I think the name Wu Sangui, a traitor in the late Ming Dynasty, is familiar to all readers. In the eyes of many people, Wu Sangui is an out-and-out national sinner. When there was a conflict between national justice and personal grievances, he abandoned everyone for a small family, defected to the Qing Dynasty, and led the wolf into the room. Later, for personal benefit, he turned to betray the Qing Dynasty. There is no bottom line.
The most infuriating thing is that after a battle, Wu Sangui ordered his men to bloodbath pucheng county, Shaanxi Province, which brought profound disasters to the local people, and the ferocity of its means was outrageous!
Wu Sangui
Background of the Battle of the Slaughterhouse After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, a large part of the reasons why the Ming generals were willing to surrender were Duoduo and Dourgen, especially Duoduo, who played a key role in many major battles in the Qing Dynasty. What is the most commendable achievement of the founding king? The reputation of.
However, the good times did not last long. Wang Duoduo, the iron hat, died of illness not long after the Qing army entered the customs, and Duo Lei, the regent, was terminally ill and went from bad to worse. Seeing that these two pillars of the Qing Dynasty are about to die in the west, some people are ready to move.
In the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648), Li Chengdong, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and Minister of Wang Chuang, rose up against the Qing Dynasty in Guangzhou.
In the second year, Bian Jiang, general of Datong in Qing Dynasty and former commander-in-chief of Ming Dynasty, responded to the call of uprising and launched an uprising.
In order to quell the rebellion, Dourgen personally levied ginger inlay in spite of illness, which made Shaanxi's troops empty. Seeing Wang Yongqiang, the general of Yan 'an camp and a former Ming Dynasty capitulator, holding high the banner of anti-Qing and regaining sight, Gao Youcai of Shenmu in northern Shaanxi followed closely.
Soon, Wang Yongqiang and Gao Youcai's army joined forces to form a powerful uprising force. They first captured Yulin, and then successively captured northern Shaanxi 19 counties, and even pucheng county was taken by them.
At this time, Dourgen couldn't get away with it, and he had to deal with Jiang Qian, so he ordered Wu Sangui to lead his fighters against the talented insurgents, which also kicked off the bloodbath of Pucheng County in Wu Sangui.
Heavy losses, anger and slaughter in the early Qing dynasty, people in many places still didn't go home, so they fought? Anti-clearing and regaining sight? Banners of Wang Yongqiang and others were warmly welcomed by Pucheng people. Later, they also set up the coffin of Ming Di Zhu Youjian in the Confucian Temple in the city, in order to further win the hearts and minds of the people.
Then Wang Yongqiang moved on and met Wu Sangui's army in Liuqu Township, Fuping County. Because most of the ministries led by Wang Yongqiang were brave and good at fighting in northern Shaanxi, and they were full of blood and brave and good at fighting, Ning Guan fighters met for the first time in Wu Sangui, which was recorded in Pucheng County Records:
Men and women in Wang Yongqiang, many of whom fought on three sides, are brave and good at fighting, wearing soap armor and holding jujube branches. When he was killed, he was invincible and defeated the Qing army in one fell swoop. ?
However, the ginger is still hot, and Wu Sangui saw that he could not play hardball and began to adopt a strategy. The next day, the two armies fought again. Before long, Wu Sangui's troops pretended to be defeated, dropped supplies and fled in a hurry. The rebels in Wang Yongqiang didn't know that this was a plan to rob goods, and the scene was out of control for a time. As a result, Wu Sangui took the opportunity to fight back and caught the insurgents off guard. After this war, Wang Yongqiang died, and Gao Youcai fled the official valley.
Wu Sangui
After defeating Wang Yongqiang's army, Wu Sangui led his army to Pucheng County, trying to recover lost ground. However, the people in Pucheng County closed their gates and refused to surrender, so Wu Sangui ordered his men to launch a fierce offensive.
Since ancient times, pucheng county has been an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, while Ning Guan fighters are good at field battles but not at tough battles, so even if Wu Sangui bid in person, he could not capture the city in a short time.
During the siege, soldiers and civilians in Pucheng County shelled Wu Sangui's troops with the Yugoslav capital, and Ning Guan soldiers suffered heavy losses, even Wu Sangui himself almost died. Wu Sangui was furious and accelerated the siege.
Eventually Pucheng County was breached. Wu Sangui, already furious, vented his cubbyhole on the soldiers and civilians in Pucheng County. He began to slaughter soldiers and civilians, thousands of people were killed and the property in the city was looted. In this regard, Pucheng County Records records:
Sangui and Guohan slaughtered more than 10,000 people without hiding?
Wu Sangui
There are two main reasons for the bloodbath of Pucheng County in Wu Sangui:
First, show loyalty to the Qing Dynasty.
In fact, the deeper purpose of Dourgen's sending Wu Sangui to fight the rebel army this time is to verify whether he is loyal or not, and pucheng county, who is unwilling to defect, symbolizes the remaining stubborn forces of the Ming Dynasty. Wu Sangui showed Dourgen that he had completely drawn a line with the Ming Dynasty and was a real Qing people.
In fact, Wu Sangui has long been expelled from Ming nationality. At the beginning, Wu Sangui used the soldiers of the Qing army to attack Li Zicheng and let the Qing army enter the customs. There may still be some people who think he is in trouble. Therefore, Wu Sangui led an army to Myanmar, put pressure on the king of Myanmar, demanding the surrender of Emperor Nanming, and finally turned the last trace of royal blood in the Ming Dynasty into ashes. At this time, he was completely on the opposite side of the Ming Dynasty.
This time, Wu Sangui bloodbath Pucheng County, but in order to increase their loyalty chips. This bottomless man won't have any psychological burden at all.
The second is to vent their anger.
As mentioned earlier, Wu Sangui's Ning Guan fighters confronted Wang Yongqiang Rebels for the first time and suffered heavy losses. Later, when pucheng county was besieged, the soldiers and civilians fought to the death and suffered heavy losses. Even he himself almost died. After a fight, Wu Sangui was already furious. In order to vent his anger, he chose to slaughter.
You know, Wu Sangui is an extremely selfish person, and Ning Guan fighters are his biggest chips. Some people say that Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty because he was afraid of Li Zicheng's cruelty, in order to avenge the death of his father and wife. These factors may have been taken into account, but the most important thing is that Wu Sangui wants to preserve its strength.
As long as Ning Guan fighters are in his hands, Wu Sangui has full confidence in Li Zicheng and Manchu, and anyone who touches his interests will be strongly retaliated. The people of Pucheng County were massacred for this reason.
To sum up, Wu Sangui's bloodbath in pucheng county, Shaanxi Province, on the one hand, offered his own warlords for the Qing Dynasty, thus gaining their trust; On the other hand, it was to vent Pucheng people's anger at the heavy losses suffered by his Ning Guan soldiers.
Facts have proved that Wu Sangui always values only his own interests. After Kangxi came to power, he planned to reduce the vassal States and strengthen the central power. However, Wu Sangui, 6 1 year-old, was suddenly unhappy. He just jumped out to rebel, became emperor himself, became addicted and died.
Throughout his life, it can be described as extremely natural and unrestrained. However, all this is based on the suffering of others. Wu Sangui, to commit such a crime as the Holocaust is worthy of eternal infamy! Readers, what do you say?