In the last year of the Ming Dynasty, the world was in chaos, Li Zicheng led an army to invade the Beijing Division, the Chongzhen Emperor Coal Mountain hanged himself, and the Ming Dynasty fell. Wu Sangui, who had risen to the northeast and surrendered jointly with the Later Jin (Qing), defeated Li Zicheng's army at Shanhaiguan, and then suppressed Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and the anti-Qing forces of the Southern Ming, officially entered the Central Plains, and set the capital in Beijing, creating a Qing Dynasty that lasted for 296 years. During the Qing Dynasty, there were many wars, and this article will take you to quickly understand the several important wars in the early Qing Dynasty.
First, Zheng successfully recovered Taiwan
In the late Ming Dynasty, Dutch colonists invaded and occupied the island of Taiwan and built two castles, Taiwan City and Chichi City. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong, who resisted the Qing in the Jin and Xiamen regions of Fujian, decided to recover Taiwan. In 1661, Zheng Chenggong led hundreds of warships from Kinmen across the Taiwan Strait to the west coast of Taiwan. The fleet occupied the bay between Taiwan City and Chi Chi City, cut off the connection between the two castles, and then landed to encircle and capture Chi Chi City.
Zheng Chenggong led his generals to defeat the Dutch fleet that had come to reinforcements from Southeast Asia, and besieged the city of Taiwan for 8 months, forcing it to surrender, recovering Taiwan from the Dutch colonists and setting up a prefecture to administer. In 1683, the Qing army entered Taiwan under the leadership of Shi Lang, and Zheng Keshuang, a descendant of Zheng Chenggong, submitted to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty set up Taiwan Prefecture, which was subordinate to Fujian Province.
2. The San Francisco Rebellion
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, and Geng Jingzhong, the king of Jingnan, helped the Qing Dynasty to destroy Ming Yougong, and was sealed to guard Yunnan, Guangdong, and Fujian, and the forces of san francisco became increasingly powerful, supporting the army and respecting themselves, and becoming a great tail.
In 1673, in order to strengthen his rule, Kangxi decided to cut down the domain, which led to a rebellion in San Francisco led by Wu Sangui. The San Francisco Rebellion swept through nearly half of China, and the rebels occupied Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan, Fujian and other provinces in a short time, and the Qing Dynasty's rule was in jeopardy for a time.
Under the unfavorable situation of the initial counterinsurgency, Kangxi changed the strategy of attacking all fronts, focusing on attacking Wu Sangui, appeasing Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin, and suspending the cutting of Guangdong and Fujian in order to divide and disintegrate the rebels. Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin, and Wang Fuchen all surrendered one after another, and Zheng Jing was defeated by jieshu's army and returned to Xiamen. Wu Sangui hurriedly proclaimed himself emperor, but died of illness within a few months, and was succeeded by his son Wu Shipan.
In 1681, the Qing army invaded Kunming, Wu Shipan committed suicide, and the San Francisco Rebellion ended. After eight years of war, Kangxi finally pacified san francisco, eliminated the division of the clan kings, and avoided possible divisions.
III. The Battle of Yaksa
In order to obtain access to the sea, Tsarist Russia sent colonists to infiltrate and occupy our northeastern region, and after a series of preparations, the Kangxi Emperor twice ordered the invading Tsarist invaders to be dealt a severe blow between 1685 and 1688, recovering Yaksa and curbing the momentum of further southward invasion of Tsarist Russia. The Battle of Yaksa by the Kangxi Emperor was of positive significance to resisting Tsarist Aggression and safeguarding the territory of the motherland.
Due to Kaldan's rebellion, if the northeast problem is not handled well as soon as possible, the Qing Dynasty may face a two-front battle, and had to sign the "Nebuchu Treaty" with Tsarist Russia in a victorious situation.
Judging from these wars, whether it was naval warfare or land warfare, the combat effectiveness of the early Qing Dynasty was very strong.