Review
Li Zicheng was a general in the peasant rebel army in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and he followed Gao Yingxiang, the king of the Chuang Dynasty, on his expeditions to the four sides. After Gao Yingxiang's death, Li Zicheng began to lead the peasant revolt, which at its peak grew to have a million troops, successfully leading the peasants to resist the brutal rule of the Ming court and establish the Dashun regime.
However, after the Qing army entered the customs, Li Zicheng was repeatedly defeated, and his goal also changed from anti-Ming to anti-Qing, unfortunately, he was finally defeated, died young, leaving a lot of regrets, and what was the end of his beautiful wife Empress Gao?
In the early years, Li Zicheng's bumpy life
In his early years, Li Zicheng was a small official in the Ming court system, and his main job was to deliver letters to various stations, but at that time, the Ming court was already pedantic, and Li Zicheng's diligent and earnest work could only barely feed, and then because of the frequent work, Li Zicheng's horses were exhausted alive.
It is precisely because of this that his rice bowl was lost, Li Zicheng, who had no job, was unlucky, and in the process of learning from his teacher, he saw uneven roads and hooligans and complained, was caught by officers and soldiers, and sent to prison.
But Li Zicheng was lucky after all, and his friend Gao Ligong, who had been working at the station, happened to work in the prison where Li Zicheng was staying.
One night, Gao Ligong found that there was a dragon outside the cell where Li Zicheng was being held, and he was shocked, but when he walked into the cell and saw that there was only Li Zicheng in the cell, Gao Ligong deeply felt that Li Zicheng was not simple, and that he would certainly be able to achieve a great cause in the future, so he simply let him go and took Li Zicheng to flee to his home.
No one expected that Li Zicheng had actually harvested love at Gao Ligong's house.
Gao Guiying is Gao Ligong's sister, she and Li Zicheng can be described as love at first sight, coupled with the matchmaking of others, the two soon developed into a romantic relationship, and finally tied the knot in Hulushan.
Gao Guiying shangwu, Li Zicheng, such a superb martial artist, is naturally loved by her, and Li Zicheng also feels that his wife is not like an ordinary woman, but can be described as a heroine among women. The life of the two is sweet and very happy.
But happiness was short-lived, Li Zicheng and Gao Ligong were soon wanted by officers and soldiers, and in order to save their lives, Li Zicheng took Gao Guiying and Gao Ligong to the end of the world.
How Li Zicheng grew up
Li Zicheng made his fortune in a turbulent era, when the Ming court was already crumbling, the harsh government was as fierce as a tiger, the people were miserable, and people from all walks of life revolted against the Ming court, and it was in the context of such a turbulent era that Li Zicheng chose to join the troops of Gao Yingxiang, the king of the ming dynasty.
Li Zicheng was brave and strategic, shining brilliantly on the battlefield, and the strategic plan of "dividing troops and directing troops and attacking the battle in four ways" was also deeply appreciated by Gao Yingxiang, and after several years of conquest, Li Zicheng became Gao Yingxiang's right and left arm, a force that could not be ignored in the rebel troops, and was appreciated by all kinds of Haojie.
But then the change ensued, Gao Yingxiang and the Ming general Sun Chuanting encountered in Shaanxi, unfortunately killed in battle, his troops also suffered a serious blow, fortunately, with Gao Guiying, a sage internal help, Li Zichengcai did not give up his resistance to the Ming court, but made a comeback.
He survived the difficulties and inherited the title of King of Chuang and continued to lead the people against the Ming court.
With the help of Gao Guiying, Li Zicheng's army grew larger and larger, and finally formed a million divisions and invaded the city of Beijing in one fell swoop.
In the end, the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself on the coal mountain, and the Ming Dynasty collapsed. Li Zicheng also naturally became emperor, overthrowing the brutal Ming court and establishing the "Dashun Dynasty". And his wife Gao Guiying also became an empress, and Li Zicheng's life reached its peak.
Lee's Waterloo
Li Zicheng had just solved the problem of fighting Jiangshan, but he was faced with the problem of defending Jiangshan, and the mess left by the Ming Dynasty was handed over to his hands, when the Qing army was looking at the tiger outside Shanhaiguan, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty were still committing crimes in Dashun, and internal and external troubles made Li Zicheng feel deeply distracted and lacking, even though he was capable of returning to heaven.
In order to protect the regime he had worked so hard to build, Li Zicheng personally led his troops to meet the Qing army that came to attack, he was defeated in the night attack on the Qing army camp, and then fought with the Qing army in Xi'an, and was defeated.
After several fiascos, Li Zicheng decided to face Dolgun head-on at Shanhaiguan, but was eventually defeated, defeated and retreated, and died tragically at Nine Palace Mountain. In this way, a generation of Haojie Li Zicheng was emperor for a year and died in battle with regret.
The end of the High Queen
Hearing the news of her husband's tragic death, Gao Guiying was very sad, but she did not become depressed and depressed, but chose to turn grief into the motivation of revenge.
She personally led the remnants of Li Zicheng to nanming and began to take revenge on the Qing army, Gao Guiying was no longer an empress, but a general who avenged her husband, Gao Guiying followed Li Zicheng for many years and knew the way of using soldiers.
In the contest of the Qing army, she repeatedly let the Qing army suffer a crushing defeat, bringing immeasurable losses to the Qing army, and she was also named Lady Zhenyi Yipin by Emperor Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty.
But Gao Guiying was herself after all, and the Southern Ming court she had defected to was actually already in the Western Mountains of the Sun, and the strength of the Qing army made her helpless, and she could only do her best to kill more enemies to comfort her husband's spirit in heaven.
After all, Nanming could not compete with the Qing army, and under the defeat and retreat, Gao Guiying struggled to resist, but his generals turned against each other, and in the face of the increasingly crazy attacks of the Qing army, Gao Guiying could only retreat to Maolu Mountain.
In the face of the brutal Qing army, Gao Guiying knew that she would be insulted by the Qing army when she surrendered, so she simply set fire to the mountain and was heroic and righteous in the fire, and a generation of heroes died.
epilogue
The love story of Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying was sung, and Gao Guiying's choice after Li Zicheng's death made people admire this strange woman.
Although Gao Guiying's death in the fire made people sigh, the spirit of unswerving swearing to die that she left behind was the most precious wealth and worth remembering for future generations.