In April 1851, the university scholar Sai Shang'a was sent to Guangxi as the minister of Chincha to curb the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, which had become like a volcanic eruption. Before leaving, Zuo Zongzhi, the secretary of the cabinet, suggested that Sai Shang'a should include a man named Jiang Zhongyuan in his team, and there was no chance, and another university scholar, Qi Junzao, also recommended Jiang Zhongyuan to Sai Shang'a.
At that time, Sai Shang'a did not know jiang Zhongyuan, only that he was from a local background and had served as a local petty official, but since the two colleagues had invariably recommended him, and both thought that this person was a rare talent, so he allowed Jiang Zhongyuan to accompany the camp on an errand.
A few months later, Jiang Zhongyuan reported to Sai Shang'a's xingyuan in Guilin, and Sai Shang'a transferred him to the military curtain of Ulantai, the deputy capital of Guangzhou.
According to the stereotypes of people in that era, the Manchus were martial and the Han people revered literature, such as Ulantai, who had experienced returning to Xinjiang from the conquest, and never studied to take the exam. The latter seems to have become the patent of the Han Chinese, who are full of economy, but usually have no power to bind chickens. Jiang Zhongyuan was born as a person, naturally should also be a weak scholar, in essence, Jiang Zhongyuan can be literate and martial, and his speech and demeanor are extremely bold and capable, which makes Ulantai very happy, the two get along well, and each other feels very speculative.
After further understanding, Ulantai learned that Jiang Zhongyuan had fought the same battle as him, and the battle was still very beautiful.
In Jiang Zhongyuan's hometown of Xinning, Hunan, the party activities were once very frequent, and the uprisings of Lei Zaihao and Li Yuanfa broke out successively. At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement had not yet formed a climate, and officials from Hunan Province planned to send large troops to Xinning to suppress it, but were dissuaded by Jiang Zhongyuan.
The officers and soldiers were guest soldiers, unfamiliar with the local situation in Xinning, difficult to deal with the local rebels, not to mention, but also harassed the civilians. Jiang Zhongyuan returned to Xinning, relying on the sons of the family, established a regiment training called Xinning Yong, taught the soldiers the art of bravery, and then commanded them to fight against the rebels, and as a result, they were able to fight in a battle, and Jiang Zhongyuan also came to the fore.
At this point, Ulantai finally understood why the capital officials would recommend Jiang Zhongyuan one after another. At this time, XinningYong had already been dismissed, but Ulantai still urged Jiang Zhongyuan to rebuild his troops and pull them to Guangxi to fight the Taiping Army.
Jiang Zhongyuan listened to his words and immediately wrote a letter to his fourth brother Jiang Zhongshu, who was in his hometown, and Jiang Zhongshu's action was also very fast, and he immediately recruited five hundred people to drive into Guangxi, with the name of "Chu Yong". Chu Yong was originally directly led by Jiang Zhongshu, but because Jiang Zhongshu was suffering from dysentery and submitted his resignation, he was changed to Jiang Zhongyuan's personal command.
Among the various Qing armies assembled in Guangxi, only Chu Yong was named after the province. Although the five hundred soldiers of the ministry still retain the characteristics of their township bravery, compared with the original Xinning Yong, the army structure has been upgraded to a higher form - Xinning Yong is a local regiment training, self-defense township, self-financing, the scope of combat is not even Out of Xinning, let alone out of Guangxi. Chu Yong was at least a quasi-regular army, not only crossed the countryside and provinces, but also, like the Green Battalion of the Warp Soldiers, was paid by the government.
At first, they still looked down on Chu Yong, and Chu Yong's general short stature and disheveled clothes also became his laughing stock, but on the battlefield, in the final analysis, it was not to see whose image was good, but to see who was more able to fight.
Jiang Zhongyuan (1) serial, to be continued.......