The hero is sad about the beauty

 

The hero is sad about the beauty

 

"It is difficult for a hero to be a beauty", this is a traditional saying with Chinese characteristics. Since ancient times, countless heroes have fallen under the pomegranate skirt. Even though China has abolished the old system of three palaces and six courtyards, and implemented monogamy, mistresses and mistresses can still take off their pants at any time. The first couple who became officials had gray hair and few of them were old or young. They remarried, second, third and fourth marriages became the norm. Divorce was even more fashionable.

When Fang Shidi was chatting with Agu Demba and the carriage driver A Zhuo, Fang Shi talked about the past incident that his father had experienced:

Not long after Li Zicheng's chief civil servant Liu Zongmin arrived in Beijing, he met a beautiful woman on the road, fell in love with her and took her away. This beauty is none other than Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan.

Wu Sangui was fighting bloody battles outside the Pass to stop the Qing army. But his hometown in Guan Nei has been raided by Li Zicheng. Wu Sanguijun became a sandwich biscuit, and it was hard to describe.

But Li Zicheng attached great importance to Wu Sangui. In January of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an and established the capital in Xi'an. The founding name of the country was "Dashun" and the name was changed to Yongchang. Li Zicheng then began to march eastward and arrived in the capital in mid-March. In the early morning of March 19, Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War, took the initiative to open the Zhengyang Gate, and Dashun's army began to enter the capital.

Because the Ming Dynasty was not the only enemy of Li Zicheng's regime, the more powerful Qing army was eyeing the Northeast. This was the biggest threat that Li Zicheng had to face. Although the Dashun Army has a large number of people, Wu Sangui will not sit still and wait for death. The military pressure in the south is great, and he will inevitably fall to the Qing army in the north. When Wu Sangui's army and the Qing army join forces, Li Zicheng will face great pressure.

Moreover, Shanhaiguan is in the hands of Wu Sangui. Once Wu Sangui surrenders to the Qing Dynasty, Li Zicheng will have no danger to defend and will not be able to escape the fate of failure. The best choice at this time should be to admit Wu Sangui's capture of Shanhaiguan, send people to appease him, and recruit surrender several times, instead of leading troops to conquer.

Li Zicheng believed that as long as Wu Sangui was around, it would be difficult for the Qing troops outside the pass to go south, and he would not need to face the threat of the Qing army directly.

In March of the 17th year of Chongzhen, tens of thousands of Wu Sangui's troops retreated from outside the pass and joined the general Gao Di at Shanhaiguan. At this time, Wu Sangui was wavering between surrendering to Qing and surrendering to Shun, waiting to see which side would have greater benefits.

For Wu Sangui, his old father Wu Xiang was in Beijing and had fallen into the hands of Li Zicheng. If he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, his father would die. If it surrenders, it is still unknown whether the Dashun regime will be able to maintain its position. Wu Sangui knew very well that Jiangnan was not in Li Zicheng's hands. If he surrendered to Dashun, he would probably still have to make sandwich cookies: there was the remnant power of the Ming Dynasty in the south, and the rise of the Qing Dynasty in the north.

Wu Sangui understood that the actions of the Dashun regime were not welcomed by the old bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty at all. This was a regime whose legitimacy was not recognized.

It can be concluded that the reason why Wu Sangui was willing to deal with Li Zicheng was precisely because his old father was a hostage in Li Zicheng's hands. But he heard from others what the Dashun army did to the old bureaucrats of the former Ming Dynasty, and he had to be afraid. Because his family was invaded by the Dashun Army, it was impossible for Wu Sangui to truly surrender to Li Zicheng.

But it seems that Li Zicheng was not aware of this until Wu Sangui occupied Shanhaiguan. Li Zicheng's decision to recruit and surrender did not seem to be a brilliant move.

Li Zicheng's regime not only failed to realize the impending crisis and did not want to appease Wu Sangui and other former Ming generals, it even happened that Liu Zongmin took Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan.

On April 21, Li Zicheng issued an ultimatum to Wu Sangui. After Wu Sangui refused, he ordered Tang Tong and Bai Guang'en to lead 20,000 troops to set up a border camp from a rock to cut off Wu Sangui's retreat. The northern flank and Dongluo City stormed.

The two sides fought fiercely, and Tang Tong and Bai Guang'en were defeated and forced to surrender. Wu Sangui first handed over Shanhaiguan to Tang Tong, who had surrendered, and then led his troops towards Beijing. He quickly killed a carbine and caught Tang Tong off guard. Wu Sangui reoccupied Shanhaiguan. The matter spread to Beijing, and Li Zicheng realized that the situation was critical.

