Main Leaders
- Zeng Guofan
- Zuo Zongtang
- Zeng Guoquan (曾國荃)
- Luo Zenan (羅澤南)
- Peng Yulin (彭玉麟)
After the Taiping Rebellion was crushed, the Hunan armies petitioned to the Manchu Court to disband themselves, for fear of rumored rebellion against the Manchus as they had grown too powerful in the eyes of the Manchus. The Manchu Court only agreed to turn Peng Yu-Ling's army into a navy.
- Hu Linyi (胡林翼)
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