Invincible? How did "Little Wei Chi" Li Dingguo finally die?

The Ming Dynasty was a dynasty with great backbone. It did not kiss, pay tribute, become a vassal or cede territory.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty all depended on the determination of the generals to risk their lives and defend their country.

Li Dingguo, as the last god of war in the Ming Dynasty, shouldered the heavy responsibility of restoring Daming. Facing the temptation of emperor Shunzhi to sacrifice seven provinces, he remained unmoved.

Li Dingguo stills

In p>1621, Li Dingguo was born in a poor family in Yan 'an, Shaanxi Province. The arrival of his youngest son did not make his father happy, but he was worried about his brow.

Born at an inopportune time, at this time, because the rulers were dissolute and heartless, the people were struggling, and an uprising was launched all over the country.

When Li Dingguo was 1 years old, there was a drought in the northwest, and the taxes of the imperial court increased. He had no choice but to join the rebels in Zhang Xianzhong.

In the military camp, someone tried to humiliate Li Dingguo because he was a child, but I didn't expect Li Dingguo to be stubborn and just wouldn't give in.

Zhang Xianzhong saw this farce. He said to the people next to him, "This child has bones, which is very good." So he decided to accept Li Dingguo as his second adopted son.

Zhang Xianzhong, as a general of the Rebel Army, is quite discerning. His four adopted sons, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, are all brave and fearless, and they are rare generals.

Zhang Xianzhong knew that an armchair strategist was empty talk after all, so he paid special attention to the tactical training of the four brothers. The four brothers fought side by side on the battlefield and won a lot of exploits.

Li Dingguo is the most outstanding one among the brothers. He has been on the battlefield for ten years, and he has applied the skills of arranging troops to perfection.

in p>1641, the scale of the rebel army was constantly expanding, which was strongly resisted by the Ming army. The armies of both sides were evenly matched, and the war was deadlocked in Xiangyang area.

Zhang Xianzhong met with Xiangyang Shoujiang several times, but he couldn't be shaken. It coincided with the Ming Dynasty sending grain and grass to support Xiangyang, and Li Dingguo led more than 2 soldiers disguised as soldiers escorting grain and grass to sneak into Xiangyang. He occupied Xiangyang City with lightning speed and achieved "Xiangyang Victory".

Li Dingguo, who has been honed in the battlefield for more than ten years at a young age, can be regarded as an old general who has fought many battles, because Li Dingguo is brave in fighting and takes the lead, and quite has the demeanor of a valiant general Wei Chi in the Tang Dynasty.

among the four adopted sons, Li Dingguo is Zhang Xianzhong's most important one.

In p>1644, Zhang Xianzhong established the Daxi regime in Yunnan, and the army became the Daxi Army, and Li Dingguo was named General Anxi. Because he fought bravely, he was also nicknamed "General Xiao Weichi".

in p>1646, the internal troubles of the Ming dynasty were not removed, but foreign invasion was added.

Manchu people established the Qing government, which expanded rapidly and occupied a lot of land in the Ming Dynasty.

after emperor Shunzhi ascended the throne, the territory of the Qing dynasty expanded rapidly, attacking Shanhaiguan on a large scale and breaking the last line of defense in the central plains.

In this case, Zhu Youlang, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne.

Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime was originally established for anti-Ming, but it is unforgivable for Manchu people to invade our Han land. He thinks it is imperative to expel the Qing army from the Han territory first.

So the Daxi regime embarked on the road of anti-Qing.

In the same year, Zhang Xianzhong was killed in a battle with the Qing army. Before he died, he called his four adopted sons to the front and told them, "It is an act of God that the Ming Dynasty lasted for 3 years and did not perish. After my death, you must submit to the Ming Dynasty and do nothing unjust. "

The four brothers obeyed Zhang Xianzhong's will and surrendered to the Ming Emperor Zhu Youlang.

Zhu Youlang made the four of them generals and continued to fight in the battlefield.

Even if they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, their army was still called the "Great Western Army".

in p>1948, the fourth brother Ai Nengqi was killed by the Qing army on the battlefield.

Emperor Zhu Youlang is incompetent, and Sun Kewang, the boss, is unwilling to give in to such a person. With the victory of successive battles, his ambition is gradually revealed. After their brothers conquered Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, Sun Kewang intends to stand on his own feet as king.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, the third child, don't agree with Big Brother's ambitions.

under the strong opposition of his two younger brothers, Sun Kewang can only hold back, but he is still plotting in secret. At this point, the unbreakable brotherhood is cracked.

Sun Kewang's assistant general reminded him that it is better to control the existing regime than to re-establish it. The Ming Emperor Zhu Youlang is weak and incompetent, so it is better to control it.

Sun Kewang was deeply impressed, trying to "hold the emperor to make the princes".

in p>1651, Sun Kewang put Zhu Youlang under house arrest and became the actual ruler of the Ming regime.

Zhu Youlang stills

Sun Kewang thought that he was in power, and there was no nobler person in the world, so he became unscrupulous, forgot his original heart, and began to build large-scale projects and extort money, and the people were miserable.

Sun Kewang was blinded by power and completely forgot what his adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong taught him.

At this time, Li Dingguo was training in Yunnan. Because of his reputation of resourcefulness and bravery, he attracted many children from poor families to join the army. The Great Western Army has expanded to 2, people.

in p>1652, Li Dingguo made great achievements and captured 16 counties including Baoqing, Guilin in Guangxi and Changsha in Hunan.

Since he sent troops in July, he has recovered 3, miles of land captured by the Qing army and achieved a "great victory in Hunan and Guangxi".

The news that Li Dingguo won Lien Chan's victory came out, which shocked all the government and people in the Qing Dynasty. He made a decisive decision and appointed Prince Ni Kan as the general to intercept Li Dingguo to the south.