In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, natural and man-made disasters and political decay led to peasant uprisings throughout the country, of which the Dashun peasant rebel army led by Li Zicheng was the most powerful, in 1644, Li Zicheng invaded the city of Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide, marking the official withdrawal of the Ming Dynasty from the stage of history.
After Li Zicheng occupied Beijing, he sent emissaries to prepare to recruit Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty's Shanhaiguan, because at this time, the remnants of the Ming army were left with Wu Sangui as the most powerful, as long as Wu Sangui fell, the world would be determined.
Wu Sangui, the son of Wu Xiang, the general of Jinzhou, from an early age, followed his father and uncle to practice martial arts, and before the age of 20, he participated in the martial arts ceremony presided over by the Chongzhen Emperor, and Wu Sangui won the Wuke examination, which shows that he is an all-rounder of literature and martial arts. In 1630, when fighting the Eight Banners Army, Wu Xiang led people to reconnoiter the enemy situation and was besieged by tens of thousands of Houjin's Eight Banners army. At this time, the commander saw that Houjin's Eight Banners soldiers were numerous and did not dare to send troops out of the city to rescue, Wu Sangui saw that his father was surrounded, very anxious, so he asked to go to war to save his father. The result was uncertain, Wu Sangui sneaked out of the city with about twenty of his own family members, rushed to the enemy position, Wu Sangui relied on his superb martial arts, rushed left and right in the enemy army, and finally killed the enemy general's first rank, rescued his father and returned to the city. This battle created the legendary reputation of Wu Sangui's "filial piety to the nine sides, bravely crowning the three armies", and the land of the Ming Dynasty has since passed on the heroic deeds of Wu Sangui's lonely courage to save his father.
At this time, Li Zicheng was 100% sure that Wu Sangui would surrender himself, because he knew that Wu Sangui was a great filial piety, and at this time Wu Sangui's father was in the hands of Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng also promised to give Wu Sangui the title of king, the Ming Dynasty was over, and Wu Sangui's father had also surrendered, so Wu Sangui's surrender was the best choice.
Just when Wu Sangui was preparing to surrender to the Dashun regime, a message from the city of Beijing made Wu Sangui suddenly feel that the five thunderbolts were thundering, and he did not want to die, and the thing was this; Li Zicheng's confidant Liu Zongmin actually forcibly occupied Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan, you know, Chen Yuanyuan is the love of Wu Sangui's life! Knowing that his concubine had been taken away, Wu Sangui, who was flesh and blood, finally couldn't bear it, so there was the famous Chong Guan in history who became angry and red-faced, led the Qing soldiers into the customs, and became the number one traitor in China.
Chen Yuanyuan
Ben is a heroic figure, impulsive and willful for a beautiful woman, reduced to a traitor, scolded for hundreds of years, if history can be repeated, will Wu Sangui choose again?