吴三桂

1644年5月27日，吴三桂与清军联军和李自成的起义军开战。

Together the two armies met Li Zhicheng 's rebel forces in battle on May 27 , 1644 .

而“冲冠一怒为红颜”的吴三桂，却是一个反面典型。

And " to the coronal one anger is a beauty " wu sangui , it is an opposite model however .

吴三桂的部队已超支大部分华南地区的盟友，他试图与当地将军本人，如汪肤郴。

Wu Sangui 's forces had overrun most of southern China and he tried to ally himself with local generals such as Wang Fuchen .

满族人抓住这个机会，在明朝将领吴三桂打开山海关的大门后进入了长城，很快就推翻了李自成建立的短命的顺王朝。

Seizing their chance , the Manchus crossed the Great Wall after Ming border general Wu Sangui opened the gates at Shanhai Pass , and quickly overthrew Li 's short-lived Shun Dynasty .

明朝伪政权的最后一任皇帝桂王在缅甸避难，后来又被移交给了吴三桂带领的清朝远征军，吴三桂把他带回云南省，并在1622年早期将其杀害。

The last Ming pretender Prince Gui sort refuge in Burma but was turned over to a Qing expeditionary force headed by Wu Sangui who had him brought back to Yunnan province and executed in early 1662 .

吴三桂被夹在两个敌人中间，最终决定将赌注下在清朝身上并与6岁顺治帝的摄政王多尔衮结成联盟，顺治帝是皇太极的儿子，皇太极于前一年驾崩。

Wu caught between two enemies decided to cast his lots with the Manchus and made an alliance with Dorgon , regent to the then six-year old Shunzhi , son of Huangtaiji who had passed away the year before .

1644年4月，李自成率军东征，在山海关与吴三桂军队开展激战，清军突然加人战斗，农民军猝不及防，损失惨重。

In April 1644 , Li Zicheng commanded the army to suppress the rebellion in the east and had a fierce battle with Wu Sangui in Shanhai Gate . However , the Qing army joined in the battle unexpectedly . The peasant army was taken by surprise and suffered a great loss .