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Siege of Jingzhou (1646)
Date 9 September 1645 – 20 March 1646 (6 months, 1 week and 4 days) Location Jingzhou, China Result Qing victory
Belligerents
Zhongzhen Battalion Supported by: Southern Ming	Qing dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Li Guo Gao Yigong Tian Jianxiu  Du Yinxi (WIA) He Tengjiao Zhang Kuang	Tong Yanghe Zheng Siwei Lekdehun

Background

Li Zicheng's retreat and death

After his failure at Tong Pass, Li Zicheng abandoned Xi'an, the capital of his dynasty, and retreated to Jingzhou and Xiangyang. Li then further left Jingzhou and marched east, aiming at annexing Jiangnan. The guard general of Jingzhou, Zheng Siwei, surrendered to Qing thereafter. Li's troops were catched up and defeated near Jiujiang in May 1645, however, forcing him to march west. He then decided to enter Hunan, but was killed at Mount Jiugong on 29 May. It took several days for Shun troops to integrate themselves, and they entered Hunan in August 1645.