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When the Chongzhen Emperor was martyred, where was Zuo Liangyu, who had hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in his hands?

In the last year of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng led an army into Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emperor was forced to hang himself at Coal Mountain, and the Ming Dynasty fell. At this time of crisis, Zuo Liangyu had 800,000 troops, and he could completely block Li Zicheng's attack, so where were the others?

When the Chongzhen Emperor was martyred, where was Zuo Liangyu, who had hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in his hands?

Dating back to November 1643, Li Zicheng defeated the last elite Qin army of Daming, killed the famous general Sun Chuanting, broke through tongguan, entered Xi'an, and founded the country "Dashun". After that, crossing the Yellow River and entering Shanxi, the momentum was like a bamboo, the Ming army looked at the wind and fell, and the Dashun army soon attacked the city of Beijing.

When the Chongzhen Emperor was martyred, where was Zuo Liangyu, who had hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in his hands?

At this time, what was Zuo Liangyu doing? Why didn't he lead his troops back to Beijing? You may be a little unconvinced to say it, he is licking his wounds, and he is robbing the common people to expand the army.

Why do you go to rob ordinary people? Because there is no money, the state has no money to pay for the military. In 1642, the Chongzhen Emperor cobbled together half a million taels of silver to give Zuo Liangyu and asked him to go out to attack Li Zicheng, and before that, Zuo Liangyu repeatedly refused to fight on the grounds that the military expenditure was insufficient.

When the Chongzhen Emperor was martyred, where was Zuo Liangyu, who had hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in his hands?

In the battle of Zhuxian Town, Zuo Liangyu was defeated and ran to Xiangyang, Li Zicheng led his troops to chase after him, Zuo Liangyu was forced to flee to Wuchang, asked the King of Chu for food for his soldiers, but did not receive supplies, and in anger, he plundered Wuchang.

When the Chongzhen Emperor was martyred, where was Zuo Liangyu, who had hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in his hands?

After arriving in Jiujiang, Zuo Liangyu had 200,000 troops and waited to see how it changed in order to protect himself. Later, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Wuchang, and under the strict orders of the imperial court, Zuo Liangyu sent troops, this time defeating Zhang Xianzhong, who had not yet gained a foothold, and established a foothold in Wuhan, and the army claimed to reach 800,000.

When the Chongzhen Emperor was martyred, where was Zuo Liangyu, who had hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in his hands?

Since the Qin army was destroyed, Zuo Liangyu's army was the last main force of the Ming Dynasty, when Li Zicheng entered Shanxi, the Ming Dynasty was already in danger, Chongzhen repeatedly ordered Zuo Liangyu to send troops, but Zuo Liangyu was already scared by Li Zicheng, so he refused to fight with Li Zicheng again.

Later, Li Zicheng surrendered the whole of Shanxi, and the imperial court was really anxious, so he said to Zuo Liangyu, as long as you send troops, you can agree to any conditions. Immediately afterward, Chongzhen made Zuo Liangyu the Uncle of Ningnan, and handed over the Great Seal of the Ping Thief General to his son, promising that after the completion of the great deed, their father and son could guard Wuchang for generations.

When the Chongzhen Emperor was martyred, where was Zuo Liangyu, who had hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in his hands?

At this time, Zuo Liangyu slowly formulated a plan to send troops according to the year and month and handed it over. Unfortunately, this song had not yet been submitted and received a reply, and the news of the fall of Jingshi and the death of Chongzhen came.

Chongzhen Zuo Liangyu
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