The version we are familiar with is that Wu Sangui led his army to stop in place and was ready to surrender to the king. At this time, Liu Zongmin, a general under King Chuang's command, occupied Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan . Wu Sangui was shocked to hear the bad news, rushed to the crown and became a benevolent , and immediately contacted Manqing Dorgon, promised to let Qing army enter the customs, competed against the Central Plains .
Wu Sangui set out the conditions for Dorgon: with Yellow River as the boundary, the Manchu Qing got northern , and Wu Sangui got southern . Although Dorgon was glad that he could swagger into the customs, he was a little dissatisfied with Wu Sangui’s lion’s big opening. Dorgon took advantage of Wu Sangui’s critical situation and refused to give in an inch. In the end, Wu Sangui had to compromise.
In the Battle of One Stone , Wu Sangui and Dorgon allied forces defeated Chuangwang, and soon occupied Beijing city. Dorgon moved the court to Beijing and brought the Shunzhi little emperor to Beijing, but Dorgon did not kick Wu Sangui aside, but named him "Pingxi King" and let him continue to serve the Qing Dynasty. beat the world.
Actually, Wu Sangui did not deliberately delay after he received Emperor Chongzhen's edict of Qin Wang. At that time, he was accompanied by some people who were dragging their families with them. After the army arrived in Yongping, they were shocked to hear that the city of Beijing had been breached and Chongzhen had already been attacked. died. Wu Sangui, who lost his allegiance, was not only very confused, but also faced a life-and-death crisis.
At this time, Wu Sangui had an army in front of him and a Qing army in the back. He was attacked by the enemy and had no stable supply of food and grass. He had to make a choice, Chong Wang or Dorgon? Both generations of the Wu family were fighting against the Qing Dynasty. Wu Sangui's father, Wu Xiang, his uncle, Zu Dashou, and himself had all fought against the Qing for many years. Hai, so surrendering to the Manchu Qing was not the best choice for Wu Sangui. So does he intend to surrender Chuangwang?
"Jiashen Chuanxinlu" records: Chuang (thief) ordered each general to send a letter to recruit Sangui, and also ordered his father (Wu) Xiang Yi to write an order to make a quick descent. Sangui passed through the pass and went to the Xisha River Post in Yongping, where he heard that his father was tortured and looted by a thief. Sangui was angry, so he swept his troops from Shaheyi to the east, and what he passed was rotten.
From this point of view, Chuangwang asked Wu Sangui's father to write a letter asking him to surrender. Wu Sangui then led the crowd into the customs, which seemed to mean surrender, but halfway through, he heard that Chuangwang tortured his father, so he led his army to loot the east. Since Wu Sangui agreed to surrender because of his father's letter, how could he return to rebellion because his father was tortured? Didn't he estimate his father's life or death?
In fact, after the demise of the Ming Dynasty, there is no saying in society that Wu Sangui surrendered to Chuangwang. Chongzhen Jia Shen Yandu Chronicle of Changes does not mention this. Only some words like "Rogue Chronicles" are mentioned in this novel.
Really began to promote Wu Sangui's anger at the crown and surrendered to Li Chuang, and then because of a woman's mutiny after Wu Sangui's death.At that time, the San Francisco rebellion had subsided. In the imperial decree, Kangxi scolded Wu Sangui for having "committed himself to the thief", surrendered to Li Chuang and returned to the rebellion, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and returned to the rebellion, shaping him into a capricious villain. The incompetent who loses the righteousness for small profits, in order to declare the justice of their victors. After
, literary works such as " Court News " and "Yuanyuan Biography" have all been based on this, rendering Wu Sangui's love of concubine Chen Yuanyuan being occupied, and the revolt of Li Zicheng's surrender. Gradually, Chong Guanyi Angry for the beauty has become a well-known allusion, and Wu Sangui has also become a villain with extremely poor character.
After the death of Emperor Chongzhen, Wu Sangui was not idle in the Yutian area. He kept sending people to the occupied capital to inquire, and learned that Li Zicheng's men were wanton looting in the capital, was rampant and domineering , even to his own family members Hands-on, there is absolutely no persuasion to surrender your own sincerity . If he surrenders himself, he may be a sheep into the tiger's mouth. It is better to join forces with the Qing army to overthrow Li Chuang while he still has an elite army in his hands.
So Wu Sangui and Shanhaiguan General Soldier Gao Di joined forces to repel the army sent by Li Zicheng to Shanhaiguan, announcing the crusade against Li Chuang and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing army also marched into Shanhaiguan under the banner of revenge for Emperor Chongzhen, and the two joined forces to deal with Li Chuang. After defeating King Chuang, the Qing army grasped the general situation. Wu Sangui did not have his own basic plan after all, and the Manchu king's move was indeed very sincere, so Wu Sangui became the eagle dog of the Qing court, from north to south, for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Laid down half of the country.
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