Just in Guazhou, more than 500 miles west of Jiayuguan, the headquarters of Xu Zhanbiao, the vanguard of Zuo Zongtang, was stationed here.

It's interesting to say that the army under Zuo Zongtang is known as the direct line of the Hunan Army. These are all soldiers recruited from Hunan, Hubei and other places. However, the first warrior vanguard he brought in this Western Expedition was not a child of Hunan, but a Sichuan native!

Xu Zhanbiao, a native of Xichong, joined the army from a small soldier and accumulated military merit step by step, and finally relied on his own ability to be appointed as the general of the admiral! His official position was first-rank!

This guy can be said to be a role model in the Shu army and a benchmark for the counterattack of the people at the bottom of the Qing Dynasty!

Xu Zhanbiao's success is different from Zuo Zongtang and others. These Hunan Army leaders are somewhat scholars, while the Shu Army Admiral was a poor child who joined the army and started with the big head soldiers.

During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, there were also many peasant uprisings in Sichuan. Xu Zhanbiao made many outstanding achievements in Guoyong Camp in Sichuan. He was commanded by thousands of men, and he was the general and the general... Finally, he was promoted to admiral!

After Zuo Zongtang's expedition to the west, Xu Zhanbiao's Shu army began to advance northward to force Gannan, and attacked Lanzhou from the southward direction to firmly control the attempt of the Gannan and Shaanxi to harass Gannan and northern Sichuan.

When the situation in Gannan stabilized, Zuo Zongtang appointed Xu Zhanbiao as the vanguard and led a total of 6,000 elite cavalry to Suzhou, Ganzhou, and Anxi Prefecture... Xu Zhanbiao pacified the situation in the entire Hexi Corridor alone.

At this moment, Zuo Zongtang's central army was able to walk safely and smoothly on the Hexi Corridor, and encountered harassment from flying sand and stones along the way instead of continuous rebel attacks. Xu Zhanbiao's Shu army made great contributions here.

After pacifying Suzhou, Zuo Zongtang ordered Xu Zhanbiao to enter Guazhou City, the capital of Anxi Prefecture, and began to eliminate the rebels from Anxi Prefecture. By 1871, all post roads from Guazhou to Xingxingxia had been controlled by the Qing army.

Although the general direction of history has not changed, the subtleties have also changed quietly!

It was precisely because of the appearance of Xiao Letian that the situation in East Asia at that time changed. Several wars with France and Tsarist Russia greatly consumed the enemy's strength.

The Aguber rebels, who received great military aid from Tsarist Russia in history, did not get so much in this world. Perhaps he himself didn't know that there should be a large number of Tsarist Russian supplies consumed in the war in the Far East.

Agubo did not receive as much military aid as in real history, so naturally there was no more supplies to the Gansu-Shaanxi rebels. However, Zuo Zongtang's Hunan Army received a lot of advanced military aid due to its good relations with the Chinese.

This gap alone caused a great deviation in history. A summary of real history was not even put down the rebellion in Gansu and Shaanxi in 1871, but now the entire Gansu and Shaanxi have been recovered, and Xu Zhanbiao's army has already reached the Xingxing Gorge!

After Fei Ge passed the letter for only one day, Xu Zhanbiao received the military order from General Zuo. When he knew that there was a British expedition team on the bitter and cold grassland in the north, he was walking on the way back to his country in the wind and snow, the general in Shu couldn't help but blush.

"Good man! Good man! I dare not take many subjects in this solar term. Zasaktu Khan... I have a genital! Come on, please click the general to the Central Army camp!"

The small generals of Guazhou City sounded the snare drums, and the leaders of the camps rushed over with their helmets, crowns and armor!

A Sichuan accent sounded in the military center in the northwest, which made the local people very strange!

"Time is tight, so I won't waste everyone's time! The commander's order is passed... Since receiving the military order, our cavalry has officially attacked Xingxing Gorge. After occupying the last pass, the cavalry has penetrated into the hinterland of Hami to continue to harass and fight..."

"This battle does not pursue the gains and losses of a city and a place. All we need is to drag all the five thousand cavalrymen placed here to Hami area, and not to send troops and soldiers to Zhenxi Prefecture in the north..."

Ah? The generals were stunned. "This weather? Cavalry harassment? We are not afraid of war... But this weather is not combat-abortioned and the number of soldiers must be very big!"

