhu, who defected to Agubai, has been heavily guarded at Chongguzi. Liu Jintang assumed the posture of taking the main road, let the enemy slowly relax their vigilance, and then led the army to surprise Huangtian from the path, and quickly captured the ancient land. After the capture of Gu Zidi, Liu Jintang led an army to rush to Urumqi at night, and the soldiers were very expensive, and successively conquered Changji, Hutubi, Manas and other cities. It took only three months before and after, and the whole northern Xinjiang was recovered.

the second stage is to capture the Tianshan mountains. After the rapid recovery of northern Xinjiang, Agubai was shocked and hurriedly deployed heavy troops in Turpan, Dabancheng, Toksun and other places at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, with the intention of relying on the natural barrier of Tianshan Mountain to resist. Follow the left three-way strategy and advance with Xu Zhanbiao. Liu Jintang marched in the starry night and soon occupied Dabancheng. Then split up two ways, one led by Luo Changhu, joined Zhang Yao and Xu Zhanbiao to capture Turpan, and the other led by Liu Jintang himself to capture Toksun. In the face of successive victories of the Qing army, Agubo was helpless and eventually died. His son Burke Huli killed his younger brother Heigula, established himself as Pasha, and took Kashgar as the base area to collect the remnants and continue to resist.

the third stage is to recover southern Xinjiang. Although this stage is to pursue the remnants, the process is very difficult. It is a long way from Turpan to Kashgar, and it is difficult to supply. In this case, Liu Jintang braved hardships and went deep into the hinterland of southern Xinjiang, winning again and again. In the end, Nias, the leader of Khotan who had surrendered to Akuta, and He Buyun, a former garrison in Kashgar, successively. Anyway, Berkley's forces fell apart, Berkley and Bai Yanhu were forced to flee into Russia, and the whole southern Xinjiang was recovered. Since then, Berkhouri has often sent small troops to harass them, but they were all repelled by Liu Jintang.

after the recovery of Xinjiang, Liu Jintang took over from Zuo in charge of Xinjiang's military affairs and became the first governor of Xinjiang. Since then, Liu Jintang has been active in Xinjiang for more than ten years, actively managing and developing Xinjiang, and effectively promoting its social and economic development. In this land of Xinjiang, Liu Jintang's contribution is indelible.