Xiang Army
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xiang-army-176-3676482
title:
Xiang Army
text:
The Xiang Army or Hunan Army was a standing army organized by Zeng Guofan from existing regional and village militia forces called tuanlian to contain the Taiping Rebellion in Qing China. The name is taken from the Hunan region where the Army was raised. The Army was financed through local nobles and gentry, as opposed to through the centralized Manchu-led Qing dynasty. The army was mostly disbanded by Zeng after the re-capture of the Taiping capital at Nanking. Although it was raised specifical
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Chinese army during the Taiping Rebellion
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Army
date created:
2008-06-21T08:09:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T15:17:38Z
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