Speaking of Huang Taiji, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty, in terms of his military ability and strategic vision, he was definitely more than a little bit better than his father Nurhachi.
The lifelong long-cherished wish of both father and son is to take over the Ming Dynasty and replace it.
They all know that in order to destroy the Ming Dynasty, the only way to completely solve the problem is to attack the city of Beijing from Shanhaiguan. Otherwise, Shanhaiguan cannot be taken, and the Ming Dynasty counterattacks from here. The foundation of the Qing Dynasty, the capital of Liaoyang/Shenyang, will not be protected at any time. .
Based on this, the rather stubborn Nurhaci always insisted on a route to attack the Ming Dynastytaking Liaoxi, capturing Shanhaiguan, and entering Beijing.
I have to say that this is the most convenient route to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, but it is also a head-on strategic route The Ming Dynasty is not a fool. Not to mention Shanhaiguan, even in western Liaoning, it is heavily fortified.
" In this way, Nurhaci was killed by one Liaoxi.
But when he arrived at Huang Taiji, he fully realized that Liaoxi was a tough nut to crack and had to find another way First, in order to relieve his worries about rear defense, he sent troops to North Korea twice to conquer Ming Dynasty's die-hard younger brothers. Then he had a unique vision. Marching into Mongolia, on the one hand, conquered the remaining Mongols that had not yet been unified, and on the other hand, they were looking for a way to attack the Ming Dynasty from Mongolia.
Congratulations to him, he is on the right path.
Not only did he greatly consolidate his dominance in the Qing Dynasty, but he also completely eliminated the threats from North Korea and Inner Mongolia.
Regardless of whether his revolution was successful or not, he made great use of Mongolia after unifying Mongolia, bypassing Shanhaiguan, entering from various entrances of the Great Wall, and repeatedly advancing into Beijing, which greatly restricted and consumed the military and national power of the Ming Dynasty. Crazy plundering also greatly enriched the Qing treasury Huang Taiji changed his strategy and route of attacking the Ming Dynasty from then on.
But he also knew that no matter whether he took the Liaoxi line or not, he must deploy heavy troops on this line. Moreover, not only could he not defend passively, he must also assume an active offensive posture in order to cope with attacks from other lines. Of course, it would be best if we could accidentally break through this line.
It is with this strategic intention that he also pressed forward with large numbers of troops on the western Liaoning front, but he did not attack the enemy and only occasionally used force.
It is said that the siege of Songshan City, an important town in Jinzhou, has lasted for nearly two years, but it has always been interrupted. On the one hand, it is of course because the Ming Dynasty defenders fought hard, but on the other hand, Huang Taiji believed that the time was not yet ripe and Don't rush to get it.
And the civil war in the Ming Dynasty intensified, which made Huang Taiji smell that the Qing Dynasty was not far away from replacing the Ming Dynasty, and now he was waiting for the best time to launch a large-scale invasion.
When is the best time?
No need to think about it, of course it was when the rebel army captured Beijing and overthrew the Zhu family dynasty, causing chaos and instability.
Therefore, Huang Taiji became a gentleman and actively negotiated peace with Lao Zhu in Songshan, saying that I will not take advantage of you. After you calm down the civil strife first, we will fight again. Of course, Huang Taiji apologized for the behavior of small groups of Qing soldiers entering the customs from time to time and plundering large numbers of people, animals and property from Han areas, and solemnly promised to strictly restrain and punish them.
But secretly, he had made strategic arrangements to conquer the Ming Dynasty at any time. While paying close attention to the movements and development of the Ming army and the peasant army, he began to gather troops from across the country, including secretly ordering the Mongolian tribes to be ready to fight at any time. In order to prepare, a large amount of wood was collected to build boats to ensure logistical supplies.
At the same time, in order to nip it in the bud and prevent the anti-war voices within the Qing Dynasty from affecting the morale of the soldiers on the expedition, he decisively took action against his old political rival, his second brother Daishan, who strongly advocated peaceful coexistence with the Ming Dynasty.
First of all, I sent Daishan's fourth son Wakda, who was Daishan's most capable right-hand man, to be an envoy to the Ming Dynasty. On the surface, it was to appease Daishan. I only gathered the army to test the army's emergency deployment capabilities. I had no intention of going to war with the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, , why do I still ask the brave and capable Prince Duoluo Qianxiang to go to the Ming Dynasty at this time? Doesn't that mean he is going to die?
Indeed, this so-called ambassador is actually equivalent to a hostage, with potential life-threatening dangers. Although there is an unwritten rule that "the two countries will not kill each other if they go to war," but once the two countries become hostile and go to war, who the hell will care about you? , just fabricating a spy charge can kill you, you will definitely be the first to die.
Therefore, Daishan, who is kind-hearted but stubborn, believed in Huang Taiji.
In fact, Huang Taiji was of course trying to undermine Daishan's strength. Within two days of Wakda's departure, he put Daishan under house arrest on the grounds of disrupting military morale.
However, God's calculations are not as good as those of God. God airdropped Ximen officials across hundreds of years to the Ming Dynasty, completely disrupting the best strategic opportunity that Huang Taiji had been waiting for Suddenly, overnight, the strongest , the most violent peasant uprising army and the one he was most optimistic about¡ª- King Chuang's army mutinied inexplicably, and was defeated by the Ming army with almost no resistance. Some died, some were injured, some surrendered, and some fled.
