After Salhu's triumph, Nurhachi's mood can be described in one word, that is cool. Meng Jiao's poem "Spring Breeze Proud Horseshoe Disease, You Can See All Chang 'an Flowers in One Day" fully describes Nurhachi's mood at this time. Several families are happy and several families are sad. Changing generals in the Ming Dynasty was the same as changing clothes, but it could not save the defeat.
Just when Nurhachi was invincible and invincible, the appearance of a person ended his myth and made his glory dim instantly. This man is Yuan Chonghuan.
In today's Xingcheng City, Liaoning Province, there is an ancient city of Ningyuan. Many years have passed, and Castle Peak remains the same. More than a hundred years ago, horses neighed and sharpened their knives. Ningyuan City was a military town built outside Shanhaiguan in the Ming Dynasty in ancient times. It is located between Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan, surrounded by mountains on three sides and the Bohai Sea in the east.
Shanhaiguan is a symbol of ancient times. Crossing Shanhaiguan is entering the Central Plains. Therefore, the strategic significance of Ningyuan City is quite important. Some people even say that a Ningyuan city is half the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
At the beginning, Sun Chengzong was asked by the Ming Dynasty to run Liaodong. Sun Chengzong belongs to Lindong Party, and this group of people of Lindong Party is specifically aimed at the Yen Party headed by Wei Zhongxian. His strategic intention is to actively deploy the Ningjin defense line, focusing on Ningyuan outside Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou as the frontier, slowly recovering lost ground and preparing to fight a protracted war with the late Jin Dynasty.
But at that time, the real power of the Ming Dynasty was the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian, who was called nine years old. Wei Zhongxian and Sun Chengzong's Lindong Party are at loggerheads. If there were no imperial court, Lindong party member would not have been stationed in Liaodong.
Although Sun Chengzong made great achievements in Liaodong as a running envoy, he was eventually excluded by the eunuch because he offended Wei Zhongxian, so he resigned and returned to China. His position in Liaodong was replaced by Gao Di. Gaudi is a close friend of Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian is afraid of the enemy like a tiger. He ordered the defenders of Jinzhou, Youtun and Dalinghe to move all their equipment, guns, ammunition and expenses to the customs and give up 400 miles outside the customs.
Jinzhou, Youtun and Daling River are the forward fortresses of the Ming army in Liaodong. If the fortifications are hastily withdrawn, the built castles will be abandoned and destroyed, the stationed troops will retreat, and the Liao people who have settled and cultivated will migrate again. Some officials are dissatisfied with Gaudi's blind retreat and have written to protest.
Among them, Yuan Chonghuan is the most active. He stood up and wrote: "Soldiers cannot be withdrawn, cities cannot be abandoned, people cannot be moved, and fields cannot be abandoned." At that time, Yuan Chonghuan was just a small official with "Qian Ning Road" and had no background in North Korea. It is audacious to dare to disobey the will of the Ministry of War Shangshu and Liaodong Office of the High Court.
Tomorrow, in the first month of the sixth year (1626), it will freeze for three feet and the north wind will roar. Nurhachi led 200,000 troops into Ningyuan City. Yuan Chonghuan has only 10,000 troops in Ningyuan City. Nurhachi and Yuan Chonghuan confronted each other in Ningyuan City, and the war was imminent.
Yuan Chonghuan is good at boosting morale. He led the soldiers to drink blood wine and write blood books, saying that they must live and die with Ningyuan City. People in the city are also in high spirits, sending water and meals to the front.
Nurhachi led the soldiers of the Eight Banners at the end of the Jin Dynasty, and they were like a bamboo.
Yuan Chonghuan analyzed that the strength of the enemy and ourselves was not at all the same level, so he formulated a sticking strategy: in any case, just don't go out of the city.
Nurhachi's Eight Banners Army is not a coward. Soldiers wear two layers of armor, so-called armored soldiers. When they attacked the city, they were not afraid of falling rocks, put up ladders and climbed bravely. Using the tin car as a cover, the city wall was dug up and many gaps were dug.
Yuan Chonghuan is a scholar and resourceful. He put the red Yi cannon on the wall. How can the swords and guns of the Eight Banners surpass the cannons? The late Jin army suffered heavy losses. Yuan Chonghuan's soldiers also have ways to deal with the enemies who managed to climb up during the siege.
They hid in the cupboard and unexpectedly gave the enemy a knife or an arrow; Even the cotton wool was stained with oil and sulfur, and it was thrown down on fire. Yuan Chonghuan will beat up Reservoir Dogs. He selected soldiers who were not afraid of death to form a death squad, and when the enemy retreated, he pursued them with victory.
After this battle, 8 jin j suffered a heavy blow, nuerhachi really encountered a hard stubble.
After the victory, Yuan Chonghuan also sent a letter to Nurhachi to the effect that you are a veteran, and you have been defeated by me for decades. This is God's will! In this battle, Nurhachi was seriously injured, and he was unhappy from then on, and finally died, leaving a lifelong regret. Yuan Chonghuan, on the other hand, became famous in World War I because of his great victory in Ningyuan.
Ningyuan's victory gave a shot in the arm to the declining Ming Dynasty. The imperial court was overjoyed, like a chicken blood, and even a little carried away. Because the Ming dynasty fought against the latter Jin for nearly ten years and never won once, this is the first victory of the Ming dynasty against the latter Jin, which is of great significance.