Who won the contest between Yuan Chonghuan and Nurhachi?

Through historical facts, we know that Nurhachi died before Yuan Chonghuan, and the battle of Ningyuan was the focus of the struggle between the two sides. It can be said that Yuan Chonghuan won Nurhachi, and Nurhachi's descendants won the Ming Dynasty.

Yuan Chonghuan, a native of Dongguan, Guangdong Province, was a scholar in the forty-seventh year of Wanli. He is generous, likes the military, has super military talent, and is especially good at border defense. In the second year of the apocalypse, he was promoted to the Ministry of War. Due to the urgent situation, the court ordered Yuan Chonghuan to recruit.

The contest between Nurhachi and Yuan Chonghuan started from the battle of Ningyuan. In the first month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi personally led the ministers and military commanders to Ningyuan City in the severe winter, and they were invincible all the way. Even in Jinzhou, Xingshan, Tashan and other places, Nurhachi submitted a surrender letter to Yuan Chonghuan, but Yuan Chonghuan's answer was "People are in the city, and people are dead in the city"! So the two sides launched a fierce battle, and the Eight Banners swarmed in, and the Ming artillery was not to be outdone. Nurhachi constantly changed his style of play, but the iron wall of Ningyuan City could never be conquered.

Before the battle of Ningyuan, Nurhachi was always invincible, but this was his first failure! Both the statement that Nurhachi was seriously injured in this battle and the statement that he died of depression after returning to the Li Dynasty confirmed that Yuan Chonghuan was indeed superior in the military.

Yuan Chonghuan and Nurhachi are both historical celebrities, especially the Qing Dynasty established by the latter has influenced later generations for hundreds of years. I won't repeat their brilliant resumes here. The topic is not so much a personal contest as a contest between two countries, because they both represent the interests of their own countries.

The Ming Dynasty began to decline during the Wanli period. Zhang's reform was like a good medicine, but it was more like the death of an old man. The short-term reform ended with his death, and the long-suppressed young emperor and his former allies turned their guns and began to liquidate his crimes one by one. After the imbalance of power, the party struggle began, which seriously damaged the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the three expeditions of Wanli all ended in superficial victory, they consumed a lot of money and food in the country, and various domestic contradictions directly led to the relaxation of the national border defense and the exhaustion of the people's wealth. By the time the apocalypse Yuan Chonghuan entered politics, the Ming Dynasty was crumbling and the situation in Liaodong was in jeopardy. Although he had the idea of "mending after the sheep is dead", the dynasty was terminally ill, and in the eyes of the boss, everyone collapsed and ended up in pieces.

If Ming Dynasty and Houjin are two football teams, one is a new and powerful team that is about to rise, and the other is an old and weak team that has been sinking for a long time. During the Wanli period, 24-year-old Nurhachi began to take this team on a rampage and was invincible. In the Ming dynasty, more than a dozen Liaodong company commanders let him fight, and the slow spark eventually turned into a prairie fire. His military career of more than forty years has brought his strategic vision and tactical command to perfection. Yuan Chonghuan, who was running all over the field, was so tired that he just lingered in his own half and couldn't kick a ball that threatened the goal. Relying on a fierce effort in the first half, Yuan Chonghuan played a desperate defense and saved the opponent's fierce goals again and again in front of the gate.

The cause of death of Nurhachi has always been controversial, and there is no clear record in the history books of Ming Dynasty and Later Jin Dynasty. Statement 1: The red cannon shot Nurhachi. Statement 2: Ningyuan was defeated and Nurhachi died of depression and anger. Now China's life expectancy index has just reached 70 years. He was 68 years old when he led130,000 troops to attack Ningyuan City. When we attacked Ningyuan, it was the first month 1626, and it didn't hang until August. According to many historical records, in eight months' time, he energetically tidied up Halka, Mongolia, and took time to meet with representatives of Horqin Department of Mongolia.

Finally, I personally think that Nurhachi's death was due to old age and infirmity, and the pommel horse was overworked. In addition, a battlefield veteran who has never been defeated in his life has given wings to a young general and damaged his reputation. Unhappiness is inevitable and human nature. From this point of view, Yuan Chonghuan's original insistence, even kicking down and shoveling down the spiritual core of the opposing team, is also a victory!