When it comes to Jurchens, everyone often thinks of the Jin Dynasty. In fact, the Jurchens are different from other ethnic minorities, and you may find that in the history of the Jurchens, there were two times in the Central Plains, the first time was at the end of the Liao Dynasty in the Northeast Jurchens, the leader at that time was surnamed Wanyan, so for the time being, this name was Called Jurchen. The last time was the Jurchen led by Nurhaci at the end of the Ming Dynasty, his name was Dajin at that time, because it was later arose, we usually called him Houjin, and when the second Great Khan used the anti-plot to get rid of Yuan Chonghuan, the Ming Dynasty and houjin were repeatedly defeated in the war, and then in the battle with Mongolia and Korea and other countries, almost every battle was won, in 1636, Emperor Taiji felt that the time was ripe to ascend the throne as emperor, the name of the country was Daqing, and the Jurchen was changed to Manchuria, so now the manchu ancestors in the ethnic minorities were Jurchens.
?? Speaking of the rise of the first Jurchens, unlike the founding emperors of previous dynasties, he slowly developed and grew from a small tribe, formed a large tribe, and finally unified the whole Jurchens through factors such as war. After several generations of achievements in the Jin Dynasty, such as the Jin ancestor Wanyan Hanpu, who had been in the early Liao Dynasty, he was a Goryeo who came to jurchens to help the most primitive Jurchens establish the early laws. After several generations, after several generations of tribal leaders, Jin Jingzu and Jin Shizu periods, they annexed a number of small tribes and some large tribes, and by the time of the next few generations of tribal leaders, the Wanyan family had basically completed the unification of the Jurchens.
At the end of the Liao Dynasty, during the Liao Daozong period, there was an incident that happened when there was a rebellious Liao Dynasty named Xiao Haili, and the liao state's large army could win the big war, but there were a large number of people, so they fled to the Jurchen tribe at that time. The Liao army hoped to join forces with the Jurchens to suppress the rebels, but at that time, the leader of the Jurchen tribe said to the Liao Dynasty, big brother, you can watch, how can you use a cattle knife to kill chickens! At that time, Yan Ah Bone shot an arrow at the thief leader Xiao Haili, and the rebels quickly calmed down after the leaderless group of dragons. The bravery shown by this warrior is well known to future generations. This is called the founding emperor who established the Jin Kingdom later, Liao Daozong died, Yelü Yanxi succeeded to the throne, once at the head fish banquet, maybe the emperor did not drink much or drink less, so he called the leader of the Jurchen tribe at that time to finish Yan Aku to dance to help, but he did not expect to be rejected later.
After Yan Ah Bone thought to himself, You Liao Emperor I have done such a thing, you will certainly not let me go, and besides, the Khitan people of the Liao State have oppressed the Jurchen people for hundreds of years, and their anger is about to erupt. From 1113, when the leader Finish Yan Aku raised an army against the Liao, the Battle of Chuhedian crushed the Liao state with 20,000 troops and 700,000 troops, and the Liao state has been in a slump ever since. Later, the Jin State continued to attack the land, and even signed a maritime alliance with the Northern Song Dynasty, and finally destroyed the Liao State together, and two years after the destruction of the Liao, the Jin Army turned south to destroy the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Jing Kang's change of the Northern Song Imperial Family was basically wiped out, except for the Kang King Zhao Zhao, who survived the death of the Field King. Although victorious in the war against the Northern Song Dynasty, we all know that after the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty wanted to go south to destroy the Song to unify the country, and finally was blocked by Yue Fei Han Shizhong and other famous generals, a few years later the North rose the Mongol nation, at this time the Jin Dynasty because of Sinicization and other factors plus the Jin Dynasty in the Era of The King of Hailing, basically slaughtered, so one caused a phenomenon, a general who could fight was not, the Jurchen Iron Horse at that time had declined, so it was quickly destroyed by the Mongols.
?? Next, let's talk about the Houjin General who confronted Ming for several years, when the Jurchens were divided into many kinds, under the leadership of a small tribal leader Nurhaci, the first unified Jurchen, followed by the founding of the country as Khan, with seven major hatreds to swear to the Ming, thirteen pairs of armor to start the army. The Battle of Salhu, with 60,000 troops, almost completely annihilated the main force of more than 100,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty, laying a solid foundation for the later Qing Dynasty to conquer the Central Plains. The establishment of the eight-flag system greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the troops, and in the future, it basically won every battle in foreign wars with the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia, Korea and other countries. After Emperor Taiji established the Qing Dynasty, in 1643, a year before the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Battle of Songjin, which determined the fate of the Ming and Qing dynasties, broke out, and if the Ming Dynasty won a victory that greatly increased the morale of the Ming army, the Qing Dynasty could not cheer up for decades. If the qing dynasty has triumphed and the seeds of the ming dynasty's demise have been planted, it will open up peace for future generations!
?? Everyone knows that the final result was that the Chongzhen Emperor was furious in his heart, forcing Hong Chengzu to go to war and finally the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was in the arms of the Emperor, the Ming Dynasty was basically completely destroyed, and Hong Chengzu himself finally knew that he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and after the Qing Dynasty ascended to the Central Plains, it was he who took the lead and went south to destroy a number of Southern Ming regimes. However, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Iron Horse was only maintained for less than a hundred years, and in the Kangxi Period, Wu Sangui rebelled, and the Eight Banners Iron Horse fought and defeated Wu Sangui's army repeatedly because of Sinicization and other reasons, and finally the Han army eliminated Wu Sangui in one fell swoop.
Because it can be seen that the Jurchens at that time were not satisfied with wan, and the manchus were invincible to the world, it also depended on the designated historical period, whether it was the Jin Dynasty or the Later Jin, after a period of time, the combat effectiveness of the army was not good, and the sinicization of the army by the corruption of officials deeply affected the combat effectiveness of the army!