Next, let's take a look at the specific situation.
One: if you are not prepared, you will rush to send troops. After becoming the overlord of grassland, Wala invaded Daming under the leadership of Xian Ye, and the battle report of the Ming Dynasty's great defeat in Datong spread to Beijing.
At that time, Wang Zhenli, Ming Yingzong's favorite eunuch, urged Ming Yingzong to make profits for himself and please the emperor. Yu Qian and others discouraged the emperor from using it. Ming Yingzong acted arbitrarily and ordered the army to go out.
Because the expedition was too hasty, the imperial court was not fully prepared in all aspects, and the troops sent to counter-insurgency before had no time to come back. The Ming dynasty had to temporarily mobilize troops. In addition to the three battalions in the capital, there are some troops with weak combat effectiveness.
It is the first step of the expedition to send troops rashly without adequate preparation, which is a taboo for military strategists.
Second: the general will lose his command position. The Ming army went out with 200 thousand troops, claiming to be 500 thousand, and took the lead. In order to create a strong momentum, Ming Yingzong sent officials from all major departments of the imperial court, with a total of 100-odd important officials, many of whom were famous in Judy's Northern Expedition, such as Duke Zhang Fu and Zhu Yong of England, who were all famous at that time.
However, although the Ming army has many famous soldiers, it can't play a commanding role. The command of the whole army was actually manipulated by Wang Zhen, a eunuch who knew nothing about military affairs.
For example, lord protector Zhu Yong, who was a general at that time, had to walk on his knees in front of Wang Zhen; At that time, Wang Zuo, the Minister of Housing, asked Ming Yingzong to withdraw his troops. Wang Zhen made him kneel on the grass until it was dark. The officials wanted to see Ming Yingzong, so they had to bribe Wang Zhen to see you.
Under the careless operation of Wang Zhen, the Ming army first attacked rashly, and then retreated absurdly. Wang Zhenben wanted to let the army pass through his hometown Yuzhou, and then he thought that the army would not trample on the crops in his hometown. So, I turned around again.
Changing the route constantly caused the soldiers of Ming army to be exhausted. In this case, Wang Zhen didn't forget several cars of jewels, and the army moved slowly.
Third, the army is losing ground in attack and defense. The Ministry of War Shangshu and others have repeatedly asked the army to enter Juyongguan as soon as possible to ensure the safety of the army. As a result, Wang Zhen refused, and the Ming army could be hit by the Walla army at any time.
The army headed for the civil fort near Huailai City. Wang Zhen refused to re-enter Huailai, but stationed his troops in the Tubao highland without water.
The Wara army caught up with the Ming army near the civil fort and seized the water source. The Ming army was deprived of drinking water, hungry in the hot summer, and its combat effectiveness dropped sharply.
Seeing that the fighting capacity of the Ming army declined because there was no drinking water, they also sent messengers to cheat and took the initiative to let the Walla army evacuate.
Wang Zhen and Ming Yingzong didn't know that this was a conspiracy. After the withdrawal of the Valla army, Wang Zhen ordered the army to drink water from the water source. Hungry soldiers rushed to drink water, which was chaotic and even trampled. Many soldiers even dropped their weapons.
As a result, at this time, the first batch of Walla troops attacked, and the chaotic Ming army without walls and fortifications could not stop the Walla army at all, and the whole army was wiped out in the civil fort.
In this World War I, the Ming Dynasty lost not only 200,000 soldiers and horses, but almost all the top officials of the imperial court were killed in the war, and Ming Yingzong himself was captured.
The defeat of the Ming army was related to Ming Yingzong's absurd expedition and Wang Zhen's random command. If Ming Yingzong let others fight, whether it was Zhang Fu or Zhu Yong or others, the Ming army would not have been defeated so badly, and there was even the possibility of victory.