Scope and Contents This manuscript was stamped by the Lotus Art Club of Singing. Yuan Chonghuan was the Grand General Zu Dashou's most competent general during the Liaodong Campaign. General Yuan had defended the northeastern provinces and Beijing from the Jurchen armies of Hong Taiji. When Hong Taiji's army came to the walls of Beijing, the Chongzhen Emperor suspected General Yuan of treason and threw him in prison. General Zu, angry with the Emperor's actions retreated from Liaodong and left Beijing exposed...