<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1843, Zeng akagadzwa kuva muongorori mukuru wezvinyorwa muSichuan Province. Makore matanhatu gare gare, akaitwa Mutevedzeri Mukuru woMunyori weDare reMitambo. Paaive pachigaro cheMasoja Examiner 1851, akamanikidzwa nerufu rwaamai vake kuti adzokere kuHunan Province kunochengeta kuchema kwemwanakomana, uko kunofanirwa kugara kwemakore matatu. Panenge panguva iyoyo, vapanduki veTaiping  <response>: vakanga vapinda muPurovhinzi yeHunan ndokutora maguta nenhare pamhenderekedzo mbiri dzorwizi rwaYangtze. Nomurayiro chaiwo, Zeng akarayirwa kuti abatsire gavhuna wedunhu racho kuunganidza vanhu vanozvipira, uye, achiita zvokuzvidira, akavaka zvikepe zvehondo uye zvombo zvakawanda, zvaakashandisa kurwisa vapanduki. Simba iri rakazozivikanwa seXiang Army a.k.a. Hondo yeHunan kana kuti Hondo yeChu. Pakurovedza nokutungamirira Hondo yeXiang, Zeng akasimbisa ukama hwemhuri, mutoro womunhu oga oga, chirango chinochinjika asi chine mutoro, mubhadharo wemauto wakawedzerwa, kuremekedza vakadzidza vaishumira muuto, uye chisungo chakasimba pakati pevakuru vakuru nemauto. Mukurwisana kwake kwokutanga nevapanduki, Zeng akakundwa, asi varwi vake vakabudirira zvikuru. Vakadzorera guta guru reruwa, Changsha, ndokuparadza ngarava dzevapanduki. Zvichitevera kukunda uku kwevaranda vake, Zeng akatorazve Wuchang neHanyang, pedyo neHankou, uye akawana mubayiro wekubudirira kwake nekugadzwa mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weBhodi reHondo. Hondo yeXiang yaitungamirirwa naZeng yaiva nemapoka edzidzo akabatanidzwa eHangzhou. 