However, the Liaodong generals group still exists.
They are still focused on making money.
To this end, Sun Chengzong proposed the strategy of using Liao people to guard Liao land and using Liao land to support Liao people.
To put it bluntly, it means throwing money at them.
Sun Chengzong's solution was to build a fort in western Liaoning, and the money for building the fort was basically earned by the Liaodong generals' group.
However, this method does work. Driven by money, the Liaodong generals group held the Songjin line.
However, Sun Chengzong was impeached and removed from office just after he spent the money and before he had time to use large-scale troops.
In order to win the hearts of the people, his successor Yuan Chonghuan also followed Sun Chengzong's example and spent money on the generals in Liaodong.
At this time, the imperial court had no money to build a fort.
The only money that could be given was military pay and food.
But there is only so much military pay, not enough to be shared.
In order to make more money, Yuan Chonghuan started to think about food and supplies.
He sold food and supplies to the Mongols at high prices, and the Mongols then sold them to the Jiannu at high prices, forming a closed loop.
After Yuan Chonghuan's death, the Guanning Army fell into the hands of Zu Dashou.
At this time, the number and strength of the Liaodong military group were no longer as strong as before.
They not only love money, but also cherish their lives.
In October of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Jiannu attacked Ningyuan.
Jin Guofeng, the commander of the Ningyuan militia, ordered his troops to march out of the city to meet the enemy, but the Guanning Army inside the city refused to obey. In a rage, Jin Guofeng led dozens of his family members and two sons out of the city to fight, but all of them died in battle after exhausting their arrows and exhausting their strength.
The 10,000 Guanning troops on the city wall watched them die in battle and did not leave the city to help.
Just eight months ago, Jin Guofeng led 3,000 soldiers to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Eight Banners troops in Songshan.
In this battle, Huang Taiji even sent his imperial troops to participate, but not only did he fail to capture Songshan, he also suffered heavy casualties and retreated to Shenyang.
Jin Guofeng was a good fighter, but he was not a member of the Liaodong general family and he could not get money, so he could not get the support of the Guanning Army.
Hong Chengchou, the then governor of Ji-Liao, was afraid of being killed by the Guanning Army, so he wrote a memorial to Chongzhen: I request that from now on, a method of controlling the linked camps be established. Whenever there is an alarm to guard the city or to lead troops into battle, the orders of the general must be obeyed.
He asked Chongzhen to issue an order that the Guanning Army obey the orders of the general.
After receiving Chongzhen's order, he was still not at ease, and recommended Wu Sangui, who came from a military family in Liaodong, to be the commander-in-chief of the Ningyuan militia.
However, Wu Sangui did not repay Hong Chengchou's kindness.
During the Battle of Songjin, the Ming army's food supply was cut off, and Hong Chengchou and several other generals agreed to break out at the same time.
As a result, Wang Pu, the general of Datong, escaped first.
Wu Sangui followed closely behind.
Seeing this, the rest of the Ming army fled and was defeated.
Hong Chengchou was trapped in Songshan City and later captured and surrendered.
Strangely, only nearly 40,000 of the 130,000 troops escaped.
And the vast majority of these 40,000 people were Guanning Army.
It’s hard not to be suspicious!
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