Why was Li Zicheng s million strong army beaten by the Qing army?

Updated on history 2024-02-24
33 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Because Li Zicheng's million-strong army did not form a good combat effectiveness, the Qing army had been fighting with the Ming Dynasty on the border for a long time, and its own combat effectiveness was very strong, so it was beaten by the Qing army.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Because most of his army were peasants who had not participated in military training, and the number was not small, he would be defeated by the Qing army.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Li Zicheng's million-strong army will be beaten by the Qing army because the children of the Eight Banners of the Qing army are all soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles, while Li Zicheng's army is an insurrectionary army, and the combat effectiveness of the army is very different!

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    First of all, Li Zicheng's million-strong army was first established on the peasant uprising, and the strength of the Qing army was far higher than that of the peasants, and secondly, Li Zicheng's suspicion caused many generals to be killed, so the million-strong army lost confidence and trust in Li Zicheng, and it was difficult to rectify.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Although Li Zicheng had an army of one million, he only held out for 40 days in front of the Qing army and soon failed, mainly because Li Zicheng's army was actually very complicated, and most of the troops that took refuge in Li Zicheng were some second-rate troops, so Li Zicheng's army itself had completely lost its fighting spirit, so it would fail in the process of fighting against the Qing army. Moreover, Li Zicheng's development is relatively fast, and he did not take the time to integrate his own troops, so it can be said that he is a group of rabble. At the same time, Li Zicheng's economy and finances also had problems, when Li Zicheng's scale was not large, he mainly relied on robbing the model source and robbing the official mansion to maintain the army, but with the large number of surrendered troops into Li Zicheng's hands, Li Zicheng was unable to feed so many of his own troops, which also caused a relatively serious financial crisis.

    Li Zicheng is the shortest emperor in history, mainly because the rule of the Ming Dynasty at that time has been a problem with the source of the state, and later Li Zicheng in the name of King Chuang, led some troops, overthrew the Ming Dynasty and established the Dashun regime, but Li Zicheng succeeded to the throne, only on his throne, only sat on the throne for less than 40 days and was defeated by the Manchu army, and later Li Zicheng died in Hubei in the process of escaping. Li Zicheng is just a peasant, so he can only fight, and he will not defend the country, so after becoming the emperor, he is also obsessed with beauty and does not know how to harvest the hearts of the people.

    The army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was actually very powerful, and there were also soldiers of the Eight Banners who were very good at fighting, and Wu Sangui's armed forces were also extremely powerful, so to a certain extent, they were completely able to defeat Li Zicheng's army. Moreover, when Li Zicheng first became king, his foundation was unstable, but his methods were also very cruel, and he did not take some literati and ordinary people particularly seriously.

    In the end, Li Zicheng vigorously overthrew the Ming Dynasty, but because of his limited ability, he eventually led to a tragic result.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Mainly because he was too careless, and there were many generals in the Qing army at that time, and they were all very powerful and strategic. Li Zicheng alone can't resist.

  7. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Because his army had not undergone strict training and had no combat effectiveness, it was difficult for him to command an effective command, and in the process of retreating, he also suffered a blow from the aspect of the retreat.

  8. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Because they are a rabble, bandits and robbers, they are naturally vulnerable in front of the regular army.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Although there were many soldiers, but without good strategies, these soldiers were only in vain.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    Because he doesn't think it's necessary to die in the net, but it's better to live secretly, thinking that he can live well no matter what.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Li Zicheng already had the heart of rebellion, and was even bribed by the Qing army with money, so he finally surrendered without a fight.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    Li Zicheng only claimed to have a million soldiers, but the real strength was only three or four hundred thousand, although he coerced a lot of displaced people, but in the later period, when he basically defeated the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely not raise so many people. In addition, his soldiers and horses need to stay in various places, so the number of troops he can use to fight the Qing army will not exceed 100,000. His failure was based on two points, first.

    1. After entering Beijing, he connived at his subordinates to burn and loot on a large scale, causing many generals of the Ming Dynasty to fall to the side of the Qing army. As a result, there was a stone battle, and Wu Sangui and the Qing army attacked him together. Causing him to be defeated? Clause.

    Second, in order to allow a large number of displaced people to join his army, he implemented a policy of distributing the land of the landlord class to the peasants, but almost all the landlords at that time had their own arms, and after he was defeated by the Qing Dynasty, the landlord forces in various places pursued him.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was already in a very corrupt situation.

