Introduction to the Battle of Salhu

Later Jin and Ming fought two decisive battles, one was the Battle of Salhu and the other was the Battle of Jin Song.

16 19, for the Ming dynasty, it was forty-seven years of Wanli; For Hou, it was four years of fate. This year, Ming Dynasty and Houjin fought a great war in Salhu and its vicinity, which was a strategic decisive battle between Ming Dynasty and Houjin in Liaodong War.

16 16, Nurhachi established the post-Jin regime in Hetuala. In the following two years, Nurhachi actively developed production and recruited soldiers to prepare for the anti-Ming Dynasty.

In April of A.D. 16 18, Nuerhachi officially released the "Seven Hats", which started a blow to the Ming Dynasty. Nurhachi used to be anti-Ming, and did not formally break with the Ming Dynasty. As soon as the "seven hates" came out, the contradiction between the late Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty was placed in broad daylight. Nurhachi took immediate action and led 20,000 troops to attack Fushun in Ming Dynasty. After Jin captured Fushun and other places, he got a lot of trophies and returned to the capital, Hetuala.

When the news that Houjin occupied Fushun reached the capital, he felt that the situation was serious. He decided to send left assistant minister to take charge of Liaodong defense, and decided to send troops to Liaodong to attack Houjin. However, due to the lack of Serenade's salary, the large troops did not act immediately, but after more than half a year of preparation.

16 19 February, the so-called 470,000 troops actually assembled in Shenyang. In Shenyang, the soldiers were divided into four roads, Juniper on the west road, Marin on the north road, Liu on the east road and Li on the south road, in order to wipe out the late gold established by Nurhachi in one fell swoop.

War pays attention to time, place and people. Choosing this time to start is obviously not good for Yang Hao. Due to the heavy snow in the northeast in February, the rivers froze, and the Ming army could not adapt to this climate at all. Let's talk about "geographical location" first. The mountain roads along the way are rugged and densely forested, and many obstacles and traps were set up in the late Jin Dynasty, making it difficult for the Ming Dynasty to March.

The shrewd Nurhachi saw the disadvantages of short division of troops in the Ming Dynasty. He believes that the Ming army's north and south roads are far away, full of difficulties and obstacles, and it is impossible to arrive immediately. He decided to "come a few ways with you, I will only go one way", concentrated his forces in two, and assembled 100,000 troops near the capital to prepare for the battle.

The main force of the Ming army led by Juniper took the lead in killing, hoping to get the first credit for eliminating Nurhachi. This juniper is also a battle-hardened warrior. He is as black as paint and is called "Du Heizi". In the war, I like to capture my arm and slash it with a golden knife. However, he was foolhardy, greedy and aggressive, and suffered a lot for it.

In order to win the first prize this time, Juniper marched despite the heavy snow and bad weather when the army set off from Fushun, which made the army exhausted. He first captured Salhu Pass, and then divided his troops into two ways, leaving half of his troops to camp in Salhu, and another good soldier to attack Houjin Border Town.

After reconnaissance, Nurhachi learned that juniper led the main force of the Ming army and went south to Fushun in two ways, so he concentrated his forces and dealt with juniper first. Nurhachi concentrated 68,000 flag soldiers against Juniper's army of more than 30,000 people, relaxed and early, and was superior in number and physical strength.

Nurhachi decided to take the Sarhu base camp of juniper first, so he copied the back road of juniper. The Ming army knew that the back road was broken and its morale was in chaos. In this way, the late Jin army stationed in Fan Jie defeated another army led by Juniper.

At this time, the northern army Marin arrived and took the army to a place called Shangjian Cliff. After receiving the news of Juniper's defeat, Marin dared not move forward and divided the army into three places to defend on the spot. In order to save his strength, Marin dug three trenches, with the firearms troops outside the trenches and the cavalry behind. However, this seemingly solid defense was defeated by the heroic and good-fighting post-Jin army.

In this way, Marin's Second Route Army was also defeated by Nurhachi.

Then, Liu Congdong, the Ming general who led the troops in the East Road, came. At this time, Lu Bu, who marched all the way, was hungry and cold, and his actions were very slow. Where Liu's army passed, there was a place called Abdali Gang. This is a valley with mountains and rivers on both sides. Nurhachi ambushed the army in the mountains ahead of time.

Nurhachi tricked the army of Houjin, put on the clothes of the Ming army, held the flag of the Ming army, and lured Liu, saying that juniper had won Hetuala, so you should send troops quickly. As expected, Liu was trapped and rushed into the army. As a result, it was ambushed by the late Jin army that had already been lurking around.

After all, Liu is a top martial arts scholar. He has experienced many battles between large numbers and decimal numbers and gained great reputation in the world. Known as "Liu Dadao", he was praised by later generations as "the first valiant soldier in the late Ming Dynasty". I saw him riding a horse and fighting with the late Jin Army.

He was shot in the left shoulder, but he still bravely killed the enemy. Then another arrow hit his right shoulder and he rode on. Finally, Jin Jun stabbed him in the face and cut off half of his face. He finally fell off his horse. The scene of fierce fighting between the two sides was extremely tragic. Liu Jun was finally defeated because he was outnumbered.

In this way, the East Route Army was also wiped out. Now, only the South Route Army led by Li is left.

When Li received the order to retreat, he was found by the post-Jin sentry. He sounded a gong on the mountain, sent out an attack signal and shouted. Li believes that the army is the main force of the attack of the late Jin Dynasty. They fled in panic and trampled on each other, causing more than 1000 deaths.

At this point, Levin's plan to divide his troops failed completely, and later he resigned. Juniper, Liu and Marin all died, and then Li committed suicide.

The battle took only four or five days from the beginning to the end. Nurhachi lost more than half of Yang Hao's army and more than 300 civil and military generals died. This is the famous battle of Salhu in history. After the Battle of Salhu, the Ming Dynasty was badly weakened and had to take a defensive position against the late Jin Dynasty.