There are three general statements about Li Zicheng's death:

First, the suicide theory. The basis for this statement comes from the report of the Qing general Ajige: More than 20 people of Li Zicheng were besieged by farmers and could not escape, so he hanged himself to death.

Ajige just heard that he did not find Li Zicheng's body, nor did he know where he died.

Even later, Ajige reported that Li Zicheng might escape and was severely scolded by Dorgon. Later, Ajige was demoted from prince to prince, one of the reasons was that he lied to Li Zicheng's death.

Obviously, this statement is unreliable and has no basis.

Second, he escaped and said that Li Zicheng took makeup and fled to Lingquan Zen Temple, and his magic name was Fengtianyu Monk. This Fengtianyu Monk had a portrait. If it were Li Zicheng, it would be like he left a portrait himself.

The last statement is the most convincing one, that is, Li Zicheng died at the hands of the peasant Cheng Jiubo.

There was no big contrast in history here. At this time, Li Zicheng still fled to Jiugong Mountain. The difference was that he was surrounded by Liu Zongmin and dozens of personal soldiers.

It was raining raining and the roads were muddy. When these rural warriors saw the ghost weather, they immediately lost their energy.

"Uncle Jiu, it's raining heavily. Let's find a place to shelter from the rain."

"Yes, yes, no bandits will come out after such heavy rain."

"There is a grass pavilion in front of you. Let's go there to shelter from the rain."

So, Chazi Cheng Jiubo led these villagers to hide in a grass pavilion not far from the entrance of Lianhua Village. This grass pavilion was built by the villagers and used to shelter from the wind and rain on weekdays.

The straw hut was temporarily built, and a few pieces of wood were covered with some thatch. In the pouring rain, Cheng Jiubo took his men to hide in.

Everyone was busy patrolling the villages, and they were all soaked. In the small pavilion, everyone crowded together to keep warm.

"If you get a cold weather in this ghost weather, you're afraid you won't live next year."

"Sanhuai, don't talk nonsense, quickly spit."

"Ph pah pah pah pah."

"Sanhuai just married a wife, and her life is precious. Let your wife go home and warm your quilt and sweat, hahaha."

Among the village heroes, a group of people were mocking a man with a horse face. The man with a horse face was named Cheng Sanhuai, who had just been newly married. He was honest and dull and not good at speaking. After everyone said this, he couldn't help but blush.

Uncle Cheng Jiu interrupted everyone: "Okay, okay, don't joke. The autumn cold is not careless, and the weather will clear up later. Everyone will drink a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold air. Don't really get the wind and cold and lose your life."

After Uncle Cheng Jiu said this, everyone stopped talking and nodded.

In this era, it is not an exaggeration to say that a small cold can kill a person's life. Especially when catching a cold and getting a cold, it can cause high fever and pneumonia at any time. In an era without antibiotics, many people cannot stand it.

Not to mention these ordinary people who cannot afford to buy decoctions, even wealthy families are often extremely dangerous. Once the condition turns worse, they can only wait for death.

This is also one of the reasons why there are many widows in this era. Human beings have been fighting against diseases since their birth.

The average life expectancy of the ancients was only in their thirties, and many people had a great misunderstanding of this. They thought that people died when they lived to their thirties.

In fact, this is not the case. The average life expectancy refers to the average life expectancy of people who die prematurely and babies who die from difficult labor.

In this era, people's life expectancy is relatively short, but it is still okay to live to the age of fifty or sixty without illness and disaster. Generally, they will die of old age only in the age of sixty. As for those in their thirties, that is the average life expectancy of the comprehensive population. It does not mean that people will die when they live to the age of thirty.

The general short life span is caused by diseases and wars. Among them, diseases have the greatest chance of taking lives. Not to mention ordinary people, even emperors from ancient times to the present, they die in their thirties and forties or even in their twenties.

Ancient society did not have the medical technology level as developed as our modern society. Therefore, once the ancients got sick, even if they were just a small cold, they could die at any time.

If you often come into contact with history, you should know that many celebrities in history have died of colds due to wind and colds. The reason for this is not because ancient people are weaker than modern people, but because of some other reasons.

First of all, the level of medicine in ancient times was underdeveloped, and there was no solution to the right medicine for many diseases. There were only a few drugs, and they were used back and forth, which also made the ancient people lack those antibodies to fight diseases.

Moreover, in ancient times, there were only a few acupuncture points. The most important thing is that in ancient times, colds were often viral colds. Once they caught a cold, there was no good medicine to make their body produce antibodies to the virus. Therefore, in ancient times, it was easy for people with colds to be in danger of life.

Cheng Jiubo was full of the village warriors. After being wet from the rain, they must go home to drink a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold. This is a way to save their lives. Therefore, everyone nodded in agreement.

At this time, Li Zicheng was walking towards the direction of Lianhua Village with his loyalists.

Having become accustomed to killing and robbery, Li Zicheng no longer opposed his subordinates to do so. The only thing he can do now is to live with these loyal people.

What worried Li Zicheng the most was that Liu Zongmin was defeated in the battle of Zaogu. Liu Zongmin completely changed his personality. Although Liu Zongmin was also cruel before, Liu Zongmin now is a murderous demon.

He would kill someone with a knife when he had disagreement, or even kill someone for no reason. In other words, he would kill someone by his own interests. Li Zicheng advised him, but he angrily retorted: If the King of Chuang was not aggressive and had to fight against Henan, how could you and I have today?

Whenever this happened, Li Zicheng was speechless. Heavy rain fell from the sky and the road was muddy, which made everyone soaked in a chicken.

Although his subordinates didn't say anything, everyone's face was full of dissatisfaction. Li Zicheng silently led everyone along the mountain road.

Liu Zongmin held the knife and walked in front without saying a word. He seemed to have become a wooden man, without emotions or thoughts, and only killing in his eyes.

Li Zicheng couldn't help but worry: "Old Liu, are you okay?"

Liu Zongmin didn't say anything, and continued to carry his sword forward. After walking dozens of steps, he said, "King of Chuang, I read the notice from Tongshan County. The prince is going westward."

Li Zicheng was shocked when he heard this. Zhu Cilang advanced westward, which was to attack Sichuan. He wanted troops to enter Xichuan and attack Zhang Xianzhong.

The prince had a great appetite. He had just regained the land of Huguang, Henan, and before he could catch his breath, he was about to bring his army into Sichuan to fight against Zhang Xianzhong.
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