Yuan Chonghuan's personal experience should be familiar to everyone. If you are interested, you can also find historical materials and Baidu, which is also not irrigated. Here, the author mainly talks about some of the main deeds of Yuan Chonghuan before this, as well as Weishenme Yuan Chonghuan in the minds of Emperor Chongzhen and ministers at that time, became the minister who was expected to solve the situation in Liaodong.

Yuan Chonghuan had just been admitted to the Jinshi and was a county magistrate in Fujian, and when he was in Fujian, he used his time to go to the capital to inspect the border passes, inspect the forms outside the passes, and submit a detailed investigation report and solutions to the imperial court.

This incident made Yuan Chonghuan famous, and he was immediately reused by the imperial court, promoted and transferred to Liaodong. However, we can also see how lacking military talents were in the Ming court at that time.

However, it can be seen from this incident that Yuan Chonghuan is a person who worries about the country and the people, and has the courage to do things. And it can be said that throughout his life, Yuan Chonghuan's two advantages have not diminished by more than half a slight.

After Yuan Chonghuan took office in Liaodong, under the grand strategy of the Ningjin defense line of the abbot Sun Chengzong, the governor of Liaodong at that time, and under the command of Sun Chengzong, he recovered a large area of lost territory in Liaodong. The situation in Liaodong cannot be reversed, but at least it has improved. And the situation in Liaodong has stabilized.

Here we have to talk about Sun Chengzong's Ningjin defense line. The Ningjin defensive line is actually a strangulation offensive strategy in a defensive state. On the surface, it seems to be to build a strong fortress for defense, but in fact, its essence is to restrict the mobility of the Houjin army, threaten and uproot the strategic points of the Houjin army one by one, and force the Houjin army to attack these strong fortresses, so as to achieve the goal of killing and injuring a large number of Houjin troops.

This strategy is somewhat similar to the bunker group strategy in the fifth anti-encirclement campaign. Zuihou also forced the Red Army to abandon the central base area and embark on a 25,000-mile long march.

However, this strategy has some drawbacks: slow results, long time, and high cost of money. Therefore, in the case of the financial embarrassment of the Ming Dynasty, and because of the political confrontation between Wei Zhongxian and Sun Chengzong, Sun Chengzong could only resign and return to his hometown. And the strategy of the Ningjin defense line had to be stopped.

In this way, the Houjin army, which was increasingly embarrassed by the Ningjin defense line, finally took a breath and developed greatly in the future.

But in any case, under the command of Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan did recover a large part of the lost territory in Liaodong. His credit is also solid.

Next, we will talk about the battle in the most glorious moment of Yuan Chonghuan's life. After Sun Chengzong's resignation, Gao Di took over. Gao Di believed that the outside of the customs could not be guarded. On the one hand, his point of view is that Gaodi's military talents were really bad, but the main reason was the financial embarrassment 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 lonely city of Ningyuan alone. In this battle, the artillery defending the city wounded the ** Hachi, the leader of the Houjin army. And it led to the death of Hachi (there is a historical debate about this). The Later Jin army was defeated and retreated.

This battle was the only major victory between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin army. After the news came, the government and the opposition were jubilant, and Yuan Chonghuan's personal reputation also reached its peak.

From this point of view, Yuan Chonghuan does have the merit of taking a shot. Indeed, it should be expected by all. However, this is only the opinion of these laymen in the imperial court. What do insiders think of Yuan Chonghuan? Because in Liaodong, all the military attaches who fought were military attachés, that is to say, how did those military attaches view Yuan Chonghuan, the superintendent?

Do these military attachés accept Yuan Chonghuan's leadership? Yes, of course. Because they know that they will definitely not become the overseers of Liaodong. Compared with those civilian officials and supervisors who blindly commanded, Yuan Chonghuan still understands military affairs. This can be regarded as the eldest son among the short.

But are they convinced of Yuan Chonghuan's exploits? Not necessarily.

Let's take a look at Yuan Chonghuan's first exploits. He was under the command of Sun Chengzong to recover these lost territories in Liaodong. Therefore, no matter how Yuan Chonghuan wins thousands of miles away, the main credit is still Sun Chengzong, who strategized.

What about Yuan Chonghuan's Ning Yuan victory? A blind cannonball killed the commander of the Houjin army, Hachi. Such a blind cat encountering a dead mouse can only be said to be Yuan Chonghuan's luck is simply too good. This big win can also be said to be a big victory with great chance.

However, does Yuan Chonghuan know what these military attaches think? Also know. So how should he deal with it? He can only take, and can only take this countermeasure: to win over the largest military attache group among the military attaches in Liaodong -- the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Group.

From the foregoing, we already know that the Liaodong Iron Cavalry was created by Li Chengliang. However, after Li Chengliang's eldest son Li Rusong died in battle, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry was leaderless. Some even rebelled. Who is it that rebels? It's Hachi. Hachi can also be said to be a member of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

These remnants of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry military attache formed a military group with a tight alliance nature. It also became the largest military group of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong. So much so that whoever is the governor of Liaodong has to rely on this military group. Even Emperor Chongzhen was in Zuihou, and he had to rely on one of the generals of this military group, Wu Sangui.

The external demands of the Liaodong Tieqi Group are basically the same, and they are also joint actions. However, they are again in the form of alliances within themselves. These military attachés, who owned a large amount of land outside the gates, drove the military households to cultivate this land. Get a lot of wealth.

