The Unknown Secret of Ningyuan's Victory

The Unknown Secret of Ningyuan's Victory

During the Apocalypse, Mingfen fans loved listening to music very much, and praised Yuan Chonghuan's "Great Victory in Ningyuan". Juehua Island (the grain supply base of the Ming army at that time) was destroyed by the late Jin Dynasty, almost at the same time. What I said here may disappoint Mingfen, because I beat Nurhachi's honorary man in Ningyuan, and Yuan Chonghuan withdrew more than half.

It seems that the Ming army won, but in fact, it can be said that the latter gold was a strategic victory-destroying the food supply base of Juehua Island. If Mao hadn't attacked the rear of Houjin in time, the wild boar skin wouldn't have been withdrawn. Just analyze it carefully.

First, the importance of Juehua Island, that is, the battle of Ningyuan, has been a failure for the Ming army to lose this strategic position.

The location of Juehua Island is extremely important, and it is a battleground for military strategists in Ming Dynasty and later Jin Dynasty.

1, the importance of the geographical location of Juehua Island and the grain storage base of the Ming army are suspended in the bay in western Liaoning, only 30 miles away from Ningcheng, only a short drive away. In the Ming dynasty, the military grain storage island and Juehua Island became the bases for the Ming army to hoard grain. After the fall of Guangning, the garrison was concentrated in Ningyuan City, and the grain depot was concentrated in Juehua Island (Sesame Bay (Zhimiao Bay), Bijiashan and Juehua Island were important bases for the Ming army to hoard grain on the sea in western Liaoning). Sun Chengzong not only manages the fortification of Ningyuan City, but also manages the grain depot and sailing of Juehua Island.

2. The navy on the island can be used to cooperate with side attacks. Before Sun Chengzong went through the customs, he ordered Longying and Barracks to guard China Island. Soon, instead, the state supervised the sailors and kept watch on the island of Juehua. The role of navy in Mingjuehua Island: First, guarding the food and equipment on the island; The second is to cooperate with the army to restore lost land in Liaodong; The third is to coordinate the defense of Ningyuan City-the literature records: "Those who build eight miles are the key to building Ningyuan, and even 40,000 miles are used as the rush of Ningyuan, which contradicts Juehua Island. When you spy on the city, the soldiers on the island make three forks, burn the pontoon bridge, and then beat it around. "

It can be seen that the importance of Juehua Island can be said to be a bone stuck in the throat of the Ming Dynasty at the end of Jin Dynasty. If the late Jin controlled the island and had enough maritime power, it could directly attack Shanhaiguan, even Zhili area and the whole of Shandong, bypassing the heavily guarded Ningyuan City. If the Ming Dynasty took control of the island, it could continuously transport weapons and food to the island through ships at sea, and then further transport food weapons from the island to Ningyuan and other defenders, thus forming a coordination with Ningyuan.

Such an important military stronghold finally fell into the hands of the late King, and the lost time was the time when Yuan Chonghuan "won the victory in Ningyuan". Such a position was in a hurry, and the positions of the naval base and the reserve warehouse were lost. This loss is really too great. Fortunately, the post-Jin/Qing sea power is basically zero. Otherwise, through this island, Houjin can bypass the heavily guarded city of the Ming army at any time and go deep into Shanhaiguan to rob Shandong and Zhili. Even if the latter Jin only destroyed the military facilities on the island and did not use the island as a military base for further attacking Ming, Ming lost an important military frontier base, which was already a failure, and the so-called "Ningyuan victory" was also a failure. Then Kim pulled out the stronghold that threatened him, that is, in order to win the strategic victory of this war.

Second, why did Nurhachi retreat?

What is even more ridiculous is that the so-called "Ningyuan Victory" is explained by Jin's failure to conquer Ningyuan City and his withdrawal in the later period. As mentioned above, the Ming army lost an important logistics supply base and military stronghold, and then Jin succeeded in uprooting this important stronghold of the Ming army and looting and burning the grain of the Ming army on the island, destroying the war potential of the Ming army, which was obviously a victory. Looking closely, it seems that the purpose of the late Jin Dynasty was to conquer Ningyuan City, but in fact it was to weaken the war potential and strength of the Ming army outside the customs. Therefore, as long as the war strength of the Ming army can be weakened to the greatest extent at the least cost, the wild boar skin in the late Jin Dynasty will naturally choose, and this is actually the main battlefield in the late battle of Ningyuan Island.

