In response to Dong Zhiyuan's return army's retreat to Jinjibao and the division of troops, Zuo Zongtang formulated a strategy of advancing and pursuing the enemy in accordance with the situation. The specific method was to order the commanders of all the roads to rush to transport grain.
Foot, wait for the thief to move and chase him.
Zuo Zongtang was considering all kinds of aggressive advances, but Dong Zhiyuan's returning army or branches were disturbing our retreat, so he ordered each of them to leave forty teams behind to eliminate the remaining Dong Zhiyuan's returning army in order to be more careful. He also considered that each army was spread out over hundreds of miles.
, if you fail to meet the deadline and complete the march, you will order all the armies to advance forward. If you see the returning army moving, you will rush forward to pursue it without waiting and watching. As a result, you will restrain each other and the movement will not work.
Therefore, Huang Ding of Shaan'an Dao led his division to meet with Lei Zhengwan, the admiral of Guyuan, and Ma Deshun, the registered admiral. Li Yaonan, the second-rank leader of the Shaanxi supplementary road, and the Chu army garrison Gao Liansheng also led the horse and infantry troops to garrison in the area of Xitun Town, Baili away from Lingtai.
They all prepared dry food for ten days, "waiting for thieves to move, and then rushing in to chase them."
On February 22, Tan Mafei reported back to the people's army that "all the old and weak, as well as the baggage and supplies, have left their nests and are heading towards Yima Pass and the Three Forks of the River to the north."
In the morning, Lei Zhengwan and Huang Ding led their troops to cross Jing from Changwu. In the afternoon, Ma Deshun, Li Yaonan, and Gao Liansheng also led their battalions to follow from Lingtai, and all met up in Taichang.[
At this time, the capable returning army was ambushed by Dong Zhiyuan. Marshal Ma Zhenghe and others led more than a thousand cavalry to seize the three barriers and resist in ditches. That evening, the generals from all walks of life conferred to gather all the returning troops in the three barriers, and then west of Lijiabao
The road will be empty
In preparation, it was agreed that Lei Zhengwan would send his subordinate Chen Yi to lead the sixth battalion of the cavalry, and Ma Deshun would send his subordinate Yang Shijun to lead the fourth battalion of the cavalry. They would enter Lijiabao from Taichang, take Xiaojin West Road to Zhenyuan, and intercept them head-on.
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The remaining army was divided into four teams, with the Kejing cavalry commanded by Li Yaonan as the vanguard, followed by Ma Deshun, Gao Liansheng's cavalry, Lei Zhengwan, and Huang Ding's cavalry as the left and right wings.
Destroy the den of thieves.
At the time of the Five Drums on the 23rd, all the armies were feeding and feeding, and attacked in separate lanes. When they arrived at Qiujiazhai, hundreds of returning army cavalry caught sight of a large group of Qing troops, and immediately fled. The armies galloped to Sanbu Tong.
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At this point, Ma Zhenghe, who returned to the army, and his troops retreated to Dongzhi County and did not dare to fight the Qing army in the wild.
Yu Yanlu, who fled, led more than 3,000 returning cavalry to retreat from Sanbuwai, and still relied on geographical advantages to block the Qing army in sections.
The Qing army's cavalry rushed forward, but the returning army relied on the danger to resist. Guns and artillery poured down like rain. The cavalry came and went to attack, but they were restricted by deep ditches and the pawns could not move forward.
During the stalemate, the army troops crossed the ditch from the left and right and rushed onto the plain. After bypassing the return pass, the return army was frightened and feared that their retreat would be blocked. Yu Yanlu led the return cavalry and fled.
The Qing army's cavalry took advantage of the momentum and rushed in, firing with guns and spears. The returning troops could not hold back and retreated one after another. The returning troops who had been ambushed in the original area were about to rush out to resist, but were hindered by the defeat of the returning troops, so they had to run together. The Qing troops followed closely and pursued them.
