2. Why do you call him a strategist? Because he has the practice of unified military action, he fought many battles, big and small, and finally conquered Tianjing, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. But also good at summing up the experience of leading and managing the army. Some of Zeng Hubing's quotations have been handed down from generation to generation, so he is respected as a strategist.
3. Zeng Guofan was really beaten out of the water by Taiping rebels when he first started to fight, and he suffered many defeats, and even was forced to dive himself, but this is normal, because the Xiang army just started training, and its combat effectiveness is not strong, and it has no combat experience, but the key is to be able to "repeatedly defeat and fight", and the more brave he is, the bigger the team is, and the stronger the Vietnam War is, and finally win.
Zeng Guofan way:
Zeng Guofan (18 1 1 year165438+1October 26 ~1March 872 12), whose real name is Bohan and whose real name is Sheng Di. In the late Qing dynasty, he was the founder and commander-in-chief of Xiang Army. Military strategist, philosopher, politician, calligrapher and writer in Qing Dynasty, and founder of "Xiangxiang School" in late Qing Dynasty. Official to the Governor of Liangjiang, the Governor of Zhili, the University of Wuyingdian, the first-class righteous Hou Yong.
March 1 day, my feet were numb and my tongue could not speak. 1872 (Tongzhi11) On March 12, I went for a walk in the West Garden, and suddenly my feet went numb. Ceng Jize helped me back to the study and sat for three minutes. She died at 62. It was the month when the Qing court heard the obituary and retired for three days. Posthumous title Shi. On June 25th, the coffin arrived in Changsha. /kloc-buried in jinpenling outside the south gate of Changsha in July, 0/9. In February 65438 and March 65438 of the following year, he was reburied in Fulongshan, Pingtang, Xiangxi, Huashan County (now Wangcheng County). Buried with his wife Ouyang.
Zeng Guofan pursued patience as the first priority in his life, advocated thrift in everything and was not proud of being an official. At Zeng Guofan's initiative, he built the first ship in China, founded the first ordnance school, printed and translated the first batch of western language books, and arranged the first batch of students studying in the United States. It can be said that Zeng Guofan was the pioneer of China's modernization.