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Chapter 667 Battle of Songjin.

[In July of the 13th year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou led eight generals and 130,000 troops to rescue Jinzhou.]

[Hong Chengchou's original plan was to fight cautiously and slowly wear down the Qing army, but with 130,000 troops concentrated on the front line, the need for food and wages was a big problem, and the Minister of War Chen Xinjia also kept urging the battle.]

[On July 26, Hong Chengchou led the main force from Ningyuan to the north. The 130,000-strong army relied on Songshan City south of Jinzhou and camped on the east, north and west sides of the city.]

[Qing army led by Jierhalang attacked from the right wing of the Eight Banners, but was defeated. Three of the banners' camps were captured by the Ming army, and many soldiers and horses were killed or wounded.]

……

Liu Song.

Liu Yu put one foot on the couch, one hand on his leg, raised his eyebrows, and said in an inexplicable tone:
"Is there a new character here?"

"But why is Chongzhen still in such a mess?"

"Why are you all so anxious? Can you be anxious while marching and fighting?"

"Aren't the consequences of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang profound enough?"

Liu Yilong suddenly discovered the blind spot.

"Ah, the emperor of the Song Dynasty was like this too!"

Liu Yu paused, turned his head and said calmly:

"What do you think of mentioning Zhao and Song in front of me?"

"Is it appropriate?"

……

【From spring to summer, the armies of Ming and Qing fought each other in a stalemate. 】

[Three Qing generals surrendered to the Ming army, and two died in battle.]

[Huang Taiji was so angry that he vomited blood and conscripted men from all over the country to rush to Jinzhou. Dorgon led his troops to charge the Ming army several times to the east, but they were defeated and retreated with many casualties.]

[At this time, Huang Taiji was in poor health and had a constant nosebleed, but he still decided to lead the reinforcements to the battlefield. He traveled for six days from Shenyang to the Songshan battlefield.]

……

{At that time, Koreans were also on the Songjin front. According to Korean historical records, "The Qing army surrounded Jinzhou and fought several times with the Han soldiers, but the Han soldiers were still strong. The Ninth Prince (Dorgon) asked the Khan for reinforcements, and the Khan sent the Eighth Prince (Jirgalang) to lead the cavalry to him. The Qing army suspected that our artillerymen were not fighting well, so they threatened them with swords. In this battle, many Han soldiers died, and seven or eight out of ten were hit by artillery. Since then, the Han people hated our country even more deeply."}
{It can be seen that the wars in Ming and Qing dynasties were not all fought with cold weapons as we imagined, and firearms played a big role in them.}
{In this battle, seven or eight out of ten Ming soldiers died in artillery fire, and as for the "loyal and faithful" vassal state of Korea, it had already become the shape of the Qing Dynasty.}
{At the same time in Europe, a large-scale melee among European countries evolved from the civil war of the Holy Roman Empire. The Thirty Years' War was raging. The infantry phalanxes mixed with advanced muskets, artillery, and spears were able to effectively contain and defeat the plate-armored heavy cavalry.}
{The Ming army was still equipped with extremely backward firearms and used the same backward tactics. They were sent into the battlefield in waves and became victims of the Qing army's artillery and cavalry.}
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Tang Dynasty - Daizong Period
"If you fall behind, you will be beaten..."

Li Yu deeply understood this truth.

Back then, Emperor Taizong defeated one hundred thousand troops with only three thousand soldiers. Besides his bravery, he relied more on the Black Armor Army's invulnerable black armor!

But Emperor Xuanzong took drastic action.

The equipment gap between the two sides was instantly eliminated.

By now, the equipment of the vassal states is better than that of the capital.

……

Ming Dynasty - Tianqi Period
Zhu Youxiao was thinking hard.

"I remember... there seemed to be an Indian company that sold dozens of cannons to the Ming Dynasty?"

Wei Zhongxian was familiar with these matters. He stepped forward and whispered:

"Your Majesty, in the first year of the Tianqi reign, Xu Guangqi, Li Zhizao, Yang Tingyun and others agreed to donate money and sent Zhang Tao, Sun Xueshi and others to Xiangshan County to recruit soldiers and purchase artillery."

"Send four Western cannons to the capital in May and December."

"In the third year of the Tianqi reign, Guangdong imported 26 cannons from a sunken ship called the Unicorn from the English East India Company. These are the cannons placed on top of the Ningyuan city wall."

"At the same time, we also recruited 24 Portuguese artillerymen to come to Beijing to teach the Ming army how to use cannons, but the ministers opposed it and sent them back on the grounds that they were not acclimatized to the local climate."

Zhu Youxiao had a dark face, but didn't say much.

After all, the guy himself didn’t see anything, right?

I also played a part in the collapse of the Ming Dynasty...

"Let Xu Guangqi and others come to see me."

……

[After Huang Taiji arrived at the battlefield, he ordered the Qing army to set up camp between Songshan and Xingshan, cutting off the Liaoxi Corridor from the mountains to the sea, intending to encircle the Ming army and prevent it from retreating to Shanhaiguan.]

[The Qing army saw the imperial guards and the flags of the front team moving to the camp from afar, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they all cheered. ]

[On August 20, the Ming army attacked the Qing army and was repelled.]

[The Qing army pursued the Ming army to Tashan and returned, occupied the Ming army's food base on Bijia Mountain, seized a large amount of food and grass, and began to dig trenches, cutting off the road between Songshan and Xingshan. ]

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Southern Song Dynasty Xiaozong period
Zhao Shen felt that this situation could only be resolved by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty leading the army in person!
"Pengju, what do you think if Emperor Gaozong had gone to Tokyo at that time..."

