In 1631, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the whole country suffered natural disasters, wars continued, and the Qing Dynasty's large army also entered the customs, making it difficult for the people to eat and wear warm, and it was even worse, and for a while, the people were displaced and starved.
During this period, several major uprisings occurred, among which there were zhang xianzhong and Li Zicheng's rebel army, which were also two more famous uprisings, and there was such a person in Zhang Xianzhong's rebel army who was named the god of war, because he was strong in martial arts, led the troops to fight if there was divine help, and was invincible.
When the Ming Dynasty was almost extinct, he also relied on his bravery and tenacity to lead the Ming army to beat the Qing army and flee, and even the Shunzhi Emperor at that time felt his good military ability and wanted to share the world with him.
First, discern the hero
This person is Li Dingguo in Zhang Xianzhong's army, Li Dingguo lost his parents when he was 7 years old, began to wander around alone, and joined the army at the age of 11 in order to be able to eat, because he was too young, and he was often bullied when he just joined the army, and his situation was very difficult.
However, the young Li Dingguo did not shrink back for these reasons, and once when Zhang Xianzhong was inspecting the army, he happened to meet the young Li Dingguo, who read the extraordinary momentum of the soldiers in Li Dingguo's eyes and felt that he would certainly not be a thing in the pool in the future, and would become an outstanding talent, so he accepted Li Dingguo as a righteous son.
Zhang Xianzhong became Li Dingguo's first Bole, Zhang Xianzhong adopted a total of 4 righteous sons, the eldest Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo ranked second, the third Liu Wenxiu, the fourth Ainengqi, these righteous sons have been following Zhang Xianzhong's southern conquest of the northern war, born into death.
Second, young people become famous
In 1632, Li Dingguo was 21 years old in Xiangyang, for Zhang Xianzhong, who was short of grain, he snatched back a lot of grain, he gathered his subordinates disguised as the Ming army, raided the Ming army, and successfully captured Xiangyang, this battle is really a miracle.
Because Li Dingguo had a brave and strategic combat strategy, which greatly enhanced his reputation, in 1644, Zhang Xianzhong's army attacked and stationed in Chengdu and established the Daxi regime, Zhang Xianzhong named him a general of Anxi because Li Dingguo had repeatedly won battle merits, and Li Dingguo was only 24 years old that year.
Li Dingguo was a pioneer soldier and loved soldiers like sons, and was deeply loved by the generals in the army, and Zhang Xianzhong also liked this righteous son very much, and he also trusted Li Dingguo very much, and handed over the important city to Li Dingguo to guard.
Third, repeated military achievements
In the same year, Wu Sangui introduced Dolgun into Guannei, and Zhang Xianzhong led the army to resist to the death, but in the end he was outnumbered and seriously wounded, and killed all his wives and children before leaving, so as to avoid them falling into the hands of the enemy and being humiliated.
When Zhang Xianzhong was dying, he asked them to go to Nanming, because in Zhang Xianzhong's eyes, the Qing army was a Tuhu and Manchu, and the Ming army still belonged to the Han, which may also be a way out that Zhang Xianzhong pointed out to them.
Soon after Zhang Xianzhong died, Sun Kewang became the leader of the four, and at first the four people were also very united, discussing everything together, regardless of each other, and in their united strong attacks on the outside world, they won several victories.
However, as Li Dingguo's fame and popularity in the military became better and better, Sun Kewang began to doubt Li Dingguo, and on several occasions he openly humiliated Li Dingguo, and although Li Dingguo was also very angry, his brothers who grew up together, thinking of Zhang Xianzhong, also endured for the peace of the army.
In 1646, Zhu Youluo of the Southern Ming Dynasty was proclaimed emperor in Guangdong, and Li Dingguo wanted to submit to the Ming army according to Zhang Xianzhong's will, but Sun Kewang was unwilling, he wanted to claim the title of emperor himself, but several other people also agreed to submit to the Ming army, helpless, Sun Kewang could only agree, but he still thought in his heart to take over the right of Daming.
