Chapter 9 Chapter 2 The Battle of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty

Going back to Nurhachi, all Qing history experts have to describe a battle—the Battle of Sarhu. What is so special about this battle?Before this battle, the Ming Empire had formed a state of obedience in Liaodong. What is a state of obedience?Li Chengliang guards Liaodong, and his method of guarding Liaodong is very simple. No matter which tribe, once it becomes strong, it will immediately kill all the men of this tribe and take all the women away as slaves. Why is this so?This avoids the formation of a new power center and a new center of violence in Liaodong, and prevents a powerful force from affecting him and threatening the Ming Dynasty.Theoretically speaking, Nurhachi's power could not be formed, but it finally formed, and at the turning point of the Sarhu Battle, it led to a reversal of the situation.Prior to this, the Ming Empire had a decisive influence in the Northeast, focusing on offense. After this battle, the Ming Empire completely changed from offensive to defensive.

The battle is almost logically implausible, why?Because when Nurhachi started the uprising in Jianzhou, there were no more than 10,000 fighters in the Jurchen tribe, and the name of Jianguo was also strange, called Houjin. He declared war on the Ming Empire on the grounds of the "seven great hatreds".Immediately, the Ming Empire dispatched a powerful force consisting of four armies with a strength of 74,000.In addition, there is the coalition army of North Korea, which is called the Bird Army in history books.Why is it called the Bird Army?Because the North Korean army is full of shotguns.The shotgun is a weapon with great lethality, and it has a strong deterrent effect in long-distance combat.

These four troops of the Ming Dynasty were led by four famous generals.The first member, Juniper, was called Du Crazy in history. This man was an old general. He once fought under Qi Jiguang. He had a very violent temper.The second general is Liu Ting and Liu Dadao. This person has the most adopted sons, hundreds of them, and his troops are also very powerful.The third person is Marin.Who is the fourth person?He is Nurhachi's sworn brother, Li Rubai, and Li Chengliang's own son. Each of these four troops has a strength of nearly 20,000 troops. In other words, each of these troops has the strength to destroy Nurhachi, but history has played a big joke here. Instead of destroying Nurhachi, these four troops did not destroy Nurhachi. It was Nurhachi's troops who wiped out all four of these troops!

It is very strange to go back to the whole process, because the commander of the Ming army was a fool. At that time, he gave the order that a certain army attacked the enemy's left, and a certain army attacked the enemy's right. When this order was issued, , There was no deployment at all. The four troops went their own way in the wilderness. There were no signal soldiers and no front-to-back contact. No one knew where the friendly troops were. Nurhachi's troops, on the other hand, adopted tactics of defeating each.Juniper's troops were the first to attack.When tracing the history of this battle, Mr. Huang Renyu once drew a picture. He found very sadly that when Juniper's army was crossing the river, they did something stupid-leaving the artillery behind.why?Too cumbersome and troublesome.He still believes in the sword and shield in his hand, not in artillery.When he and Nurhachi's troops collided head-on, they could only fight with complete cold weapons.The Jurchen warriors are very fierce. There is a saying in history: the Jurchens cannot exceed ten thousand, and once they exceed ten thousand, no one can rule the world.In this way, Juniper's troops were easily wiped out by Nurhachi, and in the process, the other three troops were completely unaware.After eliminating Juniper's troops, Nurhachi immediately moved to face Liu Ting. At this time, Liu Dadao was completely unaware, and walked forward with his eyes closed, walking into Nurhachi's encirclement, and was completely wiped out.

It wasn't until this time that the news came out that Marin was terrified and led his troops to flee to the station. Nurhachi pursued all the way, broke through the city and captured and killed Marin.The only one who escaped among the four troops was Li Chengliang's son Li Rubai. After Li Rubai escaped, the Ming Dynasty held a meeting to discuss that there was a problem with Li Rubai.What's the problem?He and Nurhachi are sworn brothers. Four troops attacked together, and the other three were wiped out. Why is Li Rubai the only one who is fine? It is obvious that the two of them are together. This is a trap.

Li Rubai explained to everyone: I don't have one. Although I and him are brothers, we are enemies on the battlefield. How can you say that about me. But it's useless to say anything.Under the attack of such gossip, Li Rubai was filled with grief and indignation, and said: Well, the Ming Empire, don't you believe me?I committed suicide, do you believe it now? ——Just wiped his neck like this. After this battle, the Ming Empire completely lost control of Liaodong, and later Jin Nurhachi formed a tendency to continuously erode the Ming Empire. Why can Nurhachi do such a thing?As mentioned earlier, the Ming Empire has an absolute superiority in military strength in Liaodong, and can annihilate any rising power at any time. How could Nurhachi be allowed to sit big?Before answering this question, we must first ask: What kind of person is Nurhachi?Why can he form a powerful force?In theory, it shouldn't be. He would be completely wiped out if he became a little stronger, but he has indeed continued to grow stronger.This has a lot to do with his personal growth and his character traits.