萨尔浒战后明将马林的联蒙抗金

The Ming General Ma Lin’s Alliance with the Mongols against the Jurchen after the Sarhu War

萨尔浒战役后,出身将门、与蒙古人关系密切的明将马林主动拉拢蒙古贵族,企图借兵固守辽东,最终同罕哈北三鄂托克盟长宰赛达成共讨建州之盟约。然而,马林此举并未得到上峰支持,更像是他和宰赛的个人誓约。马林殉难后,誓约名存实亡,最终导致蒙古联军在铁岭之战因孤立无援被金军击溃,不仅使明朝失去稳定辽北局势的良机,而且为努尔哈赤联合与分化蒙古提供了有利条件。

After the Sarhu War,Ma Lin,the notable generals of the Ming dynasty,who came from a military lord’s family and had close relations with the Mongolian.To save the Ming dynasty from extinction,he took the initiative to win over Mongolian nobles and attempted to use their troops to hold on to Liaodong.He eventually made a pact with Zaisai,the chief of the three North tribes of Khalkha,to resist the Jurchen together.However,Ma Lin’s action was not supported by his superiors and was more like a personal pledge between him and Zaisai.After Ma Lin died,this oath of allegiance was no longer exists in practice.This eventually led to the Mongolian alliance being defeated by the Jurchen army at the Battle of Tieling due to their isolation and helplessness.This not only deprived the Ming dynasty of a good opportunity to stabilize the northern part of Liao dung,but also provided favorable conditions for Nurhachi to unite or sowed dissension among the Mongols.