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On June 3, 1644, Li claimed imperial rank, but left the city the following day with most if not all of his men, carrying their vast loot to the west. Two days after that, [[Manchu]] forces led by the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] regent [[Dorgon]] and assisted by Wu Sangui entered Beijing, placing Dorgon's six-year-old nephew on the throne and declaring him the [[Shunzhi Emperor]], claiming for themselves the title of Emperor as the legitimate dynasty now ruling over China.
On June 3, 1644, Li claimed imperial rank, but left the city the following day with most if not all of his men, carrying their vast loot to the west. Two days after that, [[Manchu]] forces led by the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] regent [[Dorgon]] and assisted by Wu Sangui entered Beijing, placing Dorgon's six-year-old nephew on the throne and declaring him the [[Shunzhi Emperor]], claiming for themselves the title of Emperor as the legitimate dynasty now ruling over China.
The Manchus then pursued Li to [[Xi'an]], in Shaanxi, closing in on him there in spring [[1645]]. Li fled once again, with a smaller group of men, to the southeast, crossing the [[Yangtze River]], where he was finally cornered by the Manchus in the mountains to the north of [[Jiangxi province]]. Before the Manchus could get to him, however, he was killed - either, according to some sources, by suicide, or according to others, by peasants from whom he tried to loot food.
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