The Shanhaiguan Incident shocked the Dashun regime and awakened Li Zicheng. He had to pay attention to the Northeast issue and decided to personally lead an army to conquer Wu Sangui and recapture Shanhaiguan.

In the early morning of April 22, the Qing army was only two miles away from the Shanhaiguan city. Under the critical situation of the Dashun army surrounding Shanhaiguan on three sides, Wu Sangui led a small number of troops to break out of the encirclement and rushed to the Qing army's camp, completely defecting to the many troops. Ergon.

Therefore, Dorgon suddenly ordered the Qing army to attack from outside the pass. At this time, the Dashun army was exhausted and was defeated by the Qing army. Li Zicheng's important minister Liu Zongmin was also injured.

Fang Shidi said to Agudengba and the carriage driver Azhuo:

My grandfather Fangyuanli was the general manager of the blood horse breeding farm of Dawan Kingdom in the Western Regions. He was responsible for escorting tribute horses to the Ming Dynasty court, and had a close relationship with Xia Xiong, the court horse official. My grandfather and the court horse officer Xia Xiong were both Tocharians. My grandfather served the Ming Dynasty throughout his life, but was framed and killed. Even so, under the persuasion of Xia Xiong, the imperial horse officer, Chongzhen agreed to let my father continue to transport sweat-blooded horses to the imperial court. When Dashun's army surrounded Shanhaiguan on three sides, my father and the imperial horse officer Xia Xiong were working under Wu Sangui. At that time, they were mainly responsible for taking care of the horses of Guan Ning's cavalry.

Subsequently, Wu Sangui joined forces with the Qing army Dorgon to launch a battle at Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui led his Guan Ning cavalry in a fierce battle with Li Zicheng's army. Due to the large number of Li Zicheng's troops, Wu Sangui gradually became unable to support him. At this time, tens of thousands of Manchu and Qing cavalry who were ambushing nearby suddenly rushed out while Li Zicheng's army was tired. Li Zicheng The peasant army was in chaos and was completely defeated.

In order to take care of and treat the injured military horses, my father and the imperial horse officer Xia Xiong died on the battlefield.

Coincidentally, the weather suddenly changed, and the flying sand and rocks made Li Zicheng's Dashun army unable to open their eyes. They were rushed by the Qing cavalry and fell into pieces. In the end, Li Zicheng's Dashun army was defeated miserably, with corpses strewn across the fields and rivers of blood. The water in the ditch is all red.

After the defeat of the Dashun Army, Wu Sangui regained military power, and I became the horse officer of Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Cavalry.

Fang Shidi said to Agudengba and the carriage driver Azhuo:

The Dashun Army was defeated in the Battle of Shanhaiguan, and Li Zicheng and others retreated to Beijing in a hurry.

This was the second time Li Zicheng's army entered Beijing. This time it was far less well-organized and disciplined than the first time they entered Beijing. After entering the city, Dashun's army showed no military discipline and committed all kinds of crimes including rape, robbery and robbery. The main reason for such a change is that the previous Dashun regime continued the policy of collecting stolen goods and providing subsidies. Stealing money has always been their main business.

After entering Beijing, the family of noble officials and gentry accumulated huge amounts of money, which also opened the eyes of the peasant army brothers, who were soon corrupted by the temptation of money. The senior officials of the Dashun regime took the lead in corruption. How could their subordinates not be jealous? Li Zicheng seemed to have realized that Beijing might not be able to hold on, so he might as well return to his true colors as a rogue bandit, and he might as well just grab a handful and run away, which would allow his subordinates to do evil.

On April 29, seeing that the situation was irreversible, Li Zi became the emperor and hurriedly proclaimed himself emperor in Beijing. The enthronement ceremony was held in the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City. Li Zicheng must hold the coronation ceremony in Beijing, mainly based on legality considerations, so as to avoid officials in other places not recognizing the Dashun regime after escaping and turning the Dashun army into a lost dog. Li Zicheng hastily completed the enthronement ceremony so that he could hastily escape from the capital and retreat to Xi'an the next day.

Fang Shidi sang a song "Military Horse":

 

Bloody horse, my comrade-in-arms,

You and I will always fight together,

We strive to move forward through life and death together,

The blood and vitality of you and me surge.

 

Bloody horse, my comrade-in-arms,

You and I never get a break,

Today I fight to the death on the battlefield to kill the enemy,

Tomorrow we will rush to the battlefield to welcome victory.

 

Bloody horse, my comrade-in-arms,

It's all thanks to you that I can overcome dangers,

Seeing death as home in the bloody storm,

Sweat and blood stain every inch of land.

 

Bloody horse, my comrade-in-arms,

When you gallop on the battlefield, your hooves scream,

When the triumphal song is played, you are in high spirits,

The flag of victory accompanies you and me.