Why is it said that there is no Xiang and no army, if the Chinese revolution does not have Hunan people to participate, the outcome is unpredictable
There is an old saying in China, called no Xiang, no army, popular understanding is that the Hunan region is full of talents, no Hunan people to participate in the army can not be counted as an excellent army, although this sentence seems a little extreme, but looking back at China's modern development history, it is not difficult to find that Hunan people have indeed made great contributions to the Chinese revolution, if we remove the Hunan people, whether the Chinese revolution can succeed or not is still an unknown, why do we say so?
The phrase "No Xiang and no army" was first produced in the late Qing Dynasty, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising occurred in the Jiangnan region, when the Eight Banner Army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had lost its combat effectiveness and was not an opponent of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at all, so Zeng Guofan, a minister of the Late Qing Dynasty, was entrusted by the imperial court to start forming the Xiang Army in Hunan to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Xiang Army had developed to more than half a million people when its military discipline was excellent, the battle was brave, and the power was the greatest, and these Xiang armies were the backbone of the annihilation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it was precisely because of this Xiang army formed by Zeng Guofan. There is an old saying that there is no Xiang and no army, but this sentence is not limited to the late Qing Dynasty, in modern China, the Hunan people are also the firm force of the Chinese revolution.
During the Warring States period, Chudi has always circulated an old saying, "Although Chu has three households, qin will be chu", the Chu state of the Warring States period refers to the current two lakes region, Chu people have a straightforward temperament, the people's style is fierce, is the best place for excellent soldiers, in the stalemate stage of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Hunan has become the key offensive area of the Japanese army, China and Japan have broken out four large-scale wars in the Hunan region, which is the famous Battle of Changsha in the history of the War of Resistance, in the four battles, Changsha City in Hunan Province was almost destroyed by war, and the people of Hunan Province produced people for the War of Resistance In the end, with the efforts of the Chinese army and the people of Hunan, this rich grain-producing area did not fall into the hands of the Japanese army.
The people of Hunan have not only made great contributions to the Chinese revolution, Hunan is also a heroic place of origin, Zuo Zongtang who recovered Xinjiang in the late Qing Dynasty, Huang Xing, a democracy fighter in the Republic of China period, are all Hunan people, after the founding of New China, there are 20 marshals and generals, 9 of whom are from Hunan, they have made great contributions to the Chinese revolution, and also verified the old saying that there is no Xiang and no army.
Dear readers, do you know who these 9 marshals and generals who went to Hunan are?