Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses were twice as large as those of the Qing Dynasty, and they had already conquered the south, so why did they eventually fail?
Chong Guan was angry and red-faced, Wu Sangui was a famous king of the Qing Dynasty, for Chen Yuanyuan to lead the Qing army into the customs, made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, and was named the King of Pingxi. After the Kangxi Dynasty cut the domain, Wu Sangui was unwilling and set off the famous "San Francisco Rebellion".
During the Rebellion of San Francisco, Wu Sangui was huge and had many soldiers and horses, which was twice that of the Qing court. From the end of the twelfth year of the Kangxi Dynasty to the spring of the fifteenth year, in just over two years, it took half of the jiangnan wall, but why did it collapse in a very short period of time?
The main reasons for this are as follows:
1, Wu Sangui wavered
Wu Sangui originally had no intention of being called emperor, and his greatest ambition was to crown the king to dominate one side and be at ease to be his own earth emperor, and he had the heart to become emperor at the instigation of his subordinates. When Wu Sangui almost controlled half of the rivers and mountains south of the Yangtze River, the old man's heart as an earth emperor began to stir.
2. The gap in troop strength
It is often said that Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses are twice that of the Qing Dynasty. It is not that Wu Sangui's strength is twice that of the Qing Dynasty, but that the total number of rebels is twice that of the Qing Dynasty's counter-rebellion troops, and the rebels are not all Wu Sangui's troops.
The Qing Dynasty had more troops that had not been put into counterinsurgency operations, and the rebels were already out of the nest. The subsequent comprehensive strength of the two sides is still strong in the Qing Dynasty and weak in the rebel army.
3. Each pregnant with a ghost fetus
Although the rebels called themselves San Francisco, they were independent and scattered, and they were actually a ragtag group. They are all rebels, who can give you Wu Sangui as a wedding dress in vain? They all want to take advantage of it, but they are not willing to take risks, after all, it is the common sentiment of people to seek advantage and avoid harm, and in the capricious rebels, without a little loyalty, these animal-like instincts are more obvious.
4. Lost the hearts and minds of the people
Wu Sangui's rebellion was under the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and only then did so many people gather and win the hearts and minds of the people. You must know that the rebels are not all wu Sangui can control, although there are many rebels, it is difficult to achieve unified command, in fact, it is a group of rabble-rousers. Wu Sangui was anxious to become emperor, and he lost his initial slogan and popular will, which was also the main reason for the failure of the San Francisco Rebellion.
Wu Sangui's initial uprising was so smooth, and the support of the common people was absolutely inseparable. After all, the ming dynasty was not long after all, and the Qing Dynasty had unpopular behaviors such as the Ten Days of Yangzhou, the Three Massacres of Jiading, and the shaving of hair and changing clothes, so the people selectively ignored that Wu Sangui had killed the Yongli Emperor. I thought that as long as you can restore the Han People' Country, it doesn't hurt to support it.
However, with Wu Sangui's claim to the throne, this fig leaf of "anti-Qing and restoration" could not be covered. After years of war, it is the people who have suffered, and seeing that the rebels are gradually defeated, how many people can continue to support them?
Therefore, a Wu Sangui who was not ambitious enough, entangled a group of rebels who could not command the army, caught up with a Kangxi who was determined to suppress the rebellion, and did not get the support of the Han people, and the fate of failure was doomed.