Although most of the Huai army came from the Xiang army, Li Hongzhang had seen foreign guns and guns, so the Huai army had better weapons. When the Xiang army was first founded, it came from the era of cold weapons, just some local weapons, such as spears and broadswords, and later there were guns, but it was miscellaneous, not all of them used western weapons. At the beginning, the Huai army was the same, but Li Hongzhang's Westernization Movement knew some western weapons, so it also equipped the Huai army with these and invited foreign coaches to teach. Everyone has guns and cannons, and it can be seen that the Huai army is much stronger than Xiang.
However, the operational discipline of the Xiang army is strict, and those disciplines are very strict, while the discipline of the Huai army is to turn a blind eye. Most people in Huai Army are old generals. They are very strict. Soldiers must obey 100%, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law, so few people will do bad things, so they won the Pacific Movement invincible at that time. Huai army is, some people are corrupt, but Li Hongzhang still turns a blind eye and lets it develop, so the discipline is very poor. Although we have won the battle, we are still far from it.
Team combat must be disciplined, otherwise no matter how sophisticated the weapon is, it will not achieve that effect.