In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, political corruption, when Nurhaci's Houjin rose, in fact, his power was not so strong, and the reason why the Ming Dynasty was eventually destroyed by the Qing Dynasty was more due to its own reasons. Because of its internal disunity, it made the Qing Dynasty so handy during the Ming Dynasty. Just like a clenched fist against the separated fingers, and there were many surrenderers within Daming during this period, let's take a look at those more famous surrender generals?
The first, there should be no doubt, is Wu Sangui, this person actually has great ambitions, and he chose to defect when Daming was in difficulty. He not only introduced the Qing army into the customs, but also directly killed the Yongle Emperor. It can be said that the overthrow of Daming is inseparable from him. For this reason, he was also enfeoffed as the King of Pingxi by the Great Qing. However, he supported the army and respected himself, and during the Kangxi Dynasty, in order not to be cut down, he declared himself emperor. But his dream of emperor soon had to wake up, because he died of illness shortly after, and he had only been emperor for a few months. And his territory was also recovered by the Qing Dynasty army, perhaps he also knew that he would not live long, so he passed the addiction of an emperor.
The second place should be Hong Chengzuo, who was originally a general who was assigned to fight the Qing Dynasty. Originally, he also played well and was a very famous general. However, during a battle, although he held his position, he was eventually captured. After being captured, he was actually very tough at the beginning, preferring to die unyieldingly. But Emperor Taiji attached great importance to him, thought of many ways, and gave him a lot of favors, so he also surrendered to the Great Qing.
He was also a very capable general, and after entering the customs with the army of the Great Qing, he offered a brilliant plan to obtain the Central Plains. Because of his outstanding performance, he was also reused by later emperors. In his later years, he held the power of the five provinces. Moreover, he also recruited Zheng Zhilong and others, known as the first hero of Kaiqing.
The third was Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan, who was originally a subordinate of Mao Wenlong, and Mao Wenlong was the main antagonist force that Daming had planted in the abdomen of daqing at that time. When Mao Wenlong died, he began to rebel, launched a mutiny, and surrendered to the Qing army. This also led to the Qing army in this area without obstacles, can free up their hands to deal with the Ming Dynasty. Later, this person was besieged by the Ming army and had to choose to commit suicide.
The fourth was Geng Zhongming, the King of Jingnan, one of the Three Domains. The time of his surrender to the Qing Dynasty was also relatively early, but the time of Kong Youde's surrender was the same. Later, he followed Dolgun of the Qing Dynasty to attack the Ming Dynasty, and achieved a great victory in the battle with the Ming general Yang Guodong. This also laid the foundation for his victory as king. Later he was crowned king of Jingnan. It is also one of the only three foreign princes in the early Qing Dynasty. Later, because he hid prisoners, he could only commit suicide in fear of sin. However, his grandson was not willing to be cut down, and followed Wu Sangui to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, and finally after being suppressed by the Qing Dynasty, he was sentenced to Ling Chi's punishment.
The fifth was Shang Kexi, one of the other King of Pingnan, who was also an old subordinate of Mao Wenlong, and who, after Mao Wenlong's death, was supposed to lure him and arrest him. But he was not deceived, but led the team to surrender to the Qing. This made the Emperor Taiji Coke at that time broken, and he greeted him with people thirty miles away, giving him enough face. Later, he was named the King of Pingnan and fought in this area of Guangdong.
He was more bloodthirsty, probably because he had a deep grudge against Daming, and after entering the city of Guangzhou, he created a massacre, causing the death of a large number of civilians in Guangzhou. He was only created the Prince of Pingnan during the Kangxi Dynasty. At that time, when Wu Sangui and others rebelled, in fact, he did not want to defect, but Shang Kexi controlled his father, and under duress he had to rebel, and was eventually defeated by the Qing.
The sixth was also a famous general who resisted the Qing Dynasty, called Zu Dashou, who originally led the Ming army to achieve relatively good results, and once led the troops to bombard the Qing army with cannons, causing Nurhaci to be wounded. However, under the counter-plan of Emperor Taiji, there was internal strife within the Ming Dynasty and Yuan Chonghuan was taken down, which also made Zu Dashou, who was bent on fighting against the Qing army, very dissatisfied. Later, during the battle against the Qing army, he also had to surrender to the Qing because the friendly troops were captured and defected. He also went to recruit Wu Sangui, but Wu Sangui refused him at that time, and later followed the Qing army into the customs and finally died in Beijing.
The seventh is not famous, but he was the first general to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, named Li Yongfang, and his wife was Nurhaci's granddaughter. Of course, this was what happened after he surrendered. After he was persuaded to surrender by Nurhaci, he followed him to fight North Korea. It can be said that he was the first general to surrender, and with him as the first, there are more behind.
It can also be seen that in that era, due to the internal problems of the Ming Dynasty, many generals had the idea of defecting, and it was precisely because the Ming Dynasty could not survive, so that the defectors beat them in turn, which also accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.