After killing more than a thousand returning troops, the regrouped army followed the Malian River and continued to pursue the fleeing returning troops.
The Qing army who stayed behind in Dong Zhiyuan then destroyed Jiao Village, Xiaojin Town, and other military strongholds. Dong Zhi County, the last stronghold of the Hui army, was successfully recaptured by the Anhui army Guo Baochang on April 16. By now, Dong Zhiyuan had returned to the army in large numbers.
, the remaining Qing troops wiped out the returning guerrillas and bandits. Li Guolou stayed in Dongzhi County to do the aftermath and pacify the aftermath, as well as rebuild Dongzhiyuan and many other matters.
Bai Yanhu and Yu Yanlu led about 100,000 Hui people, carrying the elderly and the weak, and fled towards Jinjibao. Along the way for more than a hundred miles, the returning troops died and lay in ruins, abandoning their mules and horses, and discarded countless weapons and equipment. The remaining returning troops galloped towards the direction.
Go north from Xifeng Town.
The hundreds of miles of high loess slopes were filled with dense crowds. The fleeing Hui people were focused on Jinjibao, as if that was their last hope in life. The Hui people were rushing day and night, falling dead along the way. The number of Hui people left behind, the tragic scene of the escape,
It stretches for hundreds of miles.
Gao Liansheng led more than a thousand cavalry to station at Qiujiazhai. At the time of the fifth drum on the 24th, Battelle led more than 500 Li Ziying cavalry to follow and arrived at Xifeng Town in the morning.
The Qing army's Ranger Sword Sheath Yun's troops captured three returning troops who had fallen behind. According to the prisoners' confessions, the returning troops were old and weak and carried heavy baggage. Due to the large number of people and horses, they could not escape quickly. They were only a day's journey away.
The brave Hui cavalry were frightened by the Qing army and fled through the night. There were about 20,000 Hui people in front of them fleeing towards Jinji Fort.
After discussing with officers such as Battelle and Cheng Kun, they immediately sent a messenger to inform Gao Liansheng that the Li Ziying cavalry did not wait for the main force. Battelle led more than 500 Li Ziying cavalry and marched quickly to intercept the fleeing Hui people. They pursued them fiercely and finally arrived in Yan'an.
area and intercepted 10,000 fleeing Hui people.
The remaining more than 10,000 Hui people fled into the ravines. Li Ziying's cavalry was unable to do anything, so they could only let the scattered Hui people fend for themselves.
The main force of the Qing army left Huanxian County from Yimaguan, and headed from Puhechuan to Sancha River. They were all in Heichengzi. They gathered together at Xiamaguan and moved together to the area of Zhuwang City, Banjiaocheng and Jinjibao.
The admiral Yang Shijun and the commander-in-chief Chen Yi were sent to Taichang Chamber of Commerce in front of them. They set off from Lijiabao and swept forward. Many thieves were killed along the way and Zhenyuan County was recovered.
Ma Deshun, Huang Ding and others led the horse and infantry armies to pursue the returning army that had fled to Yima Pass and Huanxian County. In the afternoon, they arrived at Yima Pass and caught up with the rear of the returning army. All armies rushed to attack first and pursued for twenty miles.
Dangjia Yaoxian, here "the mountain path is narrow and the ditches on both sides are dozens of feet deep."
The returning troops were congested and could not move forward. Seeing the critical situation, Bai Yanhu and others personally supervised hundreds of fierce party members to block the pass and resist. The Qing army charged forward bravely, stabbed with spears and spears, and killed more than a hundred criminals.[
Seeing that the situation was not good, Bai Yanhu and other leaders of the returning army turned their horses and fled first. The rest of the troops fled in defeat. The men and horses trampled on each other, and many of them fell into pits. The Qing army pursued them for more than 50 miles, killing thousands of returning troops in total.
Yu Ming continued to pursue them all night long, regaining Qingyang Fucheng on the 25th, and pursued them to Caijiamiao on the 26th.
