ChongzhenIn the 13th year (1640), there was a severe drought in Shandong, Henan, Hebei and other places, and locusts blocked the sun. In the winter, there was a great famine. Yuan Shizhong gathered tens of thousands of people and led the hungry people to revolt.In November, he led more than ten thousand people to attack Kaizhou (now Puyang County) and kill Chi Zhi, the state's Tongzhi.In the following year, he entered Kaifeng and Shangqiu with Liu Yuchi and Zhu Chengju, and was active in southeast Henan and north Anhui, known as Xiaoyuanying.In the 15th year of Chongzhen, because of being chased by the Ming army, they cooperated with Li Zicheng to attack the Kaifeng forward.Soon, he suddenly left the camp and wanted to submit to the imperial court. He wandered between Gui and Bozhou, waveringLi ZichengAvoid.In April of the 16th year of Chongzhen, he was a subordinate of Li ZichengLi GuoKilled.
