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Li Zicheng (1606—1645), formerly known as Hongji, was the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty and lived in Liqianji Village, Mizhi, Shaanxi Province. When I was a child, I worked as a shepherd for the landlord and a post servant in Yinchuan. After the 1629 uprising, he was a brave and knowledgeable soldier under King Gao Yingxiang. At the Xingyang Congress, the operational plan of dividing troops and attacking in four ways was put forward, which was endorsed by the leaders of various ministries. After Gao Yingxiang's death, he continued to be called the founding king.
At that time, the famine in the Central Plains was serious and the social class contradictions were extremely acute. Yan Li put forward slogans such as "no tax on farmland", which were welcomed by the broad masses of the people, and the troops grew to one million, becoming the main force in the uprising army. 1643 was called xinshun King in Xiangyang, and in Ruzhou, Henan, he annihilated the main force of Sun Chuanting, the governor of Mingshan, in order to win Xi 'an. In the first month of the following year, the Dashun regime, named Yongchang, was established. Soon, he conquered Beijing and overthrew the Ming Dynasty. In April, Dourgen led the Eight Banners Army to join forces with Wu Sangui, the company commander of the Ming Dynasty, and fought in Li Zicheng, both inside and outside Shanhaiguan. Li Zicheng was defeated, withdrew from Peiping, and led the troops to Henan and Shaanxi. 1645 On May 17, Yuan Di Temple in Jiugongshan, Tongshan, Hubei Province was killed by villagers.