Flight of the Southern Song Court and the Fall of Lin'an

Timeline

1. 1275Lower Yangtze · ChinaIn Deyou 1, Bayan's Yuan forces came down from Ezhou; after the Battle of Dingjiazhou, Jiankang and Zhenjiang fell. In the tenth month they divided into three routes from Jiankang to attack south; in the eleventh month they took Changzhou and Dusong Pass, and in the twelfth occupied Pingjiang and elsewhere. The Southern Song Yangtze defense collapsed and Lin'an's gateway was open.
2. 1276Lin'an · ZhejiangOn the eighteenth day of the first month Yuan forces assembled at Gaoting Mountain; Grand Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing sent Yang Yingkui and others with the seal to surrender, and Chancellor Chen Yizhong fled that night. On the fifth day of the second month Emperor Gong led the officials in Lin'an to present a memorial of surrender; after accepting it Bayan issued an edict to win over unsubdued prefectures and counties. The young emperor moved north with the imperial clan as the capital fell.
3. 1276Fuzhou · FujianAs Yuan forces approached, Prince Ji Zhao Shi was regranted the title Prince of Yi and Prince Xin Zhao Bing that of Prince of Guang, escorted south by Yang Zhen and others. In the fifth month Chen Yizhong and others enthroned Shi as Emperor Duan in Fuzhou, changing the era name to Jingyan, and Bing was advanced to Prince of Wei. The Southern Song remnant regime moved into exile in Fujian, Guangdong and at sea.