Li guangjiu

Li guangjiu

Li guangjiu (1845-1900), with the name of Hengheng and jianzhai, was born in the 43rd capital of Hunan Province in the Qing Dynasty (now in Hetang Town, Lianyuan county). He was the second son of Li Xubin, a powerful general of Hunan army, and inherited the third class baron. In the autumn of 1894 (the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu), Wu Dacheng, an assistant military officer and governor of Hunan Province, went north to aid Liao in resisting Japan. In 1899, he was transferred to Su Songtai road and then transferred to Jiang Customs Road. He was soon promoted to be an inspector general of Zhejiang Province. He was ordered to command the 36th battalion of Mabu in Zhejiang Province to garrison Ningbo to defend against the invasion of the Italian Navy. He wrote "oath to speak" and compiled "Li Zhongwu Gong (Xubin) posthumous note".

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Li guangjiu (1845-1900), with the name of Hengheng and jianzhai, was born in Xiangxiang, Hunan Province in the Qing Dynasty. He was the second son of Li Xubin, a brave general of Hunan army, and inherited the third class baron. In his early years, he participated in the activities of suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Nien army and served as a substitute for Jiangnan. In the autumn of 1894 (the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu), Wu Dacheng, an assistant military officer and governor of Hunan Province, went north to aid the Liao Dynasty to resist Japan and stationed between niuniuzhuang and Haicheng. From the middle of February to the end of March of the next year, he led the general yiketang'a of wuyingyu Heilongjiang of the old Hunan army to attack the Japanese army in Haicheng, and fought fiercely with the enemy in Tangwang mountain, Liangjia mountain and the northwest of Haicheng. On March 4, when the enemy occupied Niuzhuang in the second way, he led his troops to attack Niuzhuang and fought with the enemy in the street. More than half of the soldiers were killed, but Wei Guangtao and he survived. In 1899, he was transferred to Su Songtai road and then transferred to Jiang Customs Road. He was soon promoted to the inspector general of Zhejiang Province. He was ordered to lead the 36th battalion of Mabu in Zhejiang Province to garrison Ningbo to defend against the invasion of the Italian Navy. He wrote "oath to speak" and compiled "Li Zhongwu Gong (Xubin) posthumous note".

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After the Sino Japanese war broke out in 1894, the Huai army lost one after another. The Qing government decided to use the old generals of the Xiang army to fight against the enemy. Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang and Minister of Nanyang, the former general of Hunan army, was appointed as the imperial envoy to supervise the military affairs of the eastern expedition and control the armies inside and outside the pass. He called on Li guangjiu, Chen Shi, Wei Guangtao and other old generals of the Xiang army to lead their troops out of the pass to fight. In January 1895, Li guangjiu led the five battalions of the old Xiang army out of the mountain and arrived at the front line of Haicheng. From February 16, he took part in the third, fourth and fifth counter attack of the Qing army against Haicheng. At the end of February, when the Qing army concentrated more than 100 battalions and more than 60000 troops for the fifth counter attack on Haicheng, the Japanese army concentrated on the main forces of the first, third, fifth and third divisions in the Northeast battlefield and launched the winter mopping up war in Liaohe. The Fifth Division moved westward from jiuliancheng and Phoenix, and the third division trapped in Haicheng also took the opportunity to break through. The two armies joined and occupied Anshan Station on March 2. On the 5th, they launched an attack on Niuzhuang. The Qing army guarding Niuzhuang at that time had only six battalions of Wuwei army under Wei Guangtao's command. Hearing of the police, Li guangjiu rushed to the rescue of the old Xiang army led by the West Santaizi of Haicheng. "The local soldiers traveled more than 20 miles to Niuzhuang, but they were surrounded before they could make a meal.". Li guangjiu divided the five battalions of the old Xiang army into three groups to meet the enemy and launched a fierce street battle with the Japanese army. The two armies vied with each other house by house. The Qing army was divided and besieged, and they struggled for houses. At the end of the war, there were many Japanese soldiers, and the main streets were occupied by the Japanese. Li guangjiu and Wei Guangtao led the remnant to break out from the west of the city, and then they were blocked. The Japanese set fire along the street and cut off the retreat of the Qing army. The Qing army suffered heavy casualties, and Li guangjiu survived. Niuzhuang was lost in the end. In the battle for Niuzhuang, the Xiang army fought very tenaciously, and Li guangjiu's performance was also good. Although the Japanese army captured Niuzhuang, it also paid a heavy price and had to admit that "our army had a hard war.". The only major commander of the first brigade of the 21st regiment, Imada, was killed and 389 people were injured. More than 2500 people were killed and more than 600 were captured. After the fall of Niuzhuang, Li guangjiu led the remnant of the old Xiang army to retreat from Shuangtaizi and Jinzhou with Wu Dafu, the military affairs office of the eastern expedition. In 1899, he was transferred to Su Song Tai Dao, followed by Jiang Guan Guan Dao. Soon after that, he was transferred to Jin and Zhejiang Province as an envoy, and led the 36th battalion of Mabu in Zhejiang Province to garrison Ningbo.

The battle between Li guangjiu and Niuzhuang

During the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Chinese and Japanese armies fought fiercely in Niuzhuang, Liaodong. Later, in a brief account of the eastern military affairs written by Yao Xiguang of the Qing Dynasty, Li guangjiu, the general of the Qing army, was described as a figure with five horns: on the 8th of February in 1895, Li guangjiu led the five battalions of the army and the six battalions of Wei Guangtao back to fangniuzhuang and gathered in the village. After a long period of smoking opium, we have to wait for breakfast, and we have entered the market. " In a hurry, the Qing army was defeated.

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