Battle of Song-Jin
The Battle of Song-Jin (Chinese: 松錦之戰) was fought in 1641 and 1642 at Songshan and Jinzhou, hence the name "Song-Jin". Hong Chengchou's 100,000 elite troops, sent to break the siege of Jinzhou, were crushed by the Eight banner armies of the Qing Dynasty at Songshan. Hong Chengchou and a small number of the remaining troops were besieged at Songshan and defeated a few months later. The Jinzhou garrison and the general Zu Dashou surrendered to the Qing army shortly after the defeat of Ming armies at Songshan.
| Battle of Song-Jin | |||||||
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| Part of the Ming-Qing transition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Qing dynasty | Ming dynasty | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Hong Taiji Jirgalang Dorgon Dodo Ajige Oboi Kong Youde Geng Zhongming Shang Kexi Ebilun Hooge |
Hong Chengchou (POW) Zu Dashou Wu Sangui Cao Bianjiao Yang Guozhu † Wang Tingchen Bai Guang'en Xia Chengde Zu Dale (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 120,000 (Hong Taiji) 20,000+ (Dorgon) | 100,000+ (Hong Chengchou in Songshan) 25,000+ (Zu Dashou in Jinzhou) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | approx. 60,000 | ||||||
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