And the strength in their hands is reflected by the personal soldiers they raise. Whoever acquires more wealth can raise more soldiers. Whoever has more pro-soldiers will have a higher status. Therefore, when ** Hachi attacked Ningyuan, just for the sake of their own land outside the pass, these military attaches had to fight against the Houjin army together with Yuan Chonghuan.

By the way, at this time, in this military group, there was a little brother - Wu Xiang. Wu Xiang himself did not have any great deeds, but he had a famous son - Wu Sangui.

And if Yuan Chonghuan wants to win over the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Group, he will definitely lean towards this military group in terms of material supply and military salaries. Moreover, when Yuan Chonghuan conducts any military action, he must also consider the demands of this military group. There is even some accommodation.

But then comes the problem. We all know that reconnaissance work is certainly one of the most important in any military operation. And we also know that reconnaissance work should be divided into two parts: reconnaissance and strangulation. We all understand how to do reconnaissance, but what is strangulation?

Strangulation is to divide an area around the main army of the side. In this area, if you see an enemy spy, you will kill them. The purpose of strangulation is to not let the enemy's spies know the location of their large forces, but let their spies detect the location of the enemy's large forces. In this way, the effect of the enemy is achieved.

And the spies of this era are all cavalry. What about weishenme? If it's an infantryman, even if you detect something, you won't have time to rush back to report it! So the high-headed Malaysian. These spies can't do it at all.

When these spies see the enemy's spies, if both sides are within the strangulation zone, they will immediately pick up their weapons and carry out a life-and-death PK. When we see this, we understand: in some works, if the night is not closed, it is completely nonsense.

This kind of strangulation battle was the most brutal of the entire cavalry battle. Because if both sides are very tenacious in their will to fight, then the battle loss ratio is completely one to one. Weishenme should add the sentence "The will to fight on both sides is very tenacious"?

Because if one of the spies escapes, then death beckons to the spies. This shows that the spy left his back to the enemy and gave up resistance completely.

Here, some people may have some questions: Isn't the cavalry shooting of the Houjin army very powerful? Didn't they have the upper hand in such a strangulation battle?

Actually, this is another misunderstanding. Riding and shooting, riding and shooting, these two words should be read separately. That is, in the case of general combat, do not shoot when riding, and do not ride when shooting. Except, of course, in exceptional circumstances.

No matter how good a man's riding and archery skills are, the probability of hitting a moving target fifty paces away on a galloping and jumping horse is about the same as the probability of a man buying a lottery ticket to win the jackpot.

Not convinced? Then let's take a look at the archery events of the modern Olympic Games. A group of the top archery masters in the whole Shijie, they have received the most rigorous and scientific training with the most advanced bows and arrows made of high-tech materials. However, if they stand on the ground and shoot at a stationary target seventy meters away, they will not be able to reach the ten rings.

Therefore, when their own spies are dispatched, the commander of the army must be mentally prepared for a large number of spies to be killed and wounded. However, no matter how great the loss of the spies, the commander-in-chief of the army must insist on dispatching. Because, an experienced army commander can roughly judge the location of the opponent's large army from the direction and density of his spies' deaths. But all this is a great test of the psychology of the army commander and those spies. It's all a contest of willpower on both sides.

At this time, the Houjin army set up such a strangulation area, and they 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 their own side, they will kill it indiscriminately.

The military attaches of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Group were reluctant to send their own soldiers into the no-man's land to carry out this kind of strangulation battle. Because the loss of these pro-soldiers will reduce their position in the military attache alliance.

And in order to accommodate these military attachés, Yuan Chonghuan also had to agree to the demands of these military attachés.

In addition, the Later Jin sent a large number of spies to Liaodong and Guannai, mainly Han Chinese who surrendered to the Later Jin. This led to the fact that the Liaodong army of the Ming Dynasty was ignorant of the movements of the Later Jin army. Later, the Jin army was well aware of the movements of the Liaodong army of the Ming Dynasty.

Yuan Chonghuan accommodated the military attaches of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Group, and also caused such a consequence. The military attaches of other factions in Liaodong were treated as little daughters-in-law. They were given very little supplies and salaries, but they were required to perform dangerous tasks. They must be unconvinced in their hearts. Some even made a fuss. Among them, the most ferocious one is Mao Wenlong, who is stationed in the Dongjiang River.

And let's take a look at Yuan Chonghuan's character. It can be seen from the performance of his platform summons that he is self-centered. If it sounds good, it is more confident, and if it is ugly, it is more arrogant. looks like Lao Tzu is the best in the world. Otherwise, Yuan Chonghuan would not have treated Emperor Chongzhen as a child in such a formal summons.

Another character of Yuan Chonghuan is that he doesn't think much about the consequences when he does things. We just have to put ourselves in their shoes: If we had any thoughts about our bosses, would we share them with our colleagues? Aren't you afraid that your colleagues will spread this to the ears of your boss?

And Yuan Chonghuan did just that. You know, he is not facing a boss who can only copy his squid, he is facing the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who can kill him!

And as an overseer with the sword of Shang Fang in his hand, he is also a self-centered person, who does things without thinking much about the consequences. When this Overseer encounters a disobedient subordinate military attaché, what will he do with this Shang Fang sword?

All right. When we basically understood the situation inside and outside the Ming Dynasty at this time, we completed the focus interview. Let's go back to Wu Shigong.