Bai Yanhu led his returning troops through Huan County and fled north from Hongdecheng into Ma Hualong's Jinjibao area.
The Qing army failed to pursue them, so they withdrew their troops and returned to Dong Zhiyuan on the 27th.
In this battle, more than 20,000 returning troops died of starvation, died in battle, or fell off cliffs. About 20,000 mules and horses died, died of starvation, and were captured by various armies. 40,000 Hui people were captured and fled.
The remaining people picked up a number of ordnance.
However, 30,000 to 40,000 Hui people arrived safely at Jinjibao. Most of these Hui people who had traveled a long distance were in strong health and had a firm will for national independence, which made Ma Hualong even more powerful and had the foundation to continue to separate Jinjibao. However, these Hui people who escaped from Dong Zhiyuan
Among the Hui people who arrived at Jinjibao, there were many undercover agents sent by Cui Wei. Their number exceeded 4,000, which was more than 10% of the number of refugees.
Among them, Chen Daoqin took more than 800 people who had returned to the army and joined the army under Yu Yanlu's command. They were naturally arranged in a fortress. There were countless sporadic and single-unit undercover agents. These Qing army spies were lurking in Jinjibao, waiting.
The summons of the Fourth Commander Cui Wei. This was a chess move by Li Guo downstairs, which made the originally impregnable Jinji Fort full of variables. In the future, there will also be moths appearing in the returning troops of Jinji Fort.
The Hui troops and bandits in Qing and Jing were all wiped out. The Hui troops that Dong Zhiyuan was holding were also wiped out by Xu Zhanbiao. Since then, Dong Zhiyuan has recovered all of them.
Since the Shaanxi Muslim Army entered Dong Zhiyuan, local residents' lives and property, farmland, kilns, castles and villages have all suffered huge damage.
Cities and forts near and far were brutally slaughtered and plundered, the people were left behind for thousands of miles in desolation, white bones and yellow thatch could be seen everywhere, and the smoke from cooking stoves was cut off. The disaster was so tragic that it was truly unparalleled in the world.
Wherever the troops of the Qing army arrived, the wells and towns were deserted, and the water and grass dried up. As a result, many of the returning troops died, and the Qing army also found it difficult to pursue them.
In addition to the residents of Dong Zhiyuan who were killed, starved to death, and died of illness during the war, some of them fled to northern Shaanxi and became refugees or even bandits. They struggled to save themselves and suffered extremely miserably.
After the war, there were no human traces in the Qingyang area, and the city became a forest of weeds, bones piled up, and strange birds and beasts gathered to cause harm. Xu Zhanbiao ordered the soldiers first, and the civilians cut through the thorns, collected the corpses, and buried them before they could garrison in the city.
There are mountains and ravines around Yongyang Fucheng, where ordinary people can hide. Dong Zhiyuan is an empty and flat Loess Plateau. After the Qing army swept back and forth, there were even fewer people who survived. There were countless households and villages.
It is true that thousands of villages are missing, and thousands of households are deserted and ghosts are singing.
The area around Lunping, Qing, Jing, and Liang stretches for thousands of miles, and is covered with yellow sand and white bones, and the roads are devoid of human traces. The Long land is barren, and there are not a hundred people left. There are many wild wolves, and they dare not travel at night.
After Dong Zhiyuan's recovery, Zuo Zongtang believed that Gansu "before the war begins, we must first establish a large-scale garrison in the Ping, Qing, Jing, and Gu areas bordering Shaanxi, and then we can fight when we advance, and we can defend when we retreat."
To this end, Zuo Zongtang sent officers and troops to Dong Zhiyuan to guard the key passes, and at the same time he organized military garrison operations in Mintun, Qingyang, Heshui, and Ningzhou.
And it has been managed and developed from the following aspects.
