Xinjiang has been an inseparable part of our country since ancient times, but because it is located at the junction of China with other countries, Xinjiang has been constantly at war for many times.
The invasion of foreign nationalities has led to the people of Xinjiang not having a good life. In order to maintain stability in Xinjiang, the emperors of each dynasty often sent troops to guard Xinjiang and protect the security of the people and the integrity of the country's territory.
However, there was once such a person who, with his excellent military acumen, occupied the whole of Xinjiang within a few years, making Xinjiang his own territory.
After he occupied Xinjiang, he implemented many tyranny in the local area, and he was also called the "Butcher of Central Asia" by the people of the time.
The "Central Asian butcher" was named Agubai, and after ruling Xinjiang for several years, he was defeated by Zuo Zongtang. After his defeat, he died in Karashar, Xinjiang.
Although Agubai has long been dead, his murderous name has been circulating in Xinjiang for a long time. Today we will get to know this famous "Central Asian butcher" Agubai.
A tragic gray childhood
Agupa was born in a small village near Tashkent to a local doctor and a wizard. In the village, it is often used to pray for the birth of babies, and it has a high reputation.
However, after Agubai's birth, her mother divorced her biological father and remarried someone else. And this was the beginning of Agubai's tragic childhood.
After his parents divorced, the young Agubai lived with his mother, but his stepfather was extremely cruel to both mother and son. His stepfather was a butcher, and his ferocious personality made him often vent his dissatisfaction with his mother in his life, punching and kicking his mother and son.
After a few years of life, his mother was beaten to death by his murderous stepfather in an accident, and Agubai, who had lost his mother, fled the house and became an orphan on the street.
At that time, Agubai was only seven or eight years old, and what good place could a child with such a young child fall on the streets? But fortunately, the young Agubai grew a good face, and with this face, Agubai was favored by a performance team and let him go on stage to sell his art.
However, the good times did not last long, and during a street performance, Agubai was taken in by a high-ranking official. The high-ranking officials bought him and took him in as his boy.
Child prostitution was an extremely vulgar custom at that time. Some high-ranking officials and nobles often choose handsome boys to provide for their own indecency and entertainment.
Yes, the young Agupa fell into darkness again, and for some time afterwards he was devastated. It is precisely because of these dark memories of childhood that Agubai's psychology is gradually distorted, he hopes to get rid of all this, and he also begins to desire to slaughter all the people who hurt him.
And that was the beginning of his path to the butcher.
The "Central Asian Butcher" Who Ruled Xinjiang
After several years of humiliation, Agubai escaped from the clutches of high-ranking officials and returned to his hometown in the midst of a war. But back home, Agubai did not want to live in peace, his psychology had long been distorted, he longed for power, longed for revenge.
But powerless, how can he have the ability to take revenge, so he sets his sights on his young sister. Vicious, he dedicated his sister to Kush, the leader of the largest local armed forces, and took the opportunity to become Kush's aide-de-camp.
After becoming an aide-de-camp, Agubai was brave and good at war, made many military achievements, and his prestige in the army became higher and higher. Slowly Agubai had his own army, and his ranks grew day by day.
Around 1860, Agubai, in his forties, became a prince of the party, commanding a large army. And a few years later, Agubai began to invade Xinjiang.
In the war to conquer Xinjiang, Agubai relied on his excellent military combat ability and won successive victories. He continued to absorb the remnants of the Qing government after the battle, and eventually formed an unstoppable force.
With this huge force, in just 7 years, Agubai has occupied most of Xinjiang. In 1871, Agubai ruled the entire southern Xinjiang and became the master of the entire Xinjiang.
Before unifying southern Xinjiang, Agupa established the Hongfu Khanate and proclaimed himself The Lord of Theurad, meaning King of Hongfu. After that, he began to impose a strict tax policy on the people of Xinjiang and made all people in southern Xinjiang believe in Islam. If someone disobeys, the end will be extremely miserable.
The Hongfu Khanate established by Agubai attracted the attention of Western countries. In 1868 and 1870, Britain and Russia sent ambassadors to meet with Agupa, respectively.
The meeting between the two ambassadors and Agubai also meant that Britain and Russia recognized the regime of the Hongfu Khanate, and at the same time the British also gave the Hongfu Khanate some advanced weapons
These actions by Britain and Russia further strengthened Agubai's rule in Xinjiang, and Agubai also relied on his own brutal means to make the people of Xinjiang angry but dare not speak out.
Agubai ruled Xinjiang for several years, and during these years, the desire of the people of Xinjiang to overthrow Agubai has become stronger. Finally, in 1875, Agubai's rule in Xinjiang came to an end. The person who defeated Agubai and regained Xinjiang was Zuo Zongtang, one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty.
The end of the Agubai Rebellion
In 1975, the Qing government sent Zuo Zongtang to recover Xinjiang. As soon as the Qing army entered Xinjiang, the battle to retake Xinjiang officially began.
Originally, because of the support of Britain and Russia, this battle was not easy to fight. However, the fact was unexpected by Zuo Zongtang, and Britain and Russia did not provide reinforcements for Agubai, but chose to watch the fire from the other side.
Without the support of Britain and Russia, Agubai could only fight on his own army. However, Agubai's team has long lost the scale of that year, and because of Agubai's long-term tyranny in Xinjiang, he has been unpopular in Xinjiang.
Under the influence of these factors, Agubai was gradually defeated. This made Zuo Zongtang very hard to believe that the forces that attacked Agubai would be so easy. The Qing army he led, in just a few months, had taken back many parts of Xinjiang.
As the Qing army began to move south, Agubai died suddenly in Karashar on May 29, 1877. The cause of his death is still unknown, but his death means that Xinjiang will officially return to the embrace of the motherland.
After Agubai's death, Zuo Zongtang defeated the remnants of the hostile forces in Xinjiang. In 1878, Xinjiang returned to the motherland, and Zuo Zongtang, who was in his old age, once again defended the sovereignty of the country and the independence of the nation.
epilogue
Agubai's impact on Xinjiang was indelible, and his invasion indirectly deepened the infiltration of Western countries into China and allowed the people of Xinjiang to live in misery for several years.
Although Agupa was very hateful, he was also a poor man. The experience of childhood can be said to be a pain that he cannot forget in this life, but even after so many tribulations, he has not given up fighting against fate.
Step by step, he stepped into an unattainable position, but his method was too wrong, which led to his tragic end. In the end, only one infamy was left to be firmly remembered.