Which battle is of great significance?

First, location is critical. Juehua Island is suspended in western Liaoning Bay, offshore 18, 30 miles away from Ningyuan. Located in the east, west, sea and land, bordering on land and water in western Liaoning. As early as the Tang Dynasty, Juehua Island was developed and its port was famous. Its northern harbor, named Luokou, has become an important port on the island, entering and leaving the throat of the island. In the Ming Dynasty, the island stored military food, and Juehua Island became the base for the Ming army to hoard food. Sun Chengzong not only manages the fortification of Ningyuan City, but also manages the grain depot and sailing of Juehua Island.

Second, hoarding food. Sesame Bay (Zhimiao Bay), Bijiashan and Juehua Island are important bases for the Ming army to store grain at sea in western Liaoning. After the fall of Guangning in the Ming Dynasty, the garrison was concentrated in Ningyuan City and the grain depot was concentrated in Juehua Island. Juehua Island has a main island and three small islands-now called Mopan Island, Zhangshan Island and Yanshan Island, *** 13? 5 square kilometers, of which the main island 12? 5 square kilometers. The main island is "wide at both ends, narrow in the middle, irregular gourd-shaped, hanging alone in the sea." According to the reconnaissance, the brief description of this grain storage city is as follows: "Juehua Island Ming Grain Storage City, the remains are clearly visible so far. The city is rectangular, about 500 meters long from north to south, 250 meters wide from east to west, with a wall height of about 10 meter and a bottom width of about 6 meters. There is a door on the north wall, which leads to the port outside the city and is a channel for transporting food and equipment; There are two gates on the south wall, which are connected with the' Dragon Neck' to facilitate the exchanges on the island; There are no doors on the east and west walls, which is conducive to defense. There are grain depots, material piles, barracks relics of officers and men guarding the city, and a drainage ditch running through the north and south. "

Third, form a navy. In the Ming Dynasty, on Juehua Island, before the fall of Guangning, "a sailor with a golden crown was transported there". Before Sun Chengzong went through the customs, he ordered Longying and Barracks to guard China Island. Soon, Guo Ning sent sailors to guard Juehua Island. The navy of Mingjuehua Island is still under the command of the guerrilla Golden Crown. Its functions: first, to guard the food and equipment on the island; The second is to cooperate with the marine division to restore lost land in Liaodong; The third is to coordinate the defense of Ningyuan City-the literature records: "Those who build eight miles are the key to building Ningyuan, and even 40,000 miles are used as the rush of Ningyuan, which contradicts Juehua Island. When you look at the city, the soldiers on the island make a three-pronged pontoon bridge and then beat it around. "

Thus, Juehua Island became the only place for the army and the late Jin army. The outbreak of fierce fighting in Juehua Island turned into a cruel war after Hannuhachi's fate defeated Ningyuan.

Nurhachi has always been resolute and self-reliant, and has won many wars. He couldn't stand the humiliation of Ningyuan's defeat and vowed to avenge it. He is determined to vent his anger with attacks, burn it out with hatred, cover up his failure with victory, and deter him with slaughter.

On the 25th night of the first month, while sending troops to attack the city all night, Hou Jin shifted his main force to camp in Longlong Temple in Wuli, southwest of the city. Its purposes: 1. Longgong Temple is closest to Juehua Island, which is convenient for boarding the island; Second, the Dragon Palace Temple hoarded grain and pretended to rob. This plan really puzzled the Ming army. The Gaoditang newspaper can prove: "Today, we see that there are stolen slaves camped in the area of Longguan (Palace) Temple in Wuli, southwest of the city, with about 50,000 cavalry. ..... Near the coast of the island, the ice was cut open and thieves could not cross the sea. "

It's the middle of winter, and the sea is frozen. You can walk directly from the shore to the island. Yao Fumin and other defenders, in order to strengthen their defense, dug 15 Li Ice City along the island to stop the invasion of the late Jin cavalry. However, it was very cold and the ice was cut through. Yao Fumin and others led the officers and men. "Wearing ice day and night, the soldiers lost their fingers."

On the 26th, the latter sent a small number of troops to continue attacking Ningyuan City. On the one hand, most cavalry suddenly attacked Juehua Island. After the Jin army, Mongolian cavalry and Manchu cavalry, about tens of thousands of people, led by their younger generation Unnag, attacked Juehua Island from the ice. Ming army/kloc-carved ice in 0/5, and the array was defended by chariots. At dawn, the Houjin cavalry commanded by Unnag was divided into 12 teams, with Unnag as the middle road, and pounced on the "leading" grain depot city on the island. The Ming army on the island, "chiseling ice and suffering, neither armor nor weapons, but also sailors, can not stand the war and are outnumbered"; Unexpectedly, it snowed heavily and the ice city froze again. The late Jin cavalry galloped on the ice, landed from the estuary, broke through the north gate of the grain storage city, fought fiercely and rushed into the city. After the Golden Cavalry rushed into the chaos (zhuó), the sailors on the island were in chaos. In the late Jin dynasty, the soldiers burned the city to store grain, and the smoke covered the island, and the fire was soaring. Immediately turn to Dongshan and gallop on horseback; At that time, I attacked Xishan and killed all the way. After Jin Jun was attacked and killed, he was desperately resisted by the officers and men guarding the island: "Besides, all the generals on the island, Jin Guan died first, and Yao and Xian both died." Seeing the husband who fled before, he is still alive. The son of the Golden Crown will hold Jin Shiqi in martial arts to welcome his father's funeral. Hearing that the police had gone to the island, they sent their younger brother to the west of Muzhu to lead more than 300 righteous men to fight, but none of them survived. His loyalty and filial piety are all over! "

The end of the Battle of Juehua Island was the demise of the Ming Army and the victory of the Jin Army. The Ming army suffered heavy losses in this battle. According to the Highland Church newspaper, Juehua Island "lost all four battalions, including Ji, Wu Guoxun, Yao Yuxian, Wang, Wu Weijin, and the former, left and back battalions." Governor Wang Zhichen read the newspaper: "The soldiers of Juehua are all martyrs. More than 82,000 grains, barracks and houses were burned. " The boy said, "Up to now, everyone is broken, with seven or eight thousand generals and seven or eight thousand businessmen, all of which are failing. Wang Ao, a newcomer, was shattered; The dead golden crown was cut. The hoarded food really burned out. " "A Record of Emperor Gao of the Qing Dynasty" contains: "Our army seized Hao's mouth, attacked him, defeated his soldiers, and died by beheading him. There are two battalions standing at the top of the island. Our army rushed in, defeated its soldiers and wiped them out. Burning more than 2,000 ships; And the accumulated grain is more than 1,000, which is higher than the house. " In short, more than 7,000 Ming troops and 7,000 businessmen on Juehua Island were killed by the late Jin army. The latter Jin army burned more than 80,000 grains and more than 2,000 ships. As the external logistics base of the Ming Dynasty, the main island was also destroyed by the late Jin army. At the same time, the late Jin army also paid a price. According to statistics, there were 269 dead officers and men. Yuan Chonghuan's Sacrifice Sleeping on the Island of the Dead Soldiers in China, Wen Yue