1. Select officials and organize the aftermath.
After the recapture of Longdong, Zuo Zongtang first petitioned the court to "break the grammar" and broke with the rules. He visited Gansu nearby to select people to act as seal seal agents in Fuzhou and counties, recruit exiles, and distribute grain to prolong their breathing. He also provided seeds to farmers. The governor urged young men and women to cultivate in time for long-term planning. Select dangerous passes as military camps and lead them, and the camp officials will take charge of them. Fortresses will be built as people's camps, and prefecture and county leaders will take charge of them, all of which are suitable for the land. Sow seeds according to the seasons. Supervise the army and civilians on millet, millet, buckwheat, wheat and other crops, and do hoeing and cultivation on a daily basis.
According to the personnel appointment and removal system of the Qing Dynasty, the appointment of local state and county officials must be selected by the Ministry of Personnel from other provinces, and they cannot be transferred nearby. Since Longdong was newly restored at that time, many states and counties lacked officials to organize the aftermath work, so officials were selected and transferred from outside. Unable to quench his thirst and not necessarily familiar with the situation in Longdong, Zuo Zongtang took special measures and asked the court to agree to select local officials from Gansu to organize various reconstruction work.
2. Recruit refugees and colonize Guangxing.[
Since "there were only empty cities in Qingyang" after the war, Zuo Zongtang decided to recruit the refugees from Pingqing who had followed Dong Fuxiang and others who had become bandits and had surrendered back to their places of origin. These people had no choice but to leave their hometowns to avoid the Hui uprising and were forced to They became bandits and most of them were resettled in northern Shaanxi after being recruited.
3. Set up county magistrates and strengthen management.
It is an important measure to add a county magistrate in Dong Zhiyuan and strengthen the construction of local political power.
4. Ban poppy cultivation and introduce cotton mulberry.
The Guanlong area in the northwest has little land and is barren, but it has long had the bad habit of growing poppies. Poppy cultivation and opium smoking are not only the cause of poverty in Gansu, but also the source of decline and chaos in the northwest as the folk customs have turned from fierce to decadent. For this reason, Zuo Zong Tang proposed a development plan to ban the cultivation of opium poppy and promote the cultivation of grass cotton.
5. Remove the well to fight drought and replace it with work.
Promote the work of work, cut well irrigation, try the method of planting districts, and engage in self -rescue. Zuo Zongtang requested that "Gansu various states and counties, except for the rivers and water fertility of rivers and water in all parts of the plateau and the plateau.
There are many Sichuan land such as Yang, Ningzhou, Zhengning, etc., especially the well -cut well.
The people of Dong Zhiyuan and the states and counties of Qingyang rely on Zuo Zongtang's relief and Daxingjian well -cutting field.
6. Planting roads and planting trees to improve the environment.
Zuo Zongtang used roads and planting trees, and road protection trees as an important part of march. The road was repaired there, and the sidewalk trees were repaired there.
On both sides of the road, there are more than 260,000 plants planted in the elsewhere. The trees planted are dense as wooden cities, and they are neatly ranked. These woods are called Zuo Gongliu by the people of Gansu to express the advocate Zuo Zongtang’s
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In Qingyang, there are more than 18,000 living trees in Huan County; more than 12,000 plant trees in Dongzhi County and Zhenyuan County.
The location of Dong Zhixian is Dongzhi County Town, where a large number of trees are planted, which has improved Dong Zhiyuan's ecological environment and living conditions.
In addition, Zuo Zongtang's subordinates also revised the road, and each of the stations of Pingqing and Gu Gu, Guyuan North to Pingyuan to Da Hui'anbao Salt Road, all of which have been repaired.
Dong Zhixian, Zhenyuan, the counties of the counties of Pingyuan, the princes and temples of the ancestral temples, the castle, and the post hall.
The construction of these infrastructure and the planting of trees have greatly improved Dong Zhiyuan's appearance, and Dong Zhiyuan showed vitality again.
Wei Guangzhang, Pingqingjing, inspected the East Road of Gansu, and reached the governance of the castle. The castle was built.