In the west of Xinjiang, there is a small country called Haohan, which has always been attached to the leadership of China. Later, Russia invaded many territories of Haohan country, which caused the dissatisfaction of Akuba, the leader of Haohan country. So Russia encouraged him to occupy Xinjiang in China to compensate for the lost territory. With the support of the Russians, Agubo led his troops to occupy the south of Xinjiang. Then, he expanded to northern Xinjiang and occupied Urumqi. Later, Agubo announced the establishment of a Zhe Deschard State in Xinjiang, and he became king. This is to openly split Xinjiang from the territory of China. Russia also wanted to seize Xinjiang in China for a long time, so it took the opportunity to send troops and occupied Yili in western Xinjiang.

Agubo and Russia invaded Xinjiang, which caused controversy among officials of the Qing government. Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang were afraid of tsarist Russia. They thought that Empress Dowager Cixi did not care about Xinjiang because she was busy looking for a new emperor. Emperor Tongzhi was ill not long ago, and Cixi wanted to find an emperor who listened to her. Later, she chose the prince of alcohol? (sound yuān)' s son Zai Tian. Zaitian's father is Xianfeng's younger brother and his mother is Cixi's sister. After Cixi sent the 4-year-old Zaitian to the throne of the emperor, she began to listen to politics again. Carrying Tian is Emperor Guangxu.

Akuba occupied Xinjiang, and Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Shaanxi Province in Lanzhou, was very anxious. He heard that the court didn't care about it at all, and he was even more anxious and angry. Zuo Zongtang immediately wrote the memorial to refute Li Hongzhang and others. In the memorial, he said angrily: "We must not encourage the aggression of foreigners. Give up Xinjiang, and they will occupy the whole northwest. Give up the whole northwest, and they will occupy the whole China. Others can tolerate Agubo's aggression, but I can't. If the court agrees with me, I am willing to lead troops to recover the whole of Xinjiang. "

Zuo Zongtang's memorial was written with great momentum, which made many big officials in the court admire him very much. They recommended Zuo Zongtang to Cixi in succession, hoping to recover Xinjiang as soon as possible. Empress dowager cixi also felt that losing territory was not very glorious. Since someone is willing to go out, let's try it. Therefore, Zuo Zongtang was appointed as an imperial envoy and led the troops to recover Xinjiang.

/kloc-in the spring of 0/876, Zuo Zongtang left Lanzhou with his army and passed through Hexi Corridor to Suzhou (now Jiuquan). Along the way, you can see walking willows with lush green leaves. These willows came to the northwest by Zuo Zongtang and ordered the sergeant to plant them in order to conserve water and soil. Zuo Zongtang called the generals of the army together and formulated a specific strategy for marching into Xinjiang. He said: "Xinjiang is vast and sparsely populated. In the middle is Tianshan Mountain, which divides Xinjiang into north and south. The north is flat and has convenient transportation. We will attack northern Xinjiang first. After gaining a firm foothold, we will March into southern Xinjiang and recover all the territory. " Liu Jintang and other generals nodded and said that this method is very good. As soon as Zuo Zongtang saw that everyone agreed, he began to assign tasks and said, "Two generals, Liu Jintang and Jin Shun, led the main force to attack Urumqi. Xu Zhanbiao and Zhang Yao guard Hami. The rest of the troops defended Dunhuang, Anmen and Yumen to prevent the enemy from invading the mainland. " The generals were just about to split up after receiving the order, and Zuo Zongtang told everyone: "There are many ethnic groups in Xinjiang, all of which are our sisters and brothers. You must respect them and never allow those who commit murder and arson to severely punish the goods. "

After Liu Jintang led the main force to leave Jiuquan, he went straight to Urumqi. Bai Yanhu, the general of Agubo, was stationed in Urumqi. Bai Yanhu is from China. When he heard that General Zuo Zongtang had been killed, he sent a letter to Agubo and sent soldiers to defend the ancient pasture outside the city. As soon as Liu Jintang arrived in Urumqi, he ordered an attack on the ancient pasture. Agubo's army resisted desperately all day. In fact, the Qing army did not really attack violently. Liu Jintang just let the troops shoot at a distance and shout loudly, instead of rushing forward. After dark, the Qing army retreated.

After a day of fighting, Bai Yanhu was tired and bored. He felt that the Qing army had launched an attack during the day and could sleep peacefully at night. But just as he was sleeping soundly, the gunfire outside woke him up. The sudden attack of the Qing army made Agubo's army too late to prepare and was wiped out. Bai Yanhu fled back to Urumqi desperately, and fled overnight with his family. Liu Jintang led his troops to capture the ancient pasture and quickly occupied Urumqi.

The next day, the reinforcements sent by Agubo arrived. Liu Jintang has already set up an encirclement outside the city. As soon as the enemy entered the room, the Qing soldiers lying in ambush around fired guns. Agubo's army was killed and wounded.

Agubo thought that with the support of the Russians, China did not dare to send troops to beat him. Now that Zuo Zongtang's army has won one after another, he is a little overwhelmed. But Agubo will not give up, and will fight the China army to the end. He ordered his son Heikla to keep Toksun, the main manager loved Yi Deer Hurida to keep Dabancheng, and Bai Yanhu kept Turpan, ready to fight to the death with Zuo Zongtang. However, his plan failed in the end. In this way, the southern Xinjiang region was also recovered. Agubo retreated one after another, leading a little force to flee to the west. On the way, he was killed by his men and got the end he deserved. Soon, Bai Yanhu and Heikla fled to Russia. The armies of all walks of life successfully joined forces in Turpan. In this way, except Yili, the Qing army recovered all the territory.

Zuo Zongtang saw that the Russians were still in Ili and didn't want to leave, so he decided to go to Xinjiang in person to command the Qing army to recover Ili. Before he left, he ordered someone to take a coffin. The men didn't understand what was going on, so Zuo Zongtang said excitedly, "I am 65 years old, and I am willing to take my old life in order to recover the territory of the country." When the soldiers saw that the commander-in-chief was so determined, they were deeply moved, and they all said, "We will never come back alive unless we drive away the Russians."

Zuo Zongtang left Suzhou, walked not far to the west, and suddenly received an order from Empress Dowager Cixi. Cixi told him to stop marching into Ili. Zuo Zongtang was very sad. He looked at the endless Gobi Desert in the northwest and lamented. But there was no way, so he had to order the troops to stop marching. It turned out that Cixi was afraid that Zuo Zongtang's recovery of Ili would cause trouble. She consulted with Li Hongzhang and decided to send Zeng Guofan's son Ceng Jize to negotiate with the Russians. Later, Ceng Jize and Russia signed the Ili Treaty. Although I was going back to Ili, I gave a large territory west of the Horgos River to Russia.