As one of the most important insurgents in the late Ming dynasty, it overthrew the rule of the Ming dynasty at that time, but due to the arrogance in the later period. What's more, he had no ruling experience, and finally lost to the Qing army and died in the process of fleeing. However, where Li Zicheng finally died is still inconclusive. But there is such a record in the book Ming History. It tells the story of an incident that happened on the way of Li Zicheng's defeat and escape.

In September of that year, Li Zhicheng lived in his own residence. He led 20 cavalry to the mountains to get some food, but he was surrounded by local villagers and couldn't get away. Finally, he was strangled by local villagers as bandits. However, it was also said that villagers were building bunkers at that time, and when they saw bandits coming to grab food and eat less, they went to fight. As a result, Li Zicheng's horse accidentally got stuck in the mire. Li Zicheng couldn't move, and was killed by people's hoes.

The villagers were complacent and thought they had defeated the bandit, but after sowing his clothes, they found the dragon clothes and the dragon seal and found that the man was blind in one eye. Is this Li Zhicheng? Later, the court sent someone to investigate, but because it was late, it was impossible to identify the body.

However, from the mouth of the local people, we got the whereabouts of the remnants of the army in Li Zicheng and finally wiped them out. In this description, we can find two problems. First, Li Zicheng was killed by local people, but it was only after she was killed that she was found to be Li Zhicheng. During this period, Li Zhicheng himself denied his identity. Second, when court officials arrived later, there was no way to confirm Li Zicheng's identity from the corrupt body.

However, it was found in some folk magazines that there was a family named Li Wensheng in Weiziwan Village, Qingcheng Town, Yuzhong, Lanzhou, and his family kept his genealogy. It says that in Li Zicheng's time, a monk became a monk and was finally buried in the local area. However, according to historical records, Li Zicheng did not become a monk, and there is no conclusive evidence from the genealogy. So there is no conclusion about Li Zicheng who died in Lanzhou, Gansu. As for what's in his grave. It is even more unknown.