Zhu Youluo was the Yongli Emperor, although the Yongli Emperor led the army to resist the Qing army's attack, but the disparity in strength was too great, and the Qing army was brave and fierce, and soon the Yongli Emperor was defeated, in 1652, the Shunzhi Emperor sent Kong Youde, Wu Sangui and wu Sangui to personally lead a large army from Guangxi and Sichuan to attack the first army.
At this time, the Yongli Emperor led his army to meet the army of Li Dingguo, and Li Dingguo was a battle-hardened general, he had long been accustomed to fighting on the battlefield, and had made full preparations, waiting for the Qing army to enter the urn.
Li Dingguo personally led 80,000 soldiers and horses, and before setting out, he also set strict military rules, no killing, setting fires, robbery and adultery, and if there was a violation, he was severely punished, and the serious ones were killed, because the army had strict discipline, clear rewards and punishments, and very strong combat effectiveness, and it had conquered many cities and pools in just two months.
The Qing Dynasty's army was killed and fled, and the Shunzhi Emperor heard about the military situation and also felt the seriousness of the situation, because the Qing army in the Central Plains was smooth sailing and had never encountered such strong resistance, especially when he heard that the Emperor of Daming was also here.
So the Shunzhi Emperor also dispatched Kong Youde to the front line to deal with Li Dingguo, Kong Youde was also a general of the Ming Dynasty, and this person was also brave and good at war, quite authoritative in the army, and was also named a prince with a different surname by Emperor Taiji, which was also a recognition of his ability.
However, Kong Youde did not work when he met Li Dingguo, and in the battle of Guilin with Li Dingguo, he was not only defeated, but finally lost his life here, Li Dingguo used tactics to lure Kong Youde's army into the city, and exhausted it, and Kong Youde saw that the general trend had gone and committed suicide.
After this battle, it can be said that Li Dingguo made the Qing army feel frightened, the Shunzhi Emperor was very shocked, and quickly sent another 150,000 elite soldiers, this time he sent Nurhaci's grandson Nikan to lead the Qing army to support Guilin, Nikan followed his father from childhood, killed countless enemies in the southern expedition to the north, and captured the Emperor Hongguang of Daming alive in Wuhu, Anhui.
However, the road was far away, and when the carriages and horses along the way arrived at the battlefield, the Qing army, which had no too much spirit, was ambushed by Li Dingguo, because Li Dingguo took advantage of the time difference between the arrival of the Qing army, straightened out his men and horses, rested and recuperated, and only waited for the arrival of Nikan to kill in one fell swoop.
Things were indeed as Li Dingguo expected, the exhausted Nikan had not yet rested his army, he was surrounded by Li Dingguo's regiment, and finally Li Dingguo cut off his head, Kong Youde originally had 70,000 or 80,000 horses, and this time Nikan also had 150,000 horses, and these 200,000 people and horses instantly became nothing, which made the Shunzhi Emperor feel pain.
Li Dingguo's reputation has made the Qing army afraid, and Yunnan, Hubei and other 7 provinces have also returned to daming's hands, and even once the Shunzhi Emperor wanted to let Daming have the territory of these 7 provinces and divide the world equally with himself, but unfortunately, the sky did not go according to people's wishes, Sun Kewang's wrong decision made Daming lose the opportunity to resurrect, and also let Li Dingguo lose his life.
4. Summary
Some heroic soldiers have emerged in all the dynasties and dynasties of our country, who have written heroic poems with their flesh and blood, and no one is a victorious general, but the spirit of some people will always be remembered by history.
Although Li Dingguo revolted as a rebel army, he took into account the overall situation, kept his promises, and followed his will to become a historical hero who cherished love and righteousness, had courage and strategy, and history would not forget it, and would also draw a strong stroke for Li Dingguo's spirit.