Yin Longhe Battle: The key failure that determines the military structure ofthe late Qing Dynasty

After Zeng Guofan's Xiang army eliminated Tian Ping Tianguo, the highest rulingclass of the Qing dynasty, led by Empress Dowager Cixi, thought they could sitback and relax. They disbanded most of the Xiang Army and the Huai Army ina short period of time to reduce terrible defense spending. However, thenew army suddenly rose north of the Yangtze River and once again calmed downthe fighting in the Forbidden City.

The New Nine Force

New Year's Army absorbed a large number of the Peace Corps.

The rebel army north of the river was collectively referred to as the "NewYear army" by later scholars. It was mainly made up by the remnantsof the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the failure of the Huainan Lunan Nian ArmyUprising. Former King Tai Lai Wenguang joined the army with his army cadres,bringing him a more formal military and tactical system. They vigorouslypromoted the changing pace of riding and used the mobility of the cavalry toattack the Qing army from one place to another. As a result, during theFirst World War in Gaolouzhai, Sengelinqin, commander of the Eighth Banner ofBeijing Normal University, who was called the "Great Wall of theNorth" by the Qing Dynasty, was killed by them.

As a result, the Qing Dynasty began to use the Han army generals who had beensent to the elderly. Zeng Guofan, the murderer of the Taiping HeavenlyKingdom, was the first person sent. However, he has cut off more than halfof the former Xiang Army headquarters and can only lead a large number of HuaiArmy soldiers to go north. On the application of specific strategies, ZengGuofan also continued to put forward his consistent strategy of "restingwith the quiet to prevent lingering". However, the flexibility of theyoung army has completely exceeded that of the long-haired army, which makesthe old guards who like to fight dull battles very uncomfortable. Soon,instead of stopping, the bandits invaded Hubei from the Huaihe River to thesouth. Later,

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