Li Dingguo (162 1- 1662) was a general of the Great Western Army in the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, a military commander in the southern Ming Dynasty, and one of the most outstanding anti-Qing generals in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Hongyuan and Yu Ning. Yan 'an, Shaanxi, speaking of Yulin people. Zhang's adopted son is General Anxi. After Zhang died in the second year of Longwu (1646), he joined forces with others to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Li Yong six years (1652), into Guangxi, Guilin, north, even Yongzhou, Hengyang. "Two famous soldiers shook the world", which made the Qing court ready to give up the seven southwestern provinces. Jealous of Sun Kewang, he retreated to Guangxi and then moved to Yunnan. In ten years, Emperor Li Yong was secretly welcomed into Yunnan, and the King of Jin was appointed. After the fall of Sun Kewang, the defense secrets of Southwest China were lost, and the Qing army attacked Guizhou on a large scale. He fought badly and retreated to Burma. In the 16th year of Li Yong (1662), Emperor Li Yong was killed. He suffered from anxiety and died in the same year.

Li Dingguo was born in poverty and became a monk at the age of ten. He believes that the country can make good use of soldiers. He likes to read Sun Tzu's Art of War and Zi Tong Zhi Jian, which is known as "ten thousand enemies" and "little Wei Chi". It is famous for its generosity and kindness, and has never been killed in the city. When it meets the gentry and the people, it will try to save it. Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi are Zhang's adopted sons. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), he broke Chengdu from Zhang and made General Anxi, ranking second only to Zhang.

1646, the Qing army entered Sichuan and Zhang died. The rest of the Great Western Army went south to Qijiang with Sun Kewang. In the first year of Li Yong (1647), he first entered Guizhou and then entered Yunnan through the rebellion in Shadingzhou, Yunnan. In those days, he became king with Sun Kewang and established political power. It is expected to be called King Pingdong, King Anxi of Dingguo and King Funan of Liu Wenxiu. 1648, Dingguo conquered Wa Long Ge, occupied Shadingzhou and pacified Yunnan. Dingguo organizes agricultural production in Yunnan, stabilizes social order, unites ethnic minorities and establishes southwest anti-Qing base areas. Ding Guo's persuasion is expected: "Our generation is a subject of the Ming Dynasty, and China has turned to foreign invaders. Therefore, we must strictly distinguish the boundaries between foreign countries and Xia, attach importance to China, and now bring Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan back to the Ming Dynasty and sincerely assist them." In three years, Sun and Li successively sent envoys to Nanming to negotiate with the court on anti-Qing issues. In the fourth year of Li Yong, Li Yong made Li Dingguo the king of Xining.

In six years, Emperor Li Yong was welcomed into Guizhou. The army of the Western Expedition went north, and Li Dingguo led the East Route Army out of Hunan, achieving a great victory in Jingzhou and recovering most of Hunan; Then he went south to Guangxi, went straight to Guilin, defeated the Qing army and won a great victory in Guilin. Kong Youde, the king of Qing Dynasty, died of self-immolation, and the Great Western Army regained Guangxi. Then he went north to attack Hengzhou, Hunan Province, and 1 1 attacked Ni Kan, the king of Qing Dynasty, and won a great victory in Hengyang and returned to Hunan. At that time, the world shook, and the anti-Qing war situation in the southwest reversed, which made "the Qing monarch and his subjects heard the police, shook up and down, and heard the name of the country, and they were frightened, and there was a great discussion of abandoning Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou to make peace with the emperor." Huang Zongxi said: "The success of Li Dingguo and the two famous generals in Guilin and Hengzhou has shaken the world, which has never happened in the heyday of Wanli. If you succeed, you can eat enough! " It is for this reason that Qu Yuan prayed to heaven! "Li Dingguo's achievements and prestige in Li Yong court are getting higher and higher, and Sun Kewang is jealous of him, which leads to the division between them. In order to take care of the overall situation, Li Dingguo was forced to retreat to Guangxi and Yunnan to continue his anti-Qing cause.

In the eighth year of Li Yong, he and Zheng Chenggong met in Xinhui, Guangdong, in order to take Guangzhou. However, due to Zheng Jun's repeated failure to keep the appointment and the epidemic of plague, Lien Chan lost in a row and failed. Li Yong ten years, Li Dingguo was named king of Jin.

In the eleventh year of Li Yong, Sun Kewang turned against Li Dingguo; However, because Sun Kewang was unpopular, many generals turned to Li Dingguo's camp, and Sun Kewang was defeated and retreated to Guizhou. In the same year, Sun Kewang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. After defeating Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo still insisted on opposing Qing Dynasty and defending the regime of the Ghost King, but was repeatedly defeated because of the military intelligence in southwest China being betrayed by Sun Kewang.

In the twelfth year of Li Yong, Wu Sangui invaded Yunnan; The following year, Kunming broke. Li Dingguo escorted Li Yong out of Kunming and commanded the main force of the Ming army to severely attack the Qing army in a bloody battle in Mopanshan. After that, Li Yong fled to Myanmar, while Li Dingguo led his troops back to Mengla alone and sent someone to borrow soldiers from the car. Later, Myanmar returned the emperor Li Yong to Wu Sangui. At this time, it was decided that China troops in the state-owned company died of illness one after another, and Li Dingguo was also ill.

In the 16th year of Li Yong (1662), Li Dingguo learned that Li Yong was hanged by Wu Sangui, and he was heartbroken. Before he died, he ordered his son: "Don't surrender to death!" "

Li Dingguo was one of the most outstanding anti-Qing generals in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. As the leader of the peasant uprising army, he resolutely put aside the past and cooperated with the Nanming court when the country was in danger. In the face of Sun Kewang's repeated provocations from the same camp, he took care of the overall situation and avoided it in many ways; He once "had two kings, and the world shook", which made the Qing court ready to give up seven southwestern provinces. If the traitor hadn't leaked the news, Wu Sangui would have been wiped out. Li Dingguo benefited the people of Sichuan, and after his death, he built more "Li Wang Jin Temple" in Sichuan. On the land of Yunnan and Guizhou, the reputation and legend of "Li" have been circulating.

Gu Cheng, a famous historian, thinks in History of the Southern Ming Dynasty: "Li Dingguo's life should be fully affirmed, and the writers of feudal historical records generally give praise, but they praise Li Dingguo's' repentance' in the latter half of his life. In fact, Li Dingguo was a hero who resisted feudal oppression in the late Ming Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, he was an outstanding commander in chief who resisted the military conquest and tyranny of Manchu nobles. If you don't talk about heroes by success or failure, he is a brilliant superstar among all the characters in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and no one else can compare with him. "