Yang Tingjian also carefully studied the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty had at least ten great opportunities to kill Houjin, but he was blindly commanded by the ministers and the emperor to bury this great opportunity.

The most famous is the Battle of Songshan, the Ming army 130,000 against the Qing army 100,000, the main general Hong Chengchou set a strategic policy of winning step by step, with the tactics of holding each other, relying on superior firearms defense to block the Qing army layer by layer, almost dragging the Qing army down. It's a pity that the confused Emperor Chongzhen was so happy that he commanded blindly, and forced Hong Chengchou to fight with four edicts in succession, Hong Chengchou cried bitterly, knowing that he would be defeated but still attacked. As a result, the army was defeated and captured.

This battle was the largest main decisive battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties, and since then, the Ming Dynasty has lost its fortress outside the pass, and Shanhaiguan has become the front line. The Qing Dynasty seized the strategic initiative to attack the Ming Dynasty on all fronts.

Comments: This battle is the largest main decisive battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties, almost related to the life and death of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty won the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty won the Ming Dynasty can no longer gain a foothold outside the Guan. The 100,000 Eight Banner soldiers were almost the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty also did its best.

It should be said that from the beginning of this war, it still developed in a direction favorable to the Ming Dynasty. Although Hong Chengchou has no integrity, his military talent is still very strong, even no less than Yuan Chonghuan. What's more, by his side was the Ningjin Defense Line left by General Yuan, equipped with a large number of sophisticated firearms.

If they fought a tough battle, the Manchus would inevitably suffer. Zu Dashou's defection added a new force to the Ming Dynasty and shook the entire Manchu Dynasty. In terms of military strength, the Ming Dynasty had 130,000 Manchu 100,000, but the Ming army's field combat ability was weaker than that of the Manchu Eight Banners. What's more, in such a large-scale corps operation, on the surface, it looks like it is fighting military strength, but in fact it is fighting about money, food, logistics, and even comprehensive national strength.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was weak, and a quick victory was the only option, and the strategy of holding each other formulated by Hong Chengchou was the best tactic for the Ming army to exploit its strengths and avoid its weaknesses. Just give General Hong another month. The Manchus would have been completely brought down. And his strategy is about to succeed. It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen can't even wait for this month.

In all fairness, compared with the inaction of the Ming Dynasty government in the Battle of Ningyuan, Chongzhen still attaches great importance to this battle, but the bad thing is bad because of his attention. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty personally formulated a strategy for attacking the Xiongnu because he himself was familiar with military affairs since he was a child and had a complete understanding of the situation of the Xiongnu. Chongzhen did not have the ability of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. But I just want to join in the fun. The four edicts that Chongzhen forced Hong Chengchou to fight were even more hateful than the twelve gold medals that Qin Yan urged Yue Fei to return to the division, after all, Yue Fei still brought the army back intact, but Chongzhen's edict directly ruined the lives of the 130,000 army and the originally good situation on the front line.

Later generations scolded Hong Chengchou for betraying the country for glory, it is undeniable that Hong Chengchou's later appearance was really a traitor, but who would have thought that he was captured at the last moment in this battle, and who would have thought that a mediocre and incompetent emperor like Chongzhen would be worthy of martyrdom and loyalty to him! This. Even Huang Zongxi, a widow of the Ming Dynasty, couldn't look at it, and he unceremoniously criticized this qiē in the "Chongzhen Year Commentary".

Looking back on this war, what we get is not only regret and sighs, but also deep sadness. Because the fate of a dynasty or even a nation was rewritten by the four edicts of an idiot emperor.

(Let's be honest.) Falling leaves are very sympathetic to Chongzhen, but this kid is diligent and thrifty! This is a battle for the future and destiny of the country. actually went to command blindly, and the result was that the Ming Dynasty completely lost its most elite living force, and the death of the country has become inevitable. ）

Yang Tingjian hopes to change Chongzhen's problem, and at the same time warns Chongzhen that if he doesn't understand military affairs, don't command blindly. so as not to mislead the country and the people.

After a while, Yang Tingjian began to write a strategy for this question, to the effect that:

"Your Majesty wants to destroy Houjin, and you must not do it, because the internal disasters of the Ming Dynasty are continuous, and the flames of rebellion are burning all over Shanxi. Da Ming is currently a seriously ill person, the first task is to consolidate the foundation of Pei Yuan, first cure his own illness, before he has the strength to fight, the method is to destroy the rebellion first, simply put, the first to settle the inside and outside, Da Ming does not have the strength to deal with two enemies at the same time, but the British concentrate on one first, is the best policy. ”

Yang Tingjian directly denied Chongzhen's strategy method, Chongzhen's meaning is to engage in the outside and the inside together, this strategy is absolutely wrong, history has confirmed, how to deal with the aggressive Houjin.

Yang Tingjian went on to write, to the effect:

"His Majesty wants to destroy Houjin, it is unrealistic at this time, the army of the Ming Dynasty in the field war, can not defeat Jiannu at all, and the income of the Ming Dynasty cannot support this protracted war of annihilation, of course, it must not be left alone.

Weichen has the following strategies, the first is to restore the absolute control of Phi Dao, we must eliminate the impact of Mao Wenlong's unjust killing, and if necessary, we can also slaughter all of Mao Wenlong's godsons, lest they rebel against the Ming Dynasty because of resentment.

Second, send troops to North Korea, use the navy to block the Yalu River, and then send troops to garrison the Iron Mountain area, and the troops can be drawn from Phi Dao, which prevents the Later Jin from obtaining grain and iron weapons from North Korea.

Third, unite with Lin Dan Khan and fight against Houjin together, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and the feud between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia can be put aside for the time being, because we have a common enemy - Jiannu. (Lin Dan Khan in history asked Daming for help several times when he was beaten all over the ground by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but Daming did not give Lin Dan Khan any support, which allowed Jiannu to calmly defeat Lin Dan Khan.) ）

Fourth, the strong wall is clear, and all the merchants of the Ming Dynasty cannot be allowed to smuggle materials to the Houjin, because Nurhachi wantonly slaughtered the Han people, and many places in Liaodong are no longer inhabited, otherwise Huang Taiji will not enter the Kou to plunder the population, and the remaining Han farmers in Liaodong will definitely not be able to meet the needs of the 120,000 army of the Houjin.

Of course, it is also necessary to guard against Houjin's continued invasion and plunder, and military training is inevitable. ”

Originally, Yang Tingjian wanted to write "the official gentry pay the grain in one", but after thinking about it, Wanli sent a little eunuch to collect the mining tax, but was pointed at the nose by the Ming civil officials and scolded the faint king, these scholars and doctors of the Ming Dynasty, as long as you touch their interests, they are definitely fighters who are not afraid of death, but when they face the swords and guns of Jiannu, they obediently pay taxes, it turns out that they are not afraid of death are pretending, but to invite fame.

Chongzhen was shocked after reading Yang Tingjian's question, this Yang Tingjian is really bold, even I dare to accuse, saying that my strategy is wrong, but Chongzhen feels that Yang Tingjian is very reasonable, but he can't figure out the joints, Chongzhen plans to wait for Yang Tingjian to carefully study Yang Tingjian's policy article after handing in the paper.

…… (To be continued......)

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