Polish cavalry) in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, 1626 AD.
According to the Ganzhi chronology, it is a Bingyin year.
The Battle of Volkhov broke out in the European lands, Poland and Sweden.
Before the battle, everyone thought that the Polish cavalry, which had always been brave and good at fighting, would be victorious, but the outcome of the battle was very surprising to everyone.
The Swedish king pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger, used guerrilla tactics, frequently harassed, and attacked many times, and soon won the war cleanly.
Prior to this, the Polish cavalry was almost a god-blocking and killing god on the European battlefield, and the Buddha blocked and destroyed the Buddha-like existence, and it was unbelievable to lose to the Swedes.
Coincidentally, in the same year, there was a very similar battle in the territory of the Ming Dynasty in which fewer won more.
This battle took place in Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.
Mingshenzong Zhu Yijun portrait).
In the 20 years of Zhu Yijun's passive neglect of government, the leader of the Jurchen tribe in Liaodong Nurhachi worked hard to unify the Jurchen tribes, encroach on the land of Liaodong, and establish the Houjin regime, and in the sixth year after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne of Mingxizong, that is, in 1626 AD, most of Liaodong had fallen, and the Houjin army attacked the city and approached Shanhaiguan.
Although the Ming Dynasty was in decline, it was not unavailable, so under the city of Ningyuan in Liaodong, a patriotic general named Yuan Chonghuan stopped Nurhachi's attack.
Friends, in the more than ten years that Nurhachi rebelled against the rule of the Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi and the Ming army fought forty or fifty battles, but they never tasted defeat.
This outstanding politician and military strategist who was born out of thin air, with his superb strategic vision and military quality, fought the Ming army and retreated one after another.
When the Ming army heard Nurhachi's name, they had long lost the heart to fight, and the senior military generals of Liaodong fled one after another, only Yuan Chonghuan remained in Ningyuan City very stubbornly.
People think that this Ming general, who is not young, is probably crazy.
Nurhachi is like a demon god in the sky, a lonely city in Ningyuan, plus thousands of old and weak soldiers, what will you Yuan Chonghuan win?
Yuan Chonghuan did not answer people's doubts, but gave the answer with the sound of the shells of the Hongyi cannon exploding.
Ningyuan Battlefield Site).
Because Comrade Yuan Chonghuan had brought a few firepower Hongyi cannons from the Portuguese in advance and hid them at the head of the city, and Nurhachi was defenseless and was bombarded with a solid blow.
Nurhachi lost to Daming, for the first time and for the last.
Nurha, who was defeated and retreated to Ningyuan, had gangrene on his back, and he couldn't be cured for a long time, so he couldn't afford to get sick and died of hatred.
The Jurchens were the first nomadic people, unlike the Central Plains Dynasty, who generally followed the primogeniture inheritance system, but were very casual in the selection of heirs, otherwise it would not be Nurhachi's eighth son, Huang Taiji, to inherit the throne.
Nurhachi was determined to overcome the Ming Dynasty and dominate the world, and his son Huang Taiji's desire to make contributions was even stronger.
As a result, when Huang Taiji first ascended the throne of Khan, he immediately organized an army and invaded the border of Liaodong on a large scale.
If it was against opponents like Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen back then, Huang Taiji's fight was actually not a big problem.
But the embarrassing thing is that after a series of mistakes in employing people, the Ming Dynasty finally found Yuan Chonghuan, a very reliable person in charge.
Yuan Chonghuan not only defended the city, but also began to gradually regain the lost territory, and Tuntian raised the war, as if it was a posture of deep cultivation in Liaodong and the Houjin army to the end.
Faced with such an enemy, Huang Taiji couldn't help but gasp.
He knew that Yuan Chonghuan was a difficult opponent, not only because he would bombard himself with a cannon, but also because he had a lonely belief.
But even so, Huang Taiji still wanted to give it a try.
Portrait of Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty).
He once launched the Battle of Ningjin in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, that is, in 1628 AD, and also attacked Beijing City in the second year of Chongzhen, that is, in 1629 AD, through Mongolia, but without exception, he was always beaten back by Yuan Chonghuan.
The Ming Emperor was close at hand, but at this time, a Yuan Chonghuan blocked the way, and it seemed to be far away.
Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan, could it be that you are my lifelong enemy?
The head-on confrontation can't be beaten, the side sneak attack can't be beaten, and if you don't agree with people, you will bombard people with cannons, after experiencing a painful defeat, Huang Taiji decided to change his thinking and make peace with Yuan Chonghuan.
The Ming Dynasty is declining, you work for Emperor Chongzhen, how much salary can he pay you?
You come to our Houjin, you want to be an official, I will make you a big official, you want to get rich, I will let you be a rich man.
Anyway, in a word, as long as you Yuan Chonghuan surrendered to the post-Cheng gold, I will keep your five insurances and one gold, four dishes and one soup, and the glory and wealth will be inexhaustible.
