Everyone should be familiar with Yuan Chonghuan's personal experience. If you are interested, you can also look for historical materials and Baidu. I won't talk about it here. Here, the author mainly talks about some of Yuan Chonghuan's main deeds before this, and why Yuan Chonghuan is in
In the minds of Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers at that time, he became the minister whom everyone expected to resolve the situation in Liaodong.
When Yuan Chonghuan had just passed the Jinshi examination and was serving as a county magistrate in Fujian, he used his time in the capital to inspect border customs, inspect the situation outside the customs, and submitted a detailed investigation report and solutions to the court.
This incident made Yuan Chonghuan famous, and he was immediately placed in high regard by the court, promoted and transferred to Liaodong. However, we can also see how the Ming court at that time lacked military talents.
However, it can be seen from this incident that Yuan Chonghuan was a man who cared about the country and the people and was courageous in taking on his duties. And it can be said that throughout his life, these two advantages of Yuan Chonghuan have not diminished at all.
After Yuan Chonghuan took office in Liaodong, under the grand strategy of the Ningjin Defense Line led by Abbot Sun Chengzong, the governor of Liaodong at that time, and under the command of Sun Chengzong, he recovered a large area of lost land in Liaodong. The situation in Liaodong could not be said to be reversed, but at least it was
It is getting better and the situation in Liaodong has stabilized.
Here we will talk about Sun Chengzong's Ningjin Defense Line. The Ningjin Defense Line is actually a strangulation offensive strategy in a defensive state. On the surface, it seems to be building strong fortresses for defense. In fact, its essence is to restrict the rear.
The maneuvers of the Jin army threatened and eliminated the strategic positions of the Later Jin army one by one, forcing the Later Jin army to attack these strong fortresses in order to achieve the purpose of killing a large number of the effective strength of the Later Jin army.
This strategy is somewhat similar to the bunker group strategy in the fifth counter-encirclement and suppression campaign. In the end, it forced the Red Army to abandon the central base and carry out the 25,000-mile Long March.
However, this strategy has the following shortcomings: slow results, long time and a lot of money and food costs. Therefore, in the financial distress of the Ming Dynasty, and because of the political opposition between Wei Zhongxian and Sun Chengzong, Sun Chengzong had no choice but to resign.
The official returned to his hometown, and the Ningjin defense line strategy had to be stopped.
In this way, the Houjin army, which was increasingly oppressed by the Ningjin defense line, finally breathed a sigh of relief and developed greatly in the future.
But no matter what, under the command of Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan did regain a large part of the lost land in Liaodong. His contribution is also solid.
Next, let’s talk about the most glorious battle in Yuan Chonghuan’s life. After Sun Chengzong resigned, Gao Di took over. Gao Di believed that the outside of the pass was undefendable. His view was partly because Gao Di’s military ability was indeed poor, but mainly
The reason was the financial difficulties of the Ming Dynasty.
However, when Gao Di's order was issued, Yuan Chonghuan refused to accept it and led his generals to defend the isolated city of Ningyuan alone. In this battle, the cannon guarding the city wounded Hachi, the leader of the Hou Jin army. And
This led to the death of **Hachi (there is historical debate on this point). As a result, the Hou Jin army was defeated and retreated.
This battle was the only major victory achieved by the Ming Dynasty against the Hou Jin army. After the news came, the government and the public were in joy, and Yuan Chonghuan's personal reputation reached its peak.
From this point of view, Yuan Chonghuan did have the merits of taking action. Indeed, he should be welcomed by the public. However, this is only the view of laymen in the court. What do insiders think of Yuan Chonghuan? Because in Liaodong, those who fought were all military attachés.
That is to say, what do the military attachés think of Yuan Chonghuan, the governor?
Do these military attaches accept Yuan Chonghuan's leadership? Of course they do. Because they know that they will definitely not become the governor of Liaodong. Compared with those civilian governors who blindly command, Yuan Chonghuan still understands military affairs better.
This can be regarded as the eldest son among the dwarfs.
But are they convinced of Yuan Chonghuan's achievements? Not necessarily.
Let's first look at Yuan Chonghuan's first achievement. He was under the command of Sun Chengzong to regain these lost lands in Liaodong. Therefore, no matter how Yuan Chonghuan won the victory thousands of miles away, the main credit was still given to Sun Chengzong for strategizing.
What about Yuan Chonghuan's Ningyuan victory? A blind cannonball killed Hachi, the commander-in-chief of Hou Jin's army. Such a blind cat encountering a dead mouse can only be said to be Yuan Chonghuan's good luck.
Come on. This victory can also be said to be a great victory by chance.
However, does Yuan Chonghuan know what these military attaches are thinking? He does. So how should he respond? He can only take one response: to win over the largest military attache group among the Liaodong military attaches - the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Group.
From the previous article, we already know that the Liaodong Cavalry was founded by Li Chengliang. However, after Li Chengliang’s eldest son Li Rusong died in battle, the Liaodong Cavalry became leaderless. Some even rebelled. Who was the rebel? It was **Hachi.*
*Hachi can also be said to be a member of the Liaodong Cavalry.
These remaining Liaodong cavalry attachés formed a tight alliance military group. They also became the largest military group in Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty. So that no matter who was the governor in Liaodong, they had to rely on this military group.
In the end, even Emperor Chongzhen had to rely on a general of this military group - Wu Sangui.
The external demands of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Group are basically the same, and they also act jointly. However, their internal alliances are in the form of alliances. These military attachés own a large amount of land outside the customs, forcing military households to farm on these lands to obtain a large amount of
of wealth.
