Li Zicheng is a very influential figure in history. His life is full of legends, from a poor sheep herding baby to a king who swept through the northwest, his every step is full of challenges and opportunities.
He not only has lofty ideals, but also both civil and military, after years of southern conquest and northern war, he successfully led the army to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and establish the Dashun regime.
Although the Dashun regime only existed for a short 42 days, and Li Zicheng was eventually defeated and killed, his spirit and the place of the Chuang army he led cannot be ignored in history.
Li Zicheng's ability to sweep through the northwest and eventually establish his own dynasty was inseparable from his own ability and the brave and warlike generals under him. Today, let's get to know the five tiger generals under Li Zicheng, the first of which is Liu Zongmin.
Liu Zongmin: The first fierce general under Li Zicheng, he made great achievements in the southern and northern wars, and became the second person in Li Zicheng's camp, and he can even give orders to Li Zicheng.
However, after the invasion army occupied Beijing, Liu Zongmin showed his cruel side, vigorously attacked the Ming officials, and connived at the soldiers to burn, plunder, and rape women, which eventually led to the loss of popular support.
To make matters worse, he forcibly seized Wu Sangui's favorite concubine Chen Yuanyuan, causing Wu Sangui to turn to the Qing army and lead the Qing army into the customs. After Liu Zongmin broke into trouble, he confronted Li Zicheng in person, Li Zicheng had no choice but to personally lead his troops to the battle, but he was defeated at Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin began to flee all the way, and finally Liu Zongmin was chased and surrounded by the Qing army, and was strangled to death by the bowstring after being captured, at the age of 38.
Although he deserved what he did in Beijing, it is a pity that a generation of fierce generals ended up like this. Second place: Tami-hide.
Tian Jianxiu, the veteran of Li Zicheng's team, he was also the first person to follow Li Zicheng. Tian Jianxiu was a devout Buddhist, and his benevolent personality led to him being respectfully called "Guanzhong Confucian General".
Although Tian Jianxiu's personality is mild, he is extremely brave on the battlefield, and he followed Li Zicheng to fight in the south and the north, and made great achievements. After Li Zicheng captured the city of Beijing, he handed over his base camp Xi'an to Tian Jianxiu to guard, fully demonstrating his trust in Tian Jianxiu.
However, when Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhaiguan, he fled back to Xi'an, but he knew that Xi'an would be difficult to preserve, so before leaving, he told Tian Jianxiu to burn all the grain and grass in Xi'an City and not leave anything usable for the Qing army.
However, as a Buddhist, Tian Jianxiu could not bear to burn the grain and grass, and he only set fire to the castle tower, but did not completely burn the castle. Li Zicheng saw the smoke in the city and thought that Tian Jianxiu had burned down the city, so he left.
However, Tian Mixiu's kindness hastened the downfall of the Dashun regime. After his departure, the Qing army quickly occupied Xi'an and received the grain and grass that had been left for the people of the city.
These grains and grasses were undoubtedly a timely rain for the Qing army, allowing them to continue to hunt down Li Zicheng. In the end, Li Zicheng was killed by the Qing army in Jiugong Mountain, Hubei, while Tian Jianxiu joined forces with He Tengjiao and others in the Southern Ming Dynasty to continue to resist the Qing.
However, after the defeat of Tamihide's army, he was forced to feign surrender in order to survive. Later, when Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo went south, Tian Jianxiu submitted to him. However, Dolgon thought Tamihide was capricious and killed him.
Although Tamihide's life was full of twists and turns and difficulties, he always maintained his belief in Buddha and his benevolent character, which made people deeply admire.
Liu Fangliang, Li Zicheng's right-hand man, he is heroic, the white dragon horse with a radiant crotch, wielding a silver dragon spear in his hand, brave and invincible, invincible, known as the "white horse silver gun".
Since he was young, he has followed Li Zicheng to fight in the south and the north, and has made great achievements. In his most glorious period, he commanded 250,000 field troops by himself, successfully defeated the chariot troops of Sun Chuanting, the minister of the late Ming Dynasty, annihilated the main force of the Ming army, and made great contributions to Li Zicheng's capture of Beijing.
Although the Battle of Shanhaiguan ended in defeat, Liu Fangliang performed the best in this battle, killing countless enemies with a single spear, and was the general who overthrew the most enemy troops.
After Li Zicheng was killed, he united with the old army and continued to resist the Qing army, and then joined forces with Li Guo and Gao Yigong. However, the following year, when crossing the river to the north to besiege Jingzhou, they were suddenly attacked by Qing soldiers, and Liu Fangliang, a fierce general, died heroically.
Li Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew, who is extremely brave and is known as "a tiger in the northwest". In the 15 years under Li Zicheng's command, he participated in the Battle of Shangbaichang, and every time he was the first soldier, no one was invincible, and he made great achievements for Li Zicheng, and he was also his most trusted person.
After Li Zicheng's death, Li Guo integrated the remaining troops to meet in Yuezhou, renamed the troops "Loyal Battalion", intended to express loyalty to Li Zicheng, and then fought against the Qing Dynasty with He Tengjiao of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and followed the famous anti-Qing general Li Dingguo for five years, and was surrendered by the Qing army six times, but he refused, loyal to Li Zicheng, even if the situation was grim, he still vowed to fight with the Qing Dynasty to the end, what a hero!
However, due to the epidemic of epidemic in the army and the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, he unfortunately passed away. After his death, Gao Yigong took over his troops and continued the struggle against the Qing Dynasty. The last one is Yuan Zongdi.
Yuan Zongdi, Li Zicheng's right-hand man, has been fighting in the south and the north since the beginning of the army, and has made great achievements in the establishment of the Dashun regime. After the establishment of the Dashun regime, he was promoted to the general of the right battalion system and was named "Mianhou", indicating that his status and merits in the army were recognized by the world.
After Li Zicheng's defeat at Shanhaiguan, he followed Li Zicheng to retreat to Hubei, and later resisted the Qing army together with Hao Shaoqi's troops and He Tengjiao, a general of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Emperor Yongli made him the "Duke of Yasukuni" in 1651, and he continued to devote himself to the struggle against the Qing Dynasty.
In 1663, he fought a fierce battle with Li Guoying, a general of the Qing army, in Dachang County, and because he was outnumbered, he was forced to lead the remnants to flee, and then fought back with Hao Shaoqi and Liu Tichun, and successfully repelled the Qing army.
However, after that, they suffered a series of blows, and were eventually captured and killed by the Qing army in the county town of Wushan. After Li Zicheng's death, most of Li Zicheng's generals showed loyalty and valor, united to continue the resistance to the Qing Dynasty, and although their efforts ended in failure, their heroic deeds will forever be celebrated by the world.