I saw an interesting question today, so let's take a brain hole.
The famous Ming Dynasty general Qi Jiguang was active in the early years of the Wanli Calendar, died in the thirteenth year of the Wanli Calendar, Nurhaci rose in the late Wanli period, established houjin in the forty-fourth year of the Wanli Calendar, and defeated the Ming army in the Battle of Salhu in the forty-seventh year of the Wanli Calendar, so as to completely gain a foothold outside the Guanwai, if Qi Jiguang lived to the late Wanli period, the two met, Qi Jiguang could beat Nurhaci?
In this regard, Song Anzhi personally believes that it cannot be beaten.
Because Nurhaci is fighting the world by himself, he is the leader, and he has absolute leadership and autonomy.
Although Qi Jiguang was a famous general, he was not a decision-making level of the Ming Dynasty. Basically, he has been leading troops outside for a long time, there is no great autonomy, and he can play freely with his military talents in general military battles, but Nurhaci's rise outside the Guanwai and eventually become a major problem for the Ming Dynasty is no longer a matter of two battles.
Because the Ming Dynasty was also heavy on literature and light on martial arts, of course, it was much better than the Song Dynasty. But even so, the generals who hold the military power are always the object that the emperor needs to be wary of, especially the local generals like Qi Jiguang.
Coupled with the rise of Nurhaci in the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty at that time can be said to be full of contradictions, and it was no longer an efficient and incorruptible imperial court, but a group of self-interested ministers in charge, when the imperial court was fiercely contested, and it was a miasma scene.
A general like Yang Hao, who was defeated on the battlefield of the War to Resist The War against The Enemy and Aid Korea, actually became the commander of the Ming army against Nurhaci, and the result was that he obviously had the advantage, but there were troops divided into four roads, and he was attacked by Nurhaci."
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The policy was broken by the Battle of Salhu, and the Ming Dynasty thus missed the best opportunity to eliminate Nurhaci, and nurhaci was out of control from then on.
Therefore, from this point of view, if Qi Jiguang really lived to the late Wanli period and met Nurhaci, he would not have beaten Nurhaci, because at that time, the fight was networking. If Zhang Juzheng is still good to say, if he is not there, Qi Jiguang is not valued, cannot be the main military commander, has no free space to play, has no autonomy, and may still be used as cannon fodder, counting on such an environment, how can he beat Nurhaci?
Unless he can get the strong support of a "Zhang Juzheng" type figure, can be fully responsible for the war outside guanwai, has the power to cut first and play later, and can play freely, plus the Ming Dynasty is no longer good and easily crush Nurhaci's Houjin in terms of volume, then Qi Jiguang will definitely beat Nurhaci.
However, with reference to the history of the late Ming Dynasty, even if Qi Jiguang really lived to that time, it would be difficult to meet someone who could strongly support him like this, and the chances were very slim.
To use an inappropriate analogy, the competition between Qi Jiguang and Nurhaci is not only military ability, but also various other factors.
Nurhaci can be said to be the boss of a small company, although the company is small, but the personnel is streamlined, has combat effectiveness, dares to fight, and he also has the final say.
And Qi Jiguang is only a super large company middle-level leader, this giant company after so many years, the internal solidification is very serious, the chairman believes that the market share occupies ninety-nine percent, you can sit back and relax, so it is not a big thing basically does not matter, usually is to play golf, go out about what, and the senior leaders responsible for specific things are not busy expanding the market and consolidating the market, but are conspiring to fight for profit, employing people only with good relations, not looking at how to do it, Therefore, even if Qi Jiguang, a middle-level leader, has strong leadership ability, he will not be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, otherwise how could there be something like Yang Hao who will be reused by a defeated army?
So like Qi Jiguang, a capable but okay middle level, even if the big Mac company wants to annex Nurhaci's small company, but the top level will certainly not give priority to him, but use his own people to grab credit, even if he participates, it is only the share of the command, there is no room to play, maybe there will be encountered this leader let him go east, that leader let him go west, the result is nothing.
Although Nurhaci is only the leader of a small company, he has strong ability, and taking advantage of the good opportunity of the internal intrigue within the giant company, he will definitely vigorously develop his own company, seize the market, and send the giant company to include such capable people as Qi Jiguang.
So this is the reason why Song Anzhi thinks that Qi Jiguang can't beat Nurhaci, of course, this is just a hypothesis, everyone looks at it and smiles, and at the same time, it is expected that through this analysis, everyone can see the other side of history.
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