In the battle, the formation of foreign guns became a model in which westerners served as officers and China served as soldiers, and gradually expanded to more than 2,000 people. In February of the first year of Tongzhi (1862), the foreign gun team was officially recognized by the Qing government and was awarded the title of "Chang", with Wu Xu as the director and Yang Fang and Hua 'er as the commanders. Hua 'er was awarded the title of joining the Qing army and was actually in charge of the command. Half a year later, Val led an army to rescue Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and was seriously injured and killed in the battle between Cixi and Taiping Army.
The successor of "Changsheng Jun" duct tape is Henry Andres Burgevine, a 26-year-old American. He is also a young man who lacks military education and has a bad temper in Bivol. Just a few months after taking over, Bai Jiwen led a team to rob Yangfang of more than 40 thousand silver dollars, injured Yangfang, and was dismissed from office by Li Hongzhang, commander-in-chief of Huai Army and governor of Jiangsu, who was reinforced in Shanghai. After Bai Jiwen's complaint was fruitless, he turned to his opponent, Taiping Army, to train the army for Mu Wang Tan Shaoguang. Two months later, Bai returned to the Shanghai Concession and was immediately escorted to Japan by the American consul. After three years of Tongzhi (1864), he sneaked into Fujian and wanted to join the Taiping Army in Zhangzhou. As a result, he was arrested by the Qing army in Xiamen and drowned on the way to Suzhou.
Chang's last conductor was a 30-year-old Englishman, who took over in March of the second year of Tongzhi (1863). Unlike his predecessor, Gordon was a trained engineering officer who participated in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War. After Gordon took over, on the one hand, he expanded the scale of "Chang", on the other hand, he strengthened training and strict military discipline, which turned "Chang" from a garrison in Shanghai into a powerful force that could jointly launch an attack with Huai Army, and played an important role in the battle with Taiping Army for Sunan County and Town. In February of 65438+, Gordon broke with Li Hongzhang for ordering the killing of eight Taiping generals surrendered by Suzhou. In May of the following year, Chang was transferred back to Kunshan to dissolve after occupying Changzhou, and Gordon returned to the British army with the title of prefect of the Qing army. Since then, he served in several British colonies and was promoted to the army of major general.
1885 65438+ 10, Gordon, as the governor of Sudan, died in Khartoum under the attack of Mahdi rebels at the age of 52.