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Battle of NingjinIn May of the seventh year of Ming Qi (the first year of Later Jin Tiancong, 1627), in the war between the Ming and Later Jin, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, led his army to repel the siege of Jinzhou (now Liaoning) and Ningyuan (now Xingcheng, Liaoning) by Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Khan.

After the Battle of Ningyuan, Yuan Chonghuan was promoted to the governor of Liaodong, and continued to adhere to the principle of avoiding the enemy's strengths, attacking the enemy's shortcomings, relying on the city to hold on, and gradually forging ahead, building the three cities of Jinzhou, Zhongzuosuo (now Tashan, Liaoning) and Dalinghebao (now Jinxian, Liaoning), and building a defense line outside the pass with Ningyuan and Jinzhou as the focus. In May of the seventh year, after Huang Taiji returned from Korea, he learned the news that the Ming army had rebuilt the Ningjin defense line, and decided to immediately send troops to Ning and Jin to break Yuan Chonghuan's plan. On the sixth day of the first month, the Houjin soldiers set out from Shenyang, marched in parallel on three roads, quickly captured the castles such as Heling River and Youtunwei in the big and small pants, and joined the army under the city of Jinzhou, surrounded on all sides.

At that time, the commander-in-chief Zhao Shujiao and others led 30,000 troops to garrison Jinzhou, and Yuan Chonghuan and the deputy general Zu Dashou commanded each general to stick to Ningyuan. On the afternoon of the 12th, Houjin launched a general attack on Jinzhou, concentrating the main force to attack a corner of the west of the city. Zhao led the sect to recognize the intention of Huang Taiji to break through the west of the city first, and urgently transferred the main force of the Ming army to defend the city on three sides to block the enemy in the west city, and returned fire with artillery fire and arrows.

After 14 days of fierce fighting, Jinzhou remained immovable. Huang Taiji was not good for attacking the city, so he changed the tactics and lured the Ming army of Jinzhou to go out of the city for a decisive battle. Shi Ming sent the general soldier Man Gui to lead 10,000 Guan soldiers to Ningyuan for reinforcements, Yuan Chonghuan still felt that the troops were insufficient, it was difficult to fight a decisive battle with the enemy, and the Hu Ma faction only sent 4,000 as strange soldiers, led by Man Gui, You Shilu, and Zu Dashou to go east and attack the enemy's back.

Huang Taiji ordered Suna to lead the Eight Banners Mongolian elite cavalry to Tashan to meet the battle, and the two armies fought fiercely in the Lishan Mountain, and each other had **. The Ming army was outnumbered and retreated into Ningyuan City. At dawn on the 28th, Huang Taiji led Daishan, Amin, Mang Gurtai and other armies to Ningyuan.

Yuan Chonghuan lined up in the moat, and Man Gui went out of the city for two miles. Huang Taiji ignored the opposition of the generals, personally led Zhubeile Azig and others to attack the city, Yuan Chonghuan supervised the army to resist the enemy with Hongyi cannons, and Mangui and others fought outside the city, and the two sides were equal. The Ming general soldier Man Gui and Houjin Belzierharang, Sahau, and Wakda were all wounded.

On the 29th, Huang Taiji failed to attack Ningyuan, returned to the division and attacked Jinzhou again, because the moat was wide and deep, the sky was noisy and steaming, and many soldiers were killed and wounded. On the fifth day of the first month of June, Huang Taiji withdrew from Jinzhou and returned to Shenyang.

Comments: In this battle, the Ming army relied on a strong defense, waiting for work, and after the defeat, the Jin army was under the city of Ningyuan and Jinzhou, preventing Huang Taiji from continuing to advance westward. So that the Beijing division was able to turn the crisis into safety, and the history is called "Ningjin Victory".