甲午战争期间,张之洞看好中法战争中镇南关大捷的指挥者冯子材,曾两次力荐其率军抗倭,作为挽救败局的后备军。但由于光绪帝的迅速主和,加上派系矛盾以及冯军行进迟缓等原因,冯子材所率粤军最终滞留江南,未能北上赴援。 During the Sino-Japanese War, Zhang Zhidong was optimistic about Feng Zicai, the commander of the Zhennan Expressway in the Sino-French War. Zhang Zidong once twice recommended his rate-fighting anti-Japanese as reserve force to save the defeat. However, due to the rapid rise and fall of Emperor Guangxu and the factional conflicts and the slow march of Feng Jun, the Yue Army, led by Feng Ziwu, eventually left Jiangnan and failed to go northward to aid.