Qing Campaign in Jiangnan, 1645

Timeline

1. 1645Huai River–Yangtze River line · ChinaDodo led the Eight Banners, Mongol, and Han armies south from the north, breaking through the Huai River defense line. Ming generals Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zhaoji, and others surrendered or were defeated, and Qing forces pointed directly at the core of Jiangnan.
2. 1645Yangzhou, Nanjing · JiangsuThe Qing besieged Yangzhou, where Shi Kefa died for his country; after the city fell occurred the Ten Days of Yangzhou. They then crossed the river and captured Nanjing, where the Hongguang emperor Zhu Yousong was taken prisoner, and the first nationwide Southern Ming regime quickly collapsed.
3. 1645Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Taicang · ZhejiangThe Qing divided forces to pacify Suzhou, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and other places; the queue order provoked anti-Qing resistance among scholars and commoners in Jiading, Jiangyin, and elsewhere. Despite stubborn local resistance, the Qing court gradually established military and political control over Jiangnan.