It can be said that the Battle of Salhu was a strategic turning point between Daming and Jurchen, and after this, the Ming Dynasty turned to strategic defense, and Jurchen entered the strategic initiative. The loss of the initiative completely allowed Daming to completely retreat throughout Liaodong. In 1619, on February 25, the 47th year of the Wanli calendar, Daming was led by Yang Hao. The soldiers went out in four ways, (in fact, the three roads, the Korean road was to fight soy sauce) but the Western Route Army was first attacked by Nurhaci, the whole army was destroyed, and the general soldier Junsong was killed; then the Northern Route Army was attacked, the whole army was destroyed, and the general Soldier Lin fled back; finally the Eastern Route Army was secretly attacked by the Jurchen Army, the whole army was destroyed, and the general liu Hao was killed in battle; Yang Ho hurriedly withdrew his troops after receiving the news, and the Jurchen army took advantage of the situation to pursue. After the whole Salhu fight, it was only five days. The Ming army suffered heavy casualties. Jurchen triumphed.
This battle is a famous battle in ancient Chinese history, with 120,000 Ming troops and about 60,000 Nurhaci. However, it must be pointed out that the combat effectiveness and quality of the Ming army are not weak. However, the commander of the Ming Army, Yang Hao, was born as a civilian officer and was not a military general. However, the troops attacked in several ways, that is, to use the three-way encirclement as a lure of the enemy's troops, and the 30,000 people of the Western Route Army led by Jun Song as the main force to attack Fushun. That is to say, the so-called "ploughing the court to sweep the cave" should be said to be a relatively reasonable military deployment. But in practical terms. Daming did not understand Jurchen at all, and Li Chengliang, who really understood Jurchen, had passed away. But Nurhaci knew the Ming Dynasty, which was corrupt and incompetent, and the military structure was bloated. It is even more clear that Jurchen is not only prepared for the military. He also deployed a large number of spies, knew the entire battlefield dynamics, and Yang Ho's combat intentions were discovered by Nurhaci. Otherwise, he would not have dared to lead the team to continuous high-intensity attacks and fights in a few days. Strategically, the Ming Dynasty lost from the start, and tactically, if Juniper could resist Nurhaci in recent days, or drag the Jurchens along the way. The other two roads will surely encircle Nurhaci. But Juniper was completely defeated that day. The Ming army's three-way encirclement and suppression plan was thus bankrupt. This was a strategic victory for Nurhaci to break through the Ming army's division and attack. It can be said that tactically, Juniper should bear the main responsibility for the defeat of Salhu. Marin's forces should immediately retreat across the board, but want to continue the offensive. However, it failed, and Liu Ting's troops on the East Road were deceived by spies, resulting in the collapse of the whole line at Salhu. Yang Ho, who commanded the whole army, learned that the four-way army had collapsed in two ways. The other two roads were urgently ordered to withdraw but it was too late, Liu Ting's troops had been annihilated by Houjin, and only Li Rubai retreated safely, and later committed suicide. Yang Hao was defeated as a result of this and was able to rectify the Fa in the second year of Chongzhen.
With you coming a few ways, I will go all the way, and each breakthrough is the military strategic principle of Nurhaci's victory over the Ming army. That is, the superior strength of the Eight Banners was concentrated, and the Ming army was caught off guard by a surprise attack, and a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides near Fushun, Liaoning, nurhaci personally led the Eight Banners to attack the Ming army with 45,000 people. Annihilated the Juniper's troops. The main general Juniper was killed, and the 30,000 men of the Western Route Army were completely destroyed. Nurhaci immediately led his army to attack the Northern Route Army and annihilated them. A few days later, Nurhaci mobilized his troops to attack the Eastern Route Army and was defeated. Jurchen hit three ways all the way. Is an excellent sporty battle. The Jurchens concentrated their superior forces and broke through each one. The Ming army marched in four directions and had no main direction of attack. They did not act at the agreed time and did not communicate well with each other. The Ming army's "split attack" just met the Hou Jinbing's "combined attack and split attack." The defeat of the Ming army was inevitable. It can be said that the Battle of Salhu fully demonstrated nurhaci's great military style and ability, and also set off the incompetence of the commander of the Ming army, Nurhaci could personally go to the front line to fight, and Yang Ho had not even seen the jurchen soldiers. It is really greedy and afraid of death.
The defeat of Salhu was a decisive battle between a decadent and backward old empire and a powerful and powerful tribe that was rising strongly, and the Ming army was timid and ill-prepared from the beginning. The emerging Houjin were the same enemy, from Nurhaci to the Jurchen soldiers who dared to brave the guns and guns to rush upwards, the Jurchen soldiers fought bravely, and in the end it was the Ming army that was defeated again and again, and the Houjin soldiers were victorious one after another. One of the most important reasons for the defeat of the Ming army in the Battle of Salhu was the failure of command, and then there was the defeat of the Ming army due to the fear of death, stupidity, incompetence, and cowardice of the Ming army.
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