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"During the end of Ming Dynasty, Shanhaiguan general Wu Sangui was about to surrender and join the rebel forces of Li Zicheng when he heard that his concubine Chen Yuanyuan was taken by Li Zicheng. Enraged, he contacted the Qing and the leader Dorgon. Afterwards, Wu Sangui opened the gates of Shanhaiguan for Qing soldiers and together fought a decisive battle against Li Zicheng. The victory by the Qing Dynasty hastened the foundering of Li Zicheng's political powers and firmly established Qing as the dominant power in China."

This section is one of two perspectives on wu sanggui's surrender, the other and more beleiveable account is that he was asked to surrender by Li, but once on his way to beijing he heard of the massacres Li's army had comitted, and the murder of his father, so he returned to shanhaiguan, and requested assistance from the Qing. the city was quickly surrendered to the manchu and sanggui's army fought in the front lines against li's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.106.159.153 (talk) 12:31, 25 September 2007 (UTC)