The strength in their hands is reflected by the soldiers they raise. Whoever acquires more wealth can raise more soldiers. Whoever has more soldiers has a higher status. Therefore, when **
When Hachi attacked Ningyuan, just for the sake of his own land outside the pass, these military attachés had to share the same hatred with Yuan Chonghuan and resist the Hou Jin army together.
By the way, at this time, in this military group, there was a younger brother-Wu Xiang. Wu Xiang himself did not have any great deeds, but he had a famous son-Wu Sangui.
If Yuan Chonghuan wants to win over the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Group, he will definitely favor this military group in terms of material supply and military pay. Moreover, when Yuan Chonghuan conducts any military operations, he must also consider the demands of this military group. There may even be some accommodation.
But then, a problem arises. We all know that no matter what military operation, reconnaissance work is definitely one of the most important tasks. And we also know that reconnaissance work must be divided into two parts: reconnaissance and strangulation.
We all know how to conduct reconnaissance, but what is strangulation?
Strangulation is to divide an area around our own large force. In this area, as long as we see the enemy's spies, we will kill them all. The purpose of strangulation is to prevent the enemy's spies from knowing the location of our own large force.
position, and let your spies detect the position of the enemy's large forces. In this way, the effect of the enemy being overt and the enemy being hidden is achieved.
And the spies in this era are all cavalry. Why? If you are an infantry, even if you detect something, you will not have time to rush back to report it! So these spies can't hide at all.
When these spies see the enemy's spies, if both parties are within the strangulation zone, they will immediately pick up weapons and engage in a life-and-death PK. When we see this, we will understand: in some works, the boasts are amazing
If it is not collected at night, then it is completely nonsense.
This kind of strangulation battle is the most cruel in the entire cavalry battle. Because if both sides have a very tenacious will to fight, then the battle loss ratio is completely one to one. Why is it added that "both sides have a very tenacious will to fight"
What about the attributive of "?
Because if one of the spies escapes, then the god of death will wave to the spies. This means that the spies left their backs to the enemy and completely gave up resistance.
Here, some people may have some questions: Aren't the mounted archers of the Hou Jin army very powerful? In such a strangulation battle, didn't they have the upper hand?
In fact, this is another misunderstanding. The two words "mounted shooting" and "mounted shooting" should be pronounced separately. In other words, in general combat situations, you should not shoot when you are riding, and you should not ride when you are shooting. Of course, in special circumstances,
except.
No matter how superb a person's riding and shooting skills are, the probability of him riding a galloping horse and hitting a moving target fifty paces away is about the same as the probability of a person buying a winning lottery ticket.
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Don’t believe it? Then take a look at the modern Olympic archery event. The world’s top archery masters hold the most advanced bows and arrows made of high-tech materials and receive the most rigorous and scientific training. However, they stand
On the ground, even if you shoot at a stationary target 70 meters away, your arrow will not reach the tenth ring.
Therefore, when his spies are sent out, the army commander must be mentally prepared for the spies to suffer a large number of casualties. However, no matter how huge the losses of the spies are, the army commander must insist on sending them. Because, an experienced army
The commander can roughly judge the location of the opponent's large army from the direction and density of his spies' death. But all of this is a great test of the psychology of the army commander and the spies. This is a competition of willpower between the two sides.
At this time, the Houjin army set up such a strangulation zone. They completely turned an area about fifty miles wide into a no-man's land. In this no-man's land, as long as it is not a two-legged creature of its own side,
, they killed them indiscriminately.
The military attaches of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Group are unwilling to send their own soldiers into no man's land to engage in such strangulation battles. Because the loss of these soldiers will reduce their status in the military attache alliance.
In order to accommodate these military attaches, Yuan Chonghuan had to agree to their requests.
In addition, Hou Jin sent a large number of spies to Liaodong and the pass, mainly Han people who surrendered to Hou Jin. This resulted in such a negative consequence: the Ming Dynasty Liaodong army knew nothing about the movements of Hou Jin's army. And then
The Jin army was well aware of the movements of the Ming Dynasty's Liaodong army.
Yuan Chonghuan's accommodation of the military attaches of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Group also had such a consequence. The military attaches of other factions in Liaodong were treated like little wives. They received very few supplies and military pay, but they were required to undertake dangerous tasks. Their
They must have been unconvinced. Some even started to make a fuss. Among them, the one who made the most violent fuss was Mao Wenlong, who was stationed in Dongjiang.
Let’s take a look at Yuan Chonghuan’s character. It can be seen from his performance during the platform summons that he is self-centered in his work. To put it nicely, he is more confident, and to put it worse, he is more arrogant. He looks like I am the best in the world.
Otherwise, Yuan Chonghuan would never have treated Emperor Chongzhen like a child in such a formal summons.
Another character of Yuan Chonghuan is that he doesn’t think much about the consequences of doing things. We just need to put ourselves in his shoes and think about it: if we have any opinions about our boss, will we tell our opinions to our colleagues? Aren’t we afraid of ourselves?
Did the colleagues spread this to the boss’s ears?
And Yuan Chonghuan did just that. You know, he was not facing a boss who could only copy him, he was facing the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who could kill him!
And when a supervisor holds the sword of Shang Fang, he is also a self-centered person who does not consider the consequences of his actions. What will happen to this supervisor when he encounters a disobedient subordinate military attache?
How about using this Shangfang sword?
Okay. Now that we have basically understood the situation inside and outside the Ming Dynasty at this time and completed the focus interviews, let’s return to Wu Shigong.