Complex sentence: He was involved in early military operations against the Taiping reform movement in Guangxi from 1850, then he was a Senior Colonel, after one year the military promoted him be the tidu of Guangxi even he failed and made the Taiping believers run away from Guangxi.
Split into simpler sentences: He was involved in early military operations against the Taiping reform movement in Guangxi from 1850. From then he was a Senior Colonel, after one year the military promoted him be the tidu of Guangxi, even though he failed, he made the Taiping believers run away from Guangxi.