"Our Shu army is not afraid of death in battle, but it is fearlessly frozen to death... This? This......"

With a bang, Xu Zhanbiao slapped the military case, "If you freeze to death, you have to fight this battle! And I tell you, I have to rush forward in the first battle to attack Xingxing Gorge!"

"If you die, I will die in front of you! You know a hammer! Agubo's five thousand turtle sons placed in Hami... are all just eye-catching but not useful!"

"Take out all the six newly sent Kaihua Mountain Cannons! Take away the shells, and beat them hard!"

"Since the general has made a decision, we have all given our responsibilities... But the general has to let the brothers understand and understand! We can also motivate..."

Xu Zhanbiao reached out and pointed on the map, "Do you know, Tacheng sent a British expedition team more than 40 days ago. General Gordon, the British admiral of the ever-winning army, was the captain!"

"This expedition team also brought Mr. Wansui's imperial guards...what are they doing in the northwest? You should see with your own eyes how we fight! Mr. Wansui has not forgotten that we fighters, and sent their confidants in person!"

"The expedition team is almost at Zasaktu Khan! They are looking for an opportunity to enter the territory of Anxi Prefecture south... At this time, if we don't lead Agubo's soldiers away, who will attract them!"

Just like this, the entire General Hall was in an uproar, and all these fighting men were so excited that they couldn't sit still!

"Really? Really? Hahaha... Long lively sent an imperial envoy to come to see us?"

"We finally didn't work in vain! I have nothing to say. Follow the command of the Grandmaster, let alone snow and put a knife on the sword, we have to fight this war!"

"The man who fights is not afraid of death, but it is meaningless to be afraid of death... Fuck him!"

Xu Zhanbiao reached out to suppress these excited men, "Actually, I don't think this battle is difficult to fight! In the past few months, our detailed work west of Xingxing Gorge has sent countless information. I will analyze it carefully and see that Agubai and others are really at the end of their strength!"

"Look! Although Agubai's current forces have annexed the entire southern and northern borders of Dihua, Turpan, Hami, and Zhenxi Prefecture have his troops in the east!"

"But Hami Prefecture and Zhenxi Prefecture were finally defeated, and they also rely on the power of Gansu-Shaanxi Rebels' deserters... His power in these two areas is very weak!"

"Where is Hami? Hami is the first pass to enter and exit Xinjiang. Xingxingxia is the lifeline of road traffic throughout Xinjiang!"

"Hami and Zhenxi, Uyghur, Han, Hui tribe, Mongolia... There are many ethnic groups gathering, and there are many caravans. The people here are more than those in southern Xinjiang... To put it bluntly, I have seen the real market and know how rich the Han people live there!"

"It is actually very difficult to promote Agubo's set here, and we can easily get the support of the people!"

"The latest intelligence reality is that the five thousand Aguber cavalry have already plundered Hami and Zhenxi. The people were poor after years of war, but now they have even robbed of food!"

"Do you think this is an opportunity? I want me to tell you that we can bring all the food that can be carried in this war! It will definitely have miraculous results when the time comes!"

The atmosphere suddenly became warm in the General's Hall. They were all fighting old wars, and the drums were not hit hard by heavy hammers. At that time, the three armies attacked the assault plan was formulated.

The entire Guazhou suddenly became in chaos. More than 6,000 elite cavalry of the Shu army began to move defenses, and local civilians hired tens of thousands of dollars began to help the army transport supplies.

There are only twelve flower mountain cannons sold by the Chinese. They are all transported by a double horse-drawn cart like their eyes, and the shells are separated by straw.

The warehouse was opened, and the compressed biscuits were boxed, Ryukyu black rock candy, canned beef... All of this portable military ration was transported away without leaving any of them.

Anyway, Zuo Dashu also made it clear that he had reached a fundraising agreement with the Chinese, and from now on, the army's food, drink, defecation and urination will be resolved by the Western Regions Investment Bank.

Xiao Letian's family has a great career, who will he eat if he doesn't eat? Don't save anyone, just eat with your stomach!

From Guazhou to Xingxingxia front line, there are a total of 300 miles. The cavalry and the cavalry will arrive for one and a half days at the latest in two days!

The northwest wind during this period also provided cover for the army. When the Aguber rebels in Xingxing Gorge saw Xu Zhanbiao's military flag, they were not prepared at all.
Chapter completed!