"Without Hunan, no army can be formed", unlocking the grassroots rise of the originator of modern warlords. Reveal the secret of how Zeng Guofan ended the troubled times of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with the power of Confucian scholars.
Interpret Zeng Guofan's military management methods, the rise and fall of the Hunan Army, and the changes in the late Qing Dynasty in the past few decades.
The masterpiece of Guanhe Fifty States! Completely sort out the six major trajectories of the Hunan Army: its rise, rise, collapse, rise, prosperity and decline!
[Start] Zeng Guofan returned to his hometown to recruit brave men, using the model of "scholars leading farmers" to create a powerful private team with "soldiers as generals";
[Xing] The victory of Xiangtan became famous in the first battle. The Hunan Army powerfully broke the myth of the Taiping Army's invincibility;
[Zhe] The tragic defeat at Hukou, the tragedy of Sanhe, all the main elite troops were killed and injured, and the Hunan Army suffered heavy losses;
[Rise] Understand the stupid skill of "building a stronghold and fighting to the death", fighting Anqing to the death, and making a comeback against the trend;
ProsperityBreaking Tianjing, overthrowing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regime, the Hunan Army ushered in its heyday;
[Dismissal] His great achievements shocked the Lord, he dismissed his troops, and the Hunan Army came to an end.
The ups and downs of an army reflect the direction of the dynasty, and the fate of the Hunan Army is also an important microcosm of the evolution of military politics and the changes of the times in the late Qing Dynasty.
