Collapse of Southern Ming Forces

Timeline

1. 1648Nanchang · JiangxiFormer Qing-defecting generals Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren rose in Nanchang, briefly shaking Jiangnan. Qing forces under Tan Tai and others counterattacked; after a siege of several months Nanchang fell again, Jin Shenghuan drowned himself, and the Southern Ming lost its strategic chance to recover the middle Yangtze.
2. 1648Guangdong · GuangdongAfter Li Chengdong's death, his son Li Yuanyin and other factions could not hold things together, and anti-Qing forces in Guangdong acted independently. Conflicts between the Yongli court and local warlords intensified, preventing unified command, and organized resistance in South China existed in name only.
3. 1648Anlong, Guizhou · GuizhouSun Kewang monopolized court affairs, confined officials, and brought his conflict with Li Dingguo into the open. The Yongli court existed in name only, and anti-Qing resistance in the southwest was reduced to warlord fiefdoms unable to launch any overall counteroffensive.