On the other hand, Sun Chuanting, who was also a famous soldier in the late Ming Dynasty, may not have such a strong sense of existence as Yuan Chonghuan. But in the history books, the historian's evaluation of Sun Chuanting is much higher than that of other generals in the late Ming Dynasty.
Taking the History of Ming Dynasty as an example, it has given Sun Chuanting high praise for "death in court, no city in Shanhaiguan" and "death in court, death in Ming Dynasty".
Some people may think that this sentence is actually not an evaluation of Sun Chuanting, but a summary of the situation at that time.
After all, Sun Chuanting died on the third day of October 1643, just before the Qing army entered the customs on April 22nd 1644.
Admittedly, this is understandable, and when Sun Chuanting died, Yuan Chonghuan and Lu Xiangsheng, the famous soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty, all died for various reasons.
Although there were generals such as Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou, they were obviously a drop in the bucket, which could not solve the plight of the generals, let alone save the decline of the Ming Dynasty.
However, judging from Sun Chuanting's life, I believe it is not difficult to find that Sun Chuanting really has the ability to bear the high praise of "Wu Mingyi is handed over to court until death".
Since Sun Chuanting was one of the generals in the late Ming Dynasty and wanted to lead troops to fight, let's start with the strategic awareness that all generals must have.
As early as the tenth year of Chongzhen, in order to deal with the uprisings of Li Zicheng, Zhang and others, Yang Sichang, then the Minister of War, put forward a strategic plan called "Four Righteousness and Six Hexagons".
To put it bluntly, it is to send more troops in various places, and then by strengthening the information exchange between generals in various places, the relatively scattered troops in various places will be United into a "big net" to surround and intercept the mobile rebels.
At first glance, this strategy is really no problem, which can make the Ming army change from passive to active. Moreover, at the beginning of implementation, it did achieve certain results.
However, in contrast, when Sun Chuanting put forward this strategy, he objected that "thieves have always existed, Zhang is everywhere, and the difficulties belong to Qin, and the benefits of thieves lie in Qin Ming."
Although it seemed that the Ming army was getting earlier and earlier, in fact, because its forces were too scattered, it gave Li Zicheng and other insurgents the opportunity to occupy the land of Qin. So, isn't this "big net" wasted
Not to mention that after the insurgents occupied the "Qin land", that is, Longyou area and Shaanxi Guanzhong area, there were geographical advantages, and the Ming army was not so easy to enter.
Sure enough, after Li Zicheng, Zhang and others used the contradiction between the generals of the Ming army to break through the encirclement many times and attacked and killed them, their strategic plan of "four righteousness and six corners" ended in failure.
It is not worth the loss to let the Ming people bear the financial burden brought about by the increase in troops and salaries.
Obviously, although this case can't clearly express how prominent Sun Chuanting's strategic awareness is, as a general, he should be forward-looking when making a strategy, and analyze the general's quality from all angles in combination with reality.
Sun Chuanting is undoubtedly good enough.
At the same time, in addition to having relatively excellent strategic awareness, Sun Chuanting's personal ability is really outstanding.
Just like in July of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, the first generation leader of the Rebel Army in the late Ming Dynasty, led the army all the way to Xi 'an. As a result, he was ambushed by the Ming army on the way and was defeated and captured.
The Ming general who captured Gao Yingxiang alive was Sun Chuanting, who had just arrived in Shaanxi as the governor.
Some people may think that this is not normal. After all, the insurgents in the late Ming Dynasty were mostly composed of ordinary people, and their weapons and equipment were very backward. Where will they be the opponents of the Ming regular army led by Sun Chuanting?
But in fact, after Sun Chuanting was transferred to Shaanxi in March 2009, although xi 'an Siwei had the data of "24,000 chariots and more than 20,000 hectares of land".
However, due to the serious phenomenon of land merger at the end of Ming Dynasty, it was already "the land belongs to the right and the army returns to the air."
As the name implies, when Sun Chuanting became the governor of Shaanxi, xi An Siwei actually faced a serious problem of lack of Serenade's salary.
However, after Sun Chuanting's drastic reforms such as "strict conscription, joining the army and promoting the law", although the strength is still lacking, it is only "strange", but the combat effectiveness has obviously improved qualitatively.
Moreover, in the "field", it seems that "the annual tuition fee is more than 145,200 yuan, and the rice and wheat are more than 35,000 yuan."
On the one hand, it shows that Xi An Siwei has achieved self-sufficiency to a certain extent at this time, and there is no longer the disadvantage of lack of salary.
On the other hand, it also shows that Sun Chuanting solved the root cause of Xi 'an Siwei's lack of Serenade's salary to a certain extent, that is, the problem of "land annexation".
In fact, it was not only Xi An Siwei who faced the problem of land annexation at that time, but also other areas in the Ming Dynasty faced the same problem. If it is popularized, it will not be cured quickly in a short time, but in the long run, it will definitely help reverse the decline of the Ming Dynasty.
On the other hand, Yuan Chonghuan, Mao Zedong, Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou and other generals in the late Ming Dynasty all had excellent strategic awareness.
However, in terms of ability, a considerable number of generals were embodied by the "Guanning Army" where the Ming court invested huge sums of money and the strong gathered.
At this point, although Sun Chuanting's Qin army can't compare with Guan Ningjun, if the two armies are at the same starting point.
Sun Chuanting, which brought Qin Jun out step by step without relying on the Ming court and relying on self-sufficiency, is undoubtedly as good as Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan who formed the Guanning Army in terms of training capacity.
Then, it is understandable that Shi Ming spoke highly of Sun Chuanting's "death in court, death in Ming". After all, Sun Chuanting really can afford this evaluation.