In 1644, the famous Qing army entered the customs and marked a new regime change in China. At that time, the number of Manchu soldiers was seriously unbalanced with the population of the Central Plains, but even in this unfavorable situation, the Qing army managed to capture the area and establish the Qing Dynasty. In this article, we'll take a closer look at the key factors.
According to historical records, the Qing army's march into the Central Plains was so stressed by the underestimation of the number of enemy forces that they began to doubt whether they could defeat a large number of binding forces. However, at this critical moment, the views put forward by Fan Wencheng, a slave of the Qing court, profoundly affected the confidence of the Manchu generals, so that they did not hesitate to make up their minds to enter the Central Plains.
His views were based on an in-depth knowledge of the Han Chinese groups that ruled the Central Plains. As far as he knows, this group generally has a trait, that is, they are content with the status quo and Xi to go against the grain, and they have not developed any strong will or attitude of resistance. Therefore, even if the Qing army is stationed, the resistance of the people in the Central Plains is expected to be very small. Under these circumstances, a relatively small number of casualties of the Qing army would be possible, which was undoubtedly a great advantage for an ethnic minority with a population of just over 200,000.
And in fact, as they expected, in the ensuing battle, the large Ming army chose to switch to the Qing camp and serve it. The voice of leading the army to counterattack was not widely responded to in the Central Plains, and the results of the military operation greatly exceeded the original expectations.
What is even more remarkable is that the dominance of the Qing in the conquest seems to be unbelievably easy. Despite years of warfare, the Qing Dynasty was able to defeat the Ming Dynasty, a much larger empire than itself, almost unscathed, a phenomenon that was unimaginable from a mathematical point of view. It can be seen that only by understanding these inert and self-destructive psychological phenomena can we grasp this historical transcendence more comprehensively.
In this battle, the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty played an important role, because they often believed that since no one wanted to come forward, everything was like a puzzle set up for others, and the idea of opportunism was the main driving force. This mode of thinking of "internal conflicts within gangs, where lonely individuals must face our current situation alone, and even face death", was a key factor in the obvious passivity of the common people of the Ming Dynasty in the war of conquest.
The Qing army advanced all the way to the hinterland of North China, making the Central Plains invincible, surrendering and surrendering. The Manchu victory in this contest was largely due to the lack of courage, fear, and selfishness of the Ming people, who preferred to hide behind rather than forge ahead, which ultimately led to the collapse of the entire regime. The chilling Fan Cheng could not involve himself in this political storm, but as a wise man, he had insight into the main factors that made the Qing Dynasty able to treat people well here.