As soon as the news that Chuang Wang's army was wiped out and that Li Zicheng was captured alive by the imperial court spread artificially, people immediately became interested in the rebel army, which was far inferior to him Zhang Xianzhong who was causing trouble in Sichuan and Hubei areas, and Zhang Xianzhong who turned against Zhang Xianzhong and raised a banner in Shaanxi The noisy Luo Rucai had a great deterrent effect. The morale of the troops was seriously shaken, and they were retreating steadily on the battlefield.
Huang Taiji got the news immediately. He was so angry that he puffed up his chest and shouted: God won't help me! God won¡¯t help me! Ahhhh
However, Huang Taiji is worthy of being a handsome man. Faced with this sudden change, he did not become angry or discouraged. Instead, he made a prompt decision and seized the last opportunity before the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty subsided. This was also the time when the New Year was approaching and everyone was preparing to celebrate the New Year. At the moment when the garrison's defense was at its most relaxed, they launched a full-scale attack on the Ming Dynasty!
Huang Taiji also felt that his time was running out. This time was likely to be the last large-scale war he would launch in his lifetime. Therefore, he made unusual demands on all the soldiers who went to conquer the Ming Dynasty. Success or failure depended on this, no matter what. If you succeed, you will become a benevolent person. It is necessary and inevitable to conquer the city of Beijing.
The war broke out almost overnight, and without warning, it was fully ignited on the three border lines of the Ming Dynasty.
The commander in charge of the frontal attack was Prince Dorgon of Heshuorui, who had great military exploits and whose military ability was not inferior to that of Huang Taiji. The deputy general was Huang Taiji's brother-in-law Turge. The troops were composed of the twelve banners of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han armies, and the total strength was Nearly 100,000 people.
Because they were well prepared for the war and suddenly launched an attack, the Ming Dynasty, which was only thinking about peace talks, was unprepared. The Qing Dynasty captured Songshan City in one fell swoop, and then went on to seize two other important towns forming a triangle to protect Jinzhou. Xingshan City and Tashan City then approached Jinzhou City.
The army on both wings, the left wing was composed of a 60,000-strong army of the Mongolian coalition, commanded by his fifteenth brother, Prince Duduo of Yu, with his twelfth brother Azige as deputy general. They marched directly from the border of Inner Mongolia into the throat of the Ming Dynasty Yulin, Shaanxi At the highest point of Hongshan Mountain, the North Platform of Changcheng Town is far away from Devil's Cliff, which is famous in the world of martial arts. Prince Jierhalang of Heshuo Zheng and Wang Yuetuan of Duoluokeqin County led an army of 50,000 people from the four right-wing banners, broke down the wall from Huangyankou of the Great Wall, drove south, entered Shandong, went down to Linqing, and arrived at Gunzhou This On the way, because most of the Ming troops guarding were deployed to suppress the rebels, they were almost overwhelming, conquering three prefectures, eighteen prefectures, and sixty-seven counties. The descendants of the old Zhu family committed suicide, beheaded, and shed blood. into a river.
??And Huang Taiji personally took command, commanding one hundred thousand elite troops, and set up camp near Shanhaiguan, watching with eager eyes, ready to respond at any time, as a containment.
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Jinzhou is in emergency!
Yanzhou is in emergency!
Yulin is in emergency!
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Letters of urgent documents flew into the capital like snow flakes and reached Zhu Youjian.
Lao Zhu was filled with joy and sorrow in one day, and all turned old in one night He was just ready to completely suppress the civil strife. However, the Qing Dynasty suddenly turned against the Ming Dynasty and launched an all-out war against the Ming Dynasty without even saying a word of greeting. , and the front is so long, how can Comrade Lao Zhu cope with it?
And the imperial court was divided into two camps: the main war camp and the peace-seeking camp, and the quarrel turned into a pot of porridge.
What troubles Lao Zhu the most is that the peace-seeking faction is actually led by Yang Sichang, the dignified minister of the Ministry of War, who has just "returned triumphantly" after killing Li Zicheng. The top chief executive of the army doesn't want to fight, so what's the point of fighting?
"The one who shouted the loudest from the main war faction was Zu Dashou, who had a good personal relationship with Yang Sichang. He had no choice. His ancestral family had lived in Liaodong for a long time. If Jinzhou was destroyed, where would he go?
Due to the urgent situation, Lao Zhu had no choice but to adopt a compromise method. While organizing troops and asking Zu Dashou to lead troops back to Jinzhou to rescue the emergency, he sent Fu Xingsheng as a special envoy to Shanhaiguan to negotiate with Huang Taiji, hoping to alleviate the Ming Dynasty from being attacked from both sides. military pressure.
Since the official Ximen played a key and irreplaceable role in wiping out the army of intruders, Comrade Lao Zhu deeply realized the importance of his beloved son-in-law to himself, and couldn't help but call out from the bottom of his heart: Ximen's beloved son-in-law ¡ª¡ªWhere have you been? I need you! ! !