1626, Nurhachi also attacked Ningyuan City. After the attack could not be stopped, he immediately attacked Juehua Island. When the sea is frozen, you can walk on the ice from the shore and go straight to the island. Yao Fumin and other defenders cut out 15 Li Ice City along the island to prevent the invasion of the late Jin cavalry. But at that time, the weather was very cold (Little Ice Age), and the ice city was cut open, worn and compounded. On the 26th of the first month, the late Jin sent a small number of troops to continue to surround Ningyuan City (only a small number of troops can force Yuan Chonghuan to retreat to Ningyuan City and dare not attack, and contain more soldiers of the late Jin Eight Banners to help Juehua Island); On the one hand, let most troops attack Juehua Island. The Mongolian cavalry and Manchu cavalry led by Unnag are said to have about 50,000 men (in the battle of Ningyuan, the old slave claimed that his army was 1.2 million, but in fact there were only 60,000, while Yuan Chonghuan in Ningyuan City had about 20,000 soldiers), attacking Juehua Island from the ice. The Houjin cavalry, led by Wu Nage, was divided into 12 teams, with Wu Nage in the middle, and rushed to the "leading" grain storage city on the island. There are only 7,000 Ming troops on the island, and they are outnumbered without armor, weapons and sailors. In addition, due to the cold weather, the newly carved ice city of the Ming army quickly froze again; This made the late Jin cavalry rush in on thin ice and broke through the north gate of the grain depot city, and the fierce battle was in full swing. The 7000 sailors on the island fell into chaos and soon lost their way. In the late Jin dynasty, the soldiers burned the city to store grain, and the smoke covered the island, and the fire was soaring. After the sudden attack and killing of 8 Jin Army, they were desperately resisted by the officers and men guarding the island (the general on the island, Jin Guan, died first, and Yao and Xian both died in chaos), but because they were outnumbered, more than 7,000 Ming troops and 7,000 businessmen on Juehua Island were killed by 8 Jin Army; The latter Jin army burned more than 80,000 grains and more than 2,000 ships. As the external logistics base of the Ming Dynasty, the main island was also destroyed by the late Jin army.

Since then, when Yuan Chonghuan didn't take the initiative to attack and contain more troops of the late Jin Dynasty, Mao, after learning the news, resolutely attacked the rear of the late Jin Dynasty in order to support Juehua Island and Ningyuan City, regardless of his own Dongjiang town, thus forcing the late Jin Dynasty to return to Shenyang. It can be seen that the withdrawal of wild boar skins was not something that Ningyuanmen was completely humiliated, but the destruction of Juehua Island, a stronghold of the Ming army, which achieved part of the purpose of this invasion. Mao attacked its rear and withdrew.

3. Was Nurhachi killed by Yuan Chonghuan with a cannon?

Yuan Chonghuan, as well as some so-called historical experts and novelists, boasted that "Ningyuan won a great victory". One of the important reasons was that Yuan Chonghuan "seriously injured Nurhachi, and the old slave died of depression" with his red cannon.

That's obviously not the case. The battle of Ningyuan was in the first month of 1626, and the old slave died on August 20, during which it was more than eight months. In April, the old slave also led a military expedition to Mongolia, Kharka Mongolia, to "enter Silla wooden wheel and get its livestock". In May, Mao attacked Anshan, and the rear was tight. It can be seen that Mao played a very important role, which almost kept a large part of the Eight Banners army in the late Jin Dynasty from leaving the base camp for a long time. In June, when the old slave came to the DPRK in Taiji, Horqin, Mongolia, he personally "left the country to meet Li", unlike a person who was "seriously injured". Moreover, according to a large number of historical records, in these eight months, Nurhachi did not go to cure diseases, but "renovated ships and cars, tried to practice firearms", went to "shoot armor from the far side", actively trained, and prepared to attack the south of the Ming Dynasty again, weakening the military strength of the Ming army outside the customs. Obviously, the death of the old slave has nothing to do with Yuan Chonghuan and his red cannon. The old slave has destroyed Juehua Island, an important military stronghold of the Ming army. Although Mao's attack in the rear made Ningyuan city unable to capture, it was somewhat regrettable, but it was not stupid. So how did the old slave die? There are several possibilities:

1, natural death. After all, the old slave is nearly 70 years old and still has many injuries left by years of war. It is normal for these old injuries to recur and die when they are old. This is the most likely.

He died at the hands of Dong Jiangjun because of carelessness when he was in Mao. Mao Longwen destroyed the good deeds of the old slave many times, and the old slave naturally hated it. At the same time, the old slave also considered that Mao contained himself in his rear, so after the battle of Ningyuan, the old slave began to intensify his efforts to crack down on the Dongjiang army in Mao; Maybe the old slave was careless in chasing Mao again, and Mao hit him back alone, but he died after being seriously injured.

At that time, Russian bandits had penetrated into the Far East. It is possible that the old slave hit a group of Russian bandit cavalry with dozens of people when shooting too far. The old slave took a fancy to the Russian bandit's horse (the Russian bandit's Don River horse is much taller and better than the old slave's Mongolian horse), and was killed or seriously injured by the Russian bandit's musket in the pursuit.

To sum up, it is not difficult to see that "Ningyuan Victory" is not a big news, but a partial tactical victory, and it is also a big failure in the whole post-Jin strategy. However, the ruler is poor and weak. This is the first battle victory between Ming army and Houjin, which should be publicized with great fanfare to boost morale!