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The most tragic battle of the Qing Dynasty: 10,000 elites suffered heavy losses, and many senior generals were killed on the battlefield

Our thousands of years of feudal society have reached the end of feudal society by the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, especially when we have the bud of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty. This is a huge challenge, even in its infancy, for the smallholder economy that has been in place for millennia. Especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the society at that time was always in a period of "small turmoil and great development". In these three dynasties, according to the ethnic group, the Yuan Dynasty was ruled by the Mongols, the Qing Dynasty was Manchu, all of which were ethnic minorities, and only the Ming Dynasty was the world under the han Zhu Yuanzhang.

The most tragic battle of the Qing Dynasty: 10,000 elites suffered heavy losses, and many senior generals were killed on the battlefield

It is reasonable to say that the Ming Dynasty may have ruled in different ways, but the reality is that the Ming and Qing dynasties had more in common in their way of ruling and implementing policies, and they were in some ways an ally against the Mongols. As the saying goes, "the enemy of a friend is a friend," the Yuan Dynasty was an enemy for the Ming and Qing dynasties, because after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, it has not been completely dead-hearted, and has always hoped to re-enter the Central Plains.

The most tragic battle of the Qing Dynasty: 10,000 elites suffered heavy losses, and many senior generals were killed on the battlefield

However, the ming and qing dynasties fought against the Yuan dynasty in some ways, the Ming Dynasty as the ruler of the Han nationality, the Ming and Qing Zhu family has always adopted an iron-blooded policy towards the Yuan Dynasty, using force to deter them, and fighting with swords and swords without a word. The rulers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who were also ethnic minorities and the Mongols had a lot in common with the Mongols to a certain extent, and both originated and lived in the northeast of China for a long time, along the Mongolian region, and the two ethnic groups had deep cultural and historical origins. Therefore, in the matter of resisting the Yuan Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty adopted a relatively moderate marriage policy. The famous Empress Xiaozhuang of the Qing Dynasty was a Mongolian, and there were also Mongolian concubines in the harem of the Qing Dynasty, and there were also Princesses of the Qing Dynasty who would marry Mongolians.

The most tragic battle of the Qing Dynasty: 10,000 elites suffered heavy losses, and many senior generals were killed on the battlefield

Although our traditional culture emphasizes that "children's relatives" are the biggest relatives, even children's relatives have times when swords are raging. After all, a gentle way of marriage has never been able to completely alleviate the immortality of Mongolia. Especially in the Dzungar Department, this tribe also has a bridge section described in the hit drama "The Biography of Zhen Huan", perhaps the TV series has changed, but this also shows from the side that this tribe is indeed a small action continuously, even if it is beaten by the Kangxi Emperor to the extreme. It was also from the Kangxi Dynasty that the Dzungars and the Qing Dynasty began a war that lasted for nearly 70 years.

The most tragic battle of the Qing Dynasty: 10,000 elites suffered heavy losses, and many senior generals were killed on the battlefield

Among the many emperors of the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor is definitely at the forefront, and his achievements are really famous throughout the ages. At that time, after the Dzungars were defeated by the Qing Dynasty, although they were seriously injured, almost the entire army was destroyed. But this did not destroy their ambitions and hopes, nor did it yield to the Qing. Instead, they sought foreign aid and found the Tsar farther north, and it was also with the assistance of the Tsar that they were able to quickly ease up, although they did not reach the pre-war state, but they were still a threat to the Manchu Qing. After Yongzheng took the throne, he did not let down his vigilance and was also encircling and suppressing them. However, Yongzheng was obviously light on the enemy on the issue of dealing with the Dzungars, and instead let the Qing Dynasty encounter the greatest Waterloo in the history of war for hundreds of years.

The most tragic battle of the Qing Dynasty: 10,000 elites suffered heavy losses, and many senior generals were killed on the battlefield

At that time, the Dzungar Ministry specially released news to the spies of the Great Qing Dynasty, saying that there were problems within them and that the infighting was very serious. This news made Yongzheng faint happily, and immediately sent 70,000 troops to start the road of the western expedition. There is no doubt that this news is false, and they are not only united internally, but also import advanced weapons from Tsarist Russia, and some even got back from Europe. Their purpose was to make Yongzheng send troops and shame on him.

The main commander sent by Yongzheng was Fu Erdan, who also led the vanguard of 10,000 troops to the west. When he arrived at Dzungar with confidence, he found that he had been deceived, but in the era of underdeveloped communications at that time, this news was difficult to pass on to the rear troops. In particular, their vanguard was met with advanced weapons and artillery of all kinds imported from Europe by the Dzungars, and the whole army was blinded to such a new thing. The people on horseback and the elite Eight Banners had never seen the battle of this new weapon, and they had lived comfortably all day, and they no longer had the heroism of fighting the world at that time.

The most tragic battle of the Qing Dynasty: 10,000 elites suffered heavy losses, and many senior generals were killed on the battlefield

Voordan organized the remaining troops to prepare for another attack, only to encounter more intense artillery fire. The legs of the Eight Banners that were indispensable in the past were frightened, and they were ready to surrender to the Dzungars and did not give them a chance, and the Dzungars were going to destroy them this time. But at that time, there were more than 10,000 vanguard troops, and at this time there were already a few thousand people left. Not only that, but the Qing army was gradually defeated and retreated, and fled in a hurry. But at this time, the Dzungars still did not let them go, and annihilated the few thousand people they had left. In the end, only the commander Fu Erdan and a few soldiers escaped the disaster and returned to Beijing. However, in this battle, Daqing lost more than 10,000 soldiers and 14 senior generals. After Fu Erdan returned to Beijing, he was also discouraged, and the good-looking Yongzheng blocked the news of their defeat, and after that, Yongzheng never mentioned sending troops to the Dzungars, but returned to the gentle way of marriage to make friends with others. This is the choice of history, backward will be beaten, but this time did not make the Great Qing Dynasty painful, but still closed to the country, so it caused the greatest shame of the Chinese nation in the later period.

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