    The more than 2 million troops at the end of the Ming Dynasty were only "book figures" and belonged to "paper talk". In the early Ming Dynasty, the army did break through the 2 million mark (Zhu Di period), but this was achieved under the premise that the politics were relatively clear during the Hongwu and Yongle periods, the economy recovered relatively well, and the army was able to be self-sufficient to a certain extent. Since then, the strength of the Ming army has been declining, and even fell below the million mark, and the full proportion of troops is only 40%, such as Ming Yingzong claimed to lead 500,000 troops to conquer Wara (Tumubao Change), but the actual strength is only about 200,000 people.

    In the early years of Chongzhen, as one of the main forces of the Ming army, the three major battalions of the Beijing Division had a shortage of more than 40% of soldiers and horses, and there were only more than 100,000 horses left, and more than half of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Because Li Zicheng's army did not have a good **, just knives and guns. But at that time the Qing army already had artillery shells.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    Because he was too careless. The Qing army came up with a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and beat him to the ground. And I can't get up again.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    Li Zicheng did not have the determination to fight to the death.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    This is because the people led by Li Zicheng are scattered and have no cohesion.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    The combat effectiveness of Li Zicheng's troops is not good, and the Ming Dynasty, which is running out of gas, can, but the strength of the duel with the fierce Qing army is not enough.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    Because Li Zicheng did not manage his army well, and there was no unified system, it was just a group of rabble.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-18

    The offensive and defensive dynamics have changed. At the time of the uprising, Li Zicheng, as the attacker, had the initiative. Li Zicheng has a lot of troops, although most of them are rabble, but the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army is not strong, and the Ming Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, the main energy is to guard against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and in the early stage Li Zicheng group has the same goal, everyone has the same interests and needs, and its own policies can also win public opinion, with a fairly broad mass base.

    When Li Zicheng captured Beijing, he needed to defend the walled city, and wantonly divided his subordinates, resulting in his subordinates fighting for power and profit, which was completely a plate of loose sand, and the Manchu Qing at this time was the time when the soldiers were strong and the generals were wide, so Li Zicheng couldn't fight with the Manchus at all, and he lost a lot, so naturally there was a psychological shadow.

    First of all, when Li Zicheng conquered Beijing, counting the surrendered Ming troops in Beijing and the surrounding areas, the total strength was only about 100,000, of which no more than 10,000 were descendants, and there were no more than one million at all.

    At the time of the Battle of Yishi, the troops participating in the battle in Dashun were about 6-100,000 people, while Wu Sangui's army had 50,000 and the Qing army had 80,000. After the defeat of Shi Li's army, the descendants suffered great losses, and many of the Ming troops who originally surrendered to him turned against the Qing army, and the gap between the two sides was further widened. Therefore, it was difficult for Li Zicheng to gain a foothold in Beijing, and he had to lead his army to withdraw to Shaanxi, because of the result of the comparison of strength between the two sides, not because Li Zicheng had a "Qingphobia".

    Before Li Zicheng entered Beijing, the Henan and Shaanxi provinces under his control had been plagued by wars and famines, and only the Xiangfan area was better. So even if you count the area outside Beijing, Li Zicheng's troops will not be too much.

    In addition, half a year after the Battle of Yishi, that is, in October of the first year of Shunzhi, the Qing army originally planned for Azig to attack Shaanxi, while Duoduo went south to attack Nanming. However, Li Zicheng's Dashun army took the initiative to attack, successively conquered Jiyuan and Mengxian, and marched into Qinyang. In this case, Dolgon changed his order to Duoduo to also attack Tongguan and Azig to attack Shaanxi.

    In the end, the Shun army failed again, and the Qing army entered Shaanxi, and Li Zicheng was finally defeated and killed on the way to transfer.

    Li Zicheng took the initiative to counterattack Henan, it should be said that he definitely did not have "Qingphobia", and his defeat was caused by the large gap in strength between the two sides.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-17

    The reason is that after the Qing army entered Shanhaiguan, it was already more powerful. In this way, Li Zicheng, who is known as a million, has no chance. After Li Zicheng retreated from the capital, he planned to"Base camp"Xi'an is the base, defending against danger and reorganizing armaments.

    However, after Li Zicheng withdrew from the capital, Wu Sangui, Duoduo and others led elite soldiers to chase and fight. As soon as the retreat began, Li Zicheng's Dashun army was beaten by the Qing army.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-16

    Because Li Zicheng's strength is not strong, he was able to defeat the Ming Dynasty because the Ming Dynasty itself was corrupt and immortal, and the inability to defeat the Qing army was the embodiment of real strength.

