King Li Zicheng was defeated by a plague? Why can the Qing army sneak in?

Li Zicheng, formerly known as Hongji, posthumous title Huanglaier and Zaoer.

The leader of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty lived in Licun, Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province. When I was a child, I worked as a shepherd for the landlord and a post office in Yinchuan. During the 1629 uprising, he was a brave and insightful soldier under Gao Yingxiang. At the Xingyang meeting, the plan of dividing troops and attacking from all sides was put forward and approved by the heads of various ministries. After Gao Yingxiang's death, he succeeded in calling himself king.

Some people assume that Wei Zhongxian will not die and the Ming Dynasty will not perish. If this is ridiculous, those who put forward this view can only think of one thing: Wei Zhongxian suppressed the civil service groups, although the state finances that collected money are still guaranteed, there is another very important factor: Heaven has been ignored.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, small glaciers reached their peak, and abnormal climate led to frequent droughts, hail and locust disasters.

Thirteen years of Chongzhen: Miyun in Beijing, starving everywhere;

Tianjin Wuqing famine year, people eat grass bark, all bare, people eat each other.

Tangshan Yutian, hungry, people eat people;

Baoding is newly built and dried up, nine rivers are dried up, people eat people, and Baiyangdian is dried up;

Quzhou, Handan, Chunfeng and other places are filled with smog, and people eat each other in summer drought and autumn rain;

Wait, there are too many such records. From north to south, the mountains and rivers are broken, the people are affected, and there is no livelihood. They can only live easily and painfully! Shit! Shit! Shit!

In this case, Chongzhen is still asking farmers for money in the face of the emptiness of the national treasury.

If I were a farmer, I would definitely sing "Eat his mother's food, wear his mother's food, open the door to welcome the king, and the king will not accept his food when he comes."

Not only that, the abnormal climate also brought the problem of plague spread. From the sixth year of Chongzhen to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the plague was prevalent in the north-central part of China. At first, the disease was only prevalent in Datong, Taiyuan, Shanxi and Shaanxi, but by Chongzhen 167, when the Ming Dynasty was at home and abroad, a large-scale outbreak broke out in Beijing and Tianjin!

In spring, the weather gradually warmed up, and the plague broke out. The imperial army was wiped out in Chongzhen, and it was forced to Jingshan Park and hung under the begonia tree.

Before Li Zicheng, who went to Beijing in the spring, had time to enjoy himself, he encountered a terrible problem: his Dashun army was also infected with the plague, and young soldiers died day by day.

In more than forty days, the mighty Dashun army of more than one million fell apart.

Wu Sangui led the Qing army into Shanhaiguan, which may have such considerations. Plague is prevalent. If the Qing army is infected, the combat effectiveness will naturally decline. When the time comes, the snipe and the clam will compete, and the fisherman will benefit.

However, the Qing soldiers entered the customs in May. In summer, hot weather is not conducive to the breeding of viruses. However, the separation of Manchu and Han made it difficult for Manchu soldiers to be infected. Most importantly, fleas who spread the virus don't like the smell of horses, so cavalry is difficult to be infected.

If you still think that Li Zicheng failed because of Chen Yuanyuan and Wu Sangui failed because of Chen Yuanyuan, you are wrong. Li Zicheng lost in: against the sky, doomed to failure!