Was Taoketao, who was besieged by Zhang 1 year and finally fled to Russia, a bandit or a hero?

Zhang is undoubtedly the most dazzling legend in the Republic of China. He started from scratch and became a great warlord who controlled the three northeastern provinces. In the process of Zhang's rise, there are several key nodes. One is to join the green forest and initially have its own strength. The other is to take refuge in the government and change from a bandit to a loyal minister.

Zhang

Then, he was appreciated and reused by Xu Shichang, the governor of the three northeastern provinces, and stood out among many cronies, becoming a powerful and influential forward scout battalion commander in Northeast China. So, how did Zhang stand out among many northeast forces?

The key point is that he was ordered by Governor Xu Shichang to pursue Mongolian rebels in 1908. At that time, Zhang led more than 3,000 people to encircle various Mongolian rebels in Inner Mongolia, where the environment was harsh, logistics supply was difficult, and the land was vast and sparsely populated.

In the process of chasing bandits, Zhang took the lead and defeated many Mongolian bandits. Finally, in the spring of 1909, Mongolian bandits active in Inner Mongolia were basically paid off. Among the many Mongolian bandits besieged by Zhang at that time, the strongest was led by Tauke.

Bandits in the Republic of China

At the end of the Qing dynasty, due to the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government, the control power was declining, and the constant aggression of Japan and Russia and other powers, the northeast was in chaos, so numerous bandits, large and small, were born in the northeast, and Wang Zhang of the northeast became a bandit under such circumstances.

As we all know, the northeast and west are the Inner Mongolia region of China, which is directly adjacent to the outer Mongolia. Therefore, there are also a large number of Mongolians living in Northeast China. Naturally, it is not surprising that there are many bandits mainly Mongolian in the chaotic northeast.

But the biggest difference between these bandits and ordinary bandits in Northeast China is that they have a certain political background. In other words, these bandits are not ordinary bandits who rob their families for profit, but political bandits who have certain political purposes and are bought by foreign forces. The powers that bought off these bandits have already extended their tentacles to Mongolia and the northeast of China, trying to divide northern China into yellow Russia and Russia. Taoketao Lake is one of the most cunning bandits bought by Russia.

Taoketao L.

Taoke Taohu was born in Tawenta Huguribangeltun, the former banner of Guoerluosi, and was one of the countless Mongolian herders at that time. However, it is said that Taoketao Huzu is also very rich, and the ancestor of Taoketao Lake is the second brother of Genghis Khan, Habutu Hasal.

However, the lineage of the golden family did not bring much power to Tauk Hu Tao. Hundreds of years later, Tao Kehu Tao has become a member of ordinary herders. As an adult, in the sixth year of Guangxu, Tao Ketao married the daughter of a poor herdsman in Kulitun, Benqi, and gave birth to five men and one woman.

Perhaps moved by the blood of the golden family, compared with ordinary herders, Tao Kehutao's life is already good. At that time, Tauk Hutao's family owned more than 40 hectares of land and more than 20 livestock. Moreover, due to his tough character, Tao Kehu Tao has great prestige on the grassland of Guoerluos and has become a well-known military leader and sharpshooter.

Taoketao L.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the corruption and incompetence of the Qing court, the constant population reproduction and the oppression of foreign powers made the domestic contradictions in China extremely acute. As a result, the Qing government was forced to give up its previous policy and began to encourage poor farmers to settle in the frontier, which is also the famous immigration policy.

Mongolian princes and nobles are happy to see the phenomenon that a large number of Han people go to the grassland to settle their land, because after the grassland is turned into cultivated land, the output will inevitably increase greatly, and their income as landlords will naturally increase greatly.

However, the unplanned reclamation makes the local ordinary herders very dissatisfied, because reclamation means that their grassland begins to decline, which naturally makes the life of herders poorer. With the increasing intensity of reclamation, the contradiction between ordinary people, reclamation bureau and Mongolian princes and nobles is becoming more and more acute.

Finally, in the thirty-second year of Guangxu, that is, A.D. 1906, the ambitious Tao Kehutao took the opportunity to petition the government to stop farming. This request of Tauk Hu Tao and others was naturally rejected by the local government. Immediately, Tao Kehutao led a crowd to destroy the local reclamation bureau, killed the local Japanese surveyor 12, seized more than 20 weapons and fled, and officially launched an armed riot.

Stills of bandits in the Republic of China

Since then, Tauk Hu Tao has gathered dozens of people and started wandering around the local area, growing in power. Although the Qing government sent troops to encircle and encircle many times, they all failed. With the increasingly chaotic situation in Northeast China, Taokehutao's power began to expand rapidly. In its heyday, there were 1000 bandits in Taoke Hutao. At the same time, they colluded with Baiyindaban and Yaqian, both Mongols, and echoed each other, running rampant in Taonan and Tongliao.

The existence of Taoke Taohu Gang brought a great threat to the rule of the Qing Dynasty in the northeast, and also made the situation on the Sino-Russian border more tense, especially the looming czarist Russia and Xu Shichang, who was then the governor of the three northeastern provinces, at home. In the end, Xu Shichang pinned his hopes on Zhang.

Zhang knows that this task is not only an arduous challenge, but also a godsend opportunity. In the end, Zhang showed his housekeeping skills and tried his best to suppress bandits in the harsh grassland and desert areas, which took a year. In the end, with more advanced equipment and numerical advantages, Zhang defeated the bandits in Longwangmiao and Suolunshan successively, and finally killed Baiyin Daban in the spring of 1909.

Zhang

After the bandits were completely wiped out by Zhang, the lucky Tauk completely lost the hope of making a comeback and was forced to flee to Russia to survive. A few years later, with the demise of the Qing Dynasty, Outer Mongolia took the opportunity to become independent. Tao Kehutao arrived in Kulun, Outer Mongolia from Russia and finally died in Kulun area 1922.

There are many armed forces in the northeast, such as Taoke Taohu. They rioted or rebelled against the Qing government, which is not insignificant. However, with the expansion of Taokehutao's influence and his Mongolian background, Taokehutao began to suffer? Do you have a heart? Note that, especially when he fled to Russia and repeatedly provoked separatist acts in China with the support of Russia, Tauk Hu Tao's identity changed from an ordinary bandit to a traitor supported by Russia.

Taoketao L.

Obviously, Tauk Hu Tao, who had political ambitions and attempted to split the motherland and collude with Russia, failed to cause substantial damage to China, although his power was not so strong. However, due to his political background and his dependence on foreign forces, his rebellion is no longer a simple anti-Qing uprising, but a betrayal of the motherland.