  23. Anonymous users2024-01-15

    Because when Li Zicheng rebelled, the Ming army had already collapsed and was very corrupt. And the Qing army was brave and good at fighting. So he couldn't beat it.

  24. Anonymous users2024-01-14

    Because the Qing army at that time was very brave and well-trained, Li Zicheng could not defeat the Qing army of less than 100,000.

  25. Anonymous users2024-01-13

    The Qing army bought off Li Zicheng's men, knew his troop deployment, and then ambushed him on the road of Li Zicheng's march, so they defeated Li Zicheng.

  26. Anonymous users2024-01-12

    Although Li Zicheng claimed to have a million troops, most of the troops he was sitting on were composed of peasants, and the discipline and organization were poor, and the Qing army with good equipment and high quality was easily defeated.

  27. Anonymous users2024-01-11

    First of all, according to historical records, Li Zicheng did not have an army of one million; Secondly, Li Zicheng's plan was soon known to Dolgon, so it was difficult to chase and fight all the way, and it was difficult to be undefeated.

  28. Anonymous users2024-01-10

    They directly spent money to buy out Li Zicheng's hearts, which led to the rout of their army.

  29. Anonymous users2024-01-09

    In 1644, the mountains and the events of Chinese history were the main battles of Chinese history. After one stop, the peasant army in Li Zicheng had become dramatically sharp**. From the south for a long time, the rise of the northeast rule has occupied Daqing for more than 200 years.

    In the important battles in which the political power of Da Viet prospered, many historical materials record the victory of the Qing army, exaggerate the record, and even favor the battle hero of Wu Ban Da, the peasant army did not have any enemies, so how is the truth of history?At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the rebel armies of the world continued to appear, and this time the Ming Dynasty was already in decline. Even emperors such as Emperor Chongzhen were not, and for the Ming Dynasty, it did not come back.

    As long as there is no strategic vision, no examples, no success or no one. A system has been established. Whether it was the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings, or in the Taiping Heaven at the end of the Qing Dynasty, they all ended their defeats.

    Not only that, although Li Zicheng had a large army of 10,000, whether it was from literacy or discipline literacy, Li Zicheng compared to the Qing army's more than 100,000 training troops, this is a cloud. People are not using it more. Danjun's army can easily tear through your defenses, especially the Iron Horsemen of Iron Pride.

    Only let them set foot on the mountain customs, and the Central Plains are like fish traveling on the sea.

    In the battle of the mountain customs, Li Zishou lost only a few hundred soldiers, but since then, he has no chance to turn around. This is because the Qing army has entered the mountain customs, and it is already stronger, so Li Zizhen said that there is no chance for a few million people. Li Zicheng was short-lived, and planned to base Xi'an after the return of the capital.

    But I don't want Xi'an, this place is easy to fight, I can only talk about paper, just started to retreat, Li Zicheng's Shu Jun was hung by the Qing army. During this period, Li Ziju also had a lot of suspicions, killed many generals, not only did not have a good assistant, but also shocked the military heart, so that Shu Shunjun did not resist in the battle with the Qing army. It can be seen that for the adjudication group, the correctness of the strategy is an important issue related to the loss of life.

    The Dabun regime adopted the right tactics in attacking Beijing, and the situation developed rapidly. Upon arrival in Beijing, after another strategy, it woke up. The same group, why are they so different in strategy?

    I think it's because the Tainujun attack is so smooth. It became Beijing behind the peasant army, long mood and enjoyment of this idea.

  30. Anonymous users2024-01-08

    Although the number is huge, the combat effectiveness is relatively low, many of them are unarmed people, and the real soldiers are relatively few, so they will be defeated by the Qing army.

  31. Anonymous users2024-01-07

    Because he has slackened himself. He thinks that he can win the world, but in fact, the real war is to sit firmly in the world.

  32. Anonymous users2024-01-06

    Although Li Zicheng had a large number of troops, his army record was relatively loose and did not win the hearts of the people, so the Qing army quickly defeated them. And there weren't particularly many people supporting him at that time.

  33. Anonymous users2024-01-05

    First of all, he did not find a way to motivate his subordinates, and his regime was not firmly established enough. Second, the overall picture is not enough, but the overall decision-making is wrong. Finally, due to a plague, the combat effectiveness of its army fell sharply.

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