1894年(光绪二十年)爆发的甲午中日战争,是近代中日两国第一次战争,是以后五十年间日本帝国主义对中国发动侵略战争的开端。甲午战争中的平壤战役,则是中日两国政府正式宣战后两国陆军第一次大规模作战。在这次战役中,喋血奋战、为国捐躯的回族爱国将领左宝贵,是清军高级将领中 The Sino-Japanese War of 1894 that broke out during the Guangxu period was the first war between China and Japan in the past and the beginning of a war of aggression waged by the Japanese imperialists against China in the next 50 years. The Battle of Pyongyang in the Sino-Japanese War was the first large-scale operation of the two armies after the two countries declared their official war. In this battle, the bloody battle of the Hui nationality patriotic generals Zuo Baoji, is the Qing senior generals