1620 was the most extraordinary year of the Ming Dynasty, first the death of Wanli, who had not been in the dynasty for thirty years, and then the death of Zhu Changluo, who had been on the throne for less than a month. The 16-year-old Zhu Youxiao was put on the throne by the Donglin Party. However, at this time, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be in internal and external troubles, the situation is turbulent, the Liaodong Peninsula is in danger, in order to save Daming, Zhu Youxiao boldly appointed Sun Chengzong and appointed him as the governor of Jiliao to take charge of liaodong affairs. Sun Chengzong marched north steadily, step by step, regained more than 400 miles of lost land, and quietly built a 200-mile defense line of Ningjin, and Nurhaci had to retreat more than 700 miles.
However, due to Wei Zhongxian's monopoly on power and the outbreak of partisan disputes, Sun Chengzong was forced to resign voluntarily. Wei Zhongxian then appointed Gao Di to succeed Sun Chengzong, who knew that Gao Di was a greedy person who was afraid of death, and took the initiative to give up the four hundred miles that Sun Chengzong had recovered, and the whole country was in an uproar, even Nurhaci could not think straight, but he was certainly happy to blossom. However, at this time, a person stood up and loudly called for the strategy of Sun Doushi to be implemented, and wrote to the imperial court that the Ning Jin line could not be lost, and must be firmly defended. He was the famous anti-Qing general Ning Qiandao (also known as Yuan Chonghuan).
Yuan Chonghuan swore to Tianmeng: "Ning Qian Dao should coexist with Ning and Qian!" If you withdraw from Ning and the former soldiers, ning qiandao will not enter, and lie alone in an isolated city, so as to be a deaf ear! His determination influenced his soldiers, who swore to live and die with the city. Although Gao Di abandoned them and Ningyuan became an isolated city, Yuan Chonghuan built a high wall in Ningyuan City, accumulated grain, and carried out a strong wall outside the city, destroying all the houses, grain, crops, and Laiyuan outside the city, and not giving the enemy a grain of grain and rice: carrying out duties in place in the city, drawing and defending the land: the general soldiers guarded the east side of the city.
The deputy general Zuo Fu guarded the west, the staff general Zu Dashou guarded the south, and the deputy general Zhu Mei guarded the north, sitting in the drum tower himself, supervising the whole army; repairing the platform to protect the reinforcements, setting up a red cannon (grape production), and vowing to coexist and die in Ningyuan. On the 22nd day of the first month of 1626, Nurhaci led an army of 200,000 (actually 60,000 to 70,000) troops to the city. Yuan Chonghuan wore armor and personally commanded the Ningyuan defenders to fight with the Jin army, due to the power of the red-clad cannon, the Jin army could not get close at all, and finally nurhaci, who had always been invincible, touched a nose of ash in Ningyuan and was injured by Yuan Chonghuan's red-clad cannon.
Nurhaci was completely defeated, and this great battle was known as the "Ningyuan Great Victory". However, because Yuan Chonghuan was fighting alone, Nurhaci took advantage of the ice on the surface of the sea and bloodied Juehua Island, 30 miles away, and all the defenders on the island were killed. After Yuan Chonghuan became famous in the First World War, he was promoted to the post of Soldier Shilang and Inspector of Liaodong Province. At the same time, a jin character was added to the Guanning Defense Line: that is, the Guanning Jin Defense Line. Then in 1627, the Ningjin Victory was achieved, and the land lost by Gaudi was returned again. Later, due to Wei Zhongxian's framing, he chose to resign and go home. Later, Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, succeeded to the throne.
Chongzhen reinstated Yuan Chonghuan: he was promoted to bingbu Shangshu and overseer Ji Liao. And ask about the Pingliao strategy and the time of the elimination of the Liao. Yuan Chonghuan replied arrogantly that in 5 years, with the full support of Chongzhen, he once again embarked on the journey of conquest. Because his official this time was too big, he killed Mao Wenlong without authorization. In October 1629, Emperor Taiji set out again, and because he was afraid that Yuan Chonghuan would not take the Guanning Line, he detoured and looted everywhere he went. Yuan Chonghuan raised his troops to return to reinforcements, and on November 27, Yuan Chonghuan was waiting under Zuo'anmen.
Yuan Chonghuan personally wielded his sword to launch a charge, and throughout the morning, the warhorses of Beijing City roared and echoed in the sky, courage was the pillar of victory over everything, and Huang Taiji was defeated. In the end, Yuan Chonghuan Chongzhen hung a basket into the Forbidden City, and as a result, the anti-Qing hero was sentenced to Death for "killing Mao Wenlong without permission and negotiating peace with the Qing court." On September 22, 1630, he was stabbed 3,000 times at caishikou, and the people rushed to eat his flesh, and no one in the whole capital was sad for him, but everyone rejoiced, and the poor generation of heroes disappeared.
Now you should understand whether Yuan Chonghuan is a hero or not, and whether he should be killed or not. As a famous saying goes: "Ercao's body and name are destroyed, and the rivers and rivers are not wasted." No matter what posterity evaluates, his merits cannot be denied by anyone.