In the face of such a temptation, Yuan Chonghuan also responded very politely with a Hongyi cannon.
Now, Huang Taiji finally understands a truth, the man in front of him may never be able to handle it.
Yuan Chonghuan statue).
A reader once asked me, you have written such a long history in the headlines, basically writing about emperors, famous ministers, and big people, these people and things have nothing new, like chewing wax, what is the point of writing and writing?
In the past 5,000 years, there is one person who does not seek to accumulate countless wealth, does not seek fame and fortune, does not seek eternal prosperity, only seeks peace in the world, peace and security of the country and the people, and always takes the common people as his own responsibility, willing to suffer loneliness, willing to be tortured, strong and brave, and regards death as home?
At that time, this question did stop me, I have written about so many people, and there are such people everywhere in Chinese history, but I was speechless for a while and could not answer.
But now, I can tell you with certainty that in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, there was a person who did not seek gold and silver treasures, did not seek a rich life, did not seek eternal beauty, had a generous and heroic atmosphere, and had a noble and patriotic festival.
This person is Yuan Chonghuan.
But it was such a person, but not long after, he was killed by Huang Taiji's counter-plan.
There is no way, who made Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen the great emperor at that time, a serious suspicion?
Yuan Chonghuan never thought that he would eventually die in the hands of his own people.
Huang Taiji spent money to hire a lot of marketing accounts, slandering Yuan Chonghuan for wanting to surrender to Chenghoujin, but Zhu Youzhen, who was surfing the Internet, was furious after reading these contents, and killed Yuan Chonghuan without saying a word.
For this very tragic ending, I don't know how you feel after reading it.
Although Yuan Chonghuan is not the protagonist of this article, in fact, his limelight far overshadows the protagonist Huang Taiji.
His life is colorful, defending the lonely city, fighting hard, galloping on horseback, breaking Houjin, surviving in the Jedi, and being in danger.
But no matter when he is or where he is, whether life is good or unsatisfactory, Yuan Chonghuan has never given up hope.
From a certain point of view, his desire to save the Ming Dynasty was far stronger than that of Emperor Chongzhen.
Portrait of Ming Sizong Zhu Youzhen).
Yuan Chonghuan died, but Huang Taiji no longer seemed to be in a hurry to go down from Liaodong and invade the Central Plains.
Before the decaying Ming Dynasty was truly defeated, Huang Taiji wanted to carry out a drastic reform of the Houjin.
The backward nomadic dynastic system can no longer meet the development of the Later Jin regime, and only by actively sinicizing can we keep up with the trend of the times.
As a result, our Comrade Huang Taiji began to carry out a series of reforms, such as the integration of the Manchus and the Han Dynasty, the development of agriculture, the improvement of institutions, the integration of the Eight Banners, and the adjustment of contradictions.
And the most important of them is the integration of Manchu and Han.
When Nurhachi invaded Liaodong, he adopted an extremely tough method of conquest, attacking the city and slaughtering the city, killing the rich first and then beheading the civilians, which was so bloody that it provoked a large-scale resistance from the local residents of Liaodong.
It is true that violence is the way to do it.
But it's definitely not the only way, nor is it the best way.
The endless killings and bloody policies made Nurhachi and the Houjin regime both lose the hearts and minds of the people and bear the notoriety of butchers.
In such a world-class environment, Houjin will never be able to develop and grow.
Portrait of Nurhachi, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty).
As a result, our Comrade Huang Taiji actively eased social contradictions, resolved ethnic conflicts, treated the people well, and appeased the people, which really opened up a new road for the stability and development of the Later Jin Dynasty in Liaodong.
It has been proven that the real power to convince people is not violence and ambition, but peace and patience.
We just need to know that with the efforts of Huang Taiji, the once very barbaric and stubborn backward forces have become a brand-new dynasty that has begun to take shape and is politically clear.
From Jurchen to Houjin, Nurhachi fought a bloody path with full ambition.
From the Later Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji opened up a whole new world with his unparalleled wisdom.
Coincidentally, the Swedish king of the same period, that is, Gustav II, who commanded the Swedish army at the beginning of the article to defeat the invincible Polish hussars, also started a vigorous reform in Sweden.
Gustav II's reforms became a model for the reform of various European affairs in the future, and he himself is known as the "father of modern warfare".
A new era is coming.
Gustav II Portrait).
In the Western world, Gustav II is about to make a name for himself in Europe, leaving behind one famous war history after another.
In the east, the Qing Dynasty under the rule of Huang Taiji was full of vitality and heroism, and was preparing for the final decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty.
These two heroes complement each other, which is a coincidence and an inevitability.
Relying on the king's words to seal the marquis, it will be a success.
The song of the ling, the dance of the dancer, the knife of the swordsman, the pen of the literati, and the ambition of the hero.
As long as you don't die, you won't stop.
Huang Taiji, don't stop!
Create your own legend!