Yue Fei shook his head.

The words "the emperor leads the army in person" would never occur to that person's mind.

……

[On the morning of the 21st, the two armies engaged in battle, with similar casualties. The main force of the Ming army failed to break out and retreated to Songshan Castle. Only several thousand cavalry broke out and headed for Xingshan.]

[The army's food supplies were running low, and the food supply route was cut off, and the morale of the Ming army began to waver. ]

[Hong Chengchou wanted to fight to the death, but Zhang Ruoqi, the military supervisor sent by Chen Xinjia, and other generals were unwilling to do so and wanted to withdraw to Ningyuan, so Hong Chengchou made a plan to break out at night. ] [Unexpectedly, as soon as it got dark, Wang Pu, the general of Datong, was the first to escape, which led to the collapse of the entire army. ]

[At that time, Huang Taiji estimated that the Ming army had just been defeated and had lost most of its food and fodder, and that the Ming army hiding in Songshan would definitely flee back to Ningyuan.]

【So he set up an ambush at Gaoqiao between Songshan and Xingshan to wait for the Ming army. 】

[As expected, the Ming army retreating to Ningyuan fell into an ambush by the Qing army.]

[The Qing army set up ambushes one after another and attacked from both sides. In the end, only Wang Pu and Wu Sangui managed to escape.]

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Big man.

Liu Bang avoided Lu Zhi's sight.

How can Nai Gong being besieged be the same as him being besieged?

...Naigong, it is up to you to decide!

He...it's hard to say whether the emperor can save him.

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Song Zhenzong period
Zhao Heng couldn't help but think of that man.

"Angheng~"

Yes, that’s the noise… No!
"Where is the donkey's bray coming from?"

Liu E looked at him strangely.

Where is the donkey's bray?

……

{According to Korean records, the Ming army was ready to die and few surrendered. Soldiers in the sea surrounded the generals and opened their arms to protect them until they were shot and sank.}
{In this battle, a total of 53,783 Ming soldiers were killed, 7,444 horses, 66 camels, and 9,346 sets of armor were captured, and "corpses were floating in the sea."}
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Datang.

"One general's success will make a thousand bones wither."

Li Shimin sighed:

"Before, Li Longji forced Geshu Han to go out to resist the enemy, and hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated."

"Later, Hong Chengchou was not urged to advance, which resulted in the army of more than 100,000 advancing rashly and being surrounded."

Li Chengqian said weakly:

"But Jinzhou is in danger, and we are running out of food and money... We have to fight this battle."

Li Shimin glanced at him sideways.

"The Art of War says: 'A ruler should not raise an army out of anger, and a general should not go to war out of resentment. A wise ruler should be cautious of this, and a good general should be vigilant. This is the way to keep the country and the army safe.'"

"The Art of War says: Those who know when to fight and when not to fight will win; those who know how to use the many and the few will win; those who have the same desire as their superiors will win; those who are prepared for the unexpected will win; and those who have capable generals but whose rulers do not control them will win. These five are the ways to know how to win."

Li Shimin shook his head.

"Chongzhen does not know how to fight or win."

……

[Hong Chengchou's large-scale military expedition not only failed to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, but he himself was also besieged in Songshan City, with only more than 10,000 defeated soldiers around him.]

[When Emperor Chongzhen heard that Hong Chengchou was defeated and trapped, he summoned the Minister of War Chen Xinjia and others to ask for emergency measures.]

【Chen Xinjia did not have any great tricks, he just advised Emperor Chongzhen to order Hong Chengchou to hold on.】

[In November, there was heavy snow in Liaodong and the weather was extremely cold.]

[As the Qing army was running out of food and fodder, Huang Taiji decided to withdraw his troops, so he sent his surrendered soldiers into the pass to negotiate terms.]

[The Ministry of War was worried about the war in Liaodong, and was very happy to see that the Qing Dynasty was willing to negotiate peace.]

【Emperor Chongzhen was at a loss as to what to do, so he allowed the Ministry of War to maintain secret contact with the Qing.】

【Hong Chengchou was besieged in Songshan, and Chongzhen appointed Yang Shengwu as acting governor. 】

[In the first month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Shengwu died, and Emperor Chongzhen ordered Fan Zhiwan to act as his successor.]

【Fan Zhiwan ordered his deputy general Jiao Chan to lead troops to rescue the enemy, but they were annihilated by the Qing troops as soon as they left the pass.】

【Wu Sangui gathered the scattered troops in Ningyuan, but was never able to organize a support force.】

[The Minister of War Chen Xinjia was secretly negotiating with the Qing Dynasty and was not very enthusiastic about reinforcing Songjin.]

【Therefore, the Ming army did not carry out effective rescue operations in Songjin for half a year.】

[At this time, Song and Jin cities were at the end of their rope, with no food or grass left, and people resorting to cannibalism.]

[On February 18, the 15th year of Chongzhen, Xia Chengde, the deputy general defending Songshan, secretly agreed to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and sent his son to the Qing camp as a hostage, and agreed to surrender the city on a certain day.]

【Then Songshan was occupied by the Qing army in one fell swoop, and Hong Chengchou was captured. 】

[Zu Dashou, who was defending Jinzhou, saw that Songshan had fallen, and he also left the city and surrendered on March 8.]

【The Battle of Songjin ended here.】

[In this battle, the last elite force of the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed, and the fate of the Ming Dynasty was irreversible.]

(End of this chapter)