Editing Revolt of the Three Feudatories (section)

==Campaigning==
[[File:Three Feudatories.png|thumb|500px|Map showing Qing's armies suppressing the rebellion]]
In 1676 [[Shang Zhixin]] joined the rebellion, consolidating [[Guangdong]] under his rule and sending troops north into [[Jiangxi]].<ref name="Spence1991"/>

In 1677, Wu Sangui suspected [[Sun Yanling]] would surrender to the Qing in Guangxi and he sent his relative Wu Shizong, to assassinate Sun. Sun's wife [[Kong Sizhen]] took control of his troops after his death, although she may already have had control beforehand.

In the south, [[Wu Sangui]] moved his armies north after conquering Hunan,{{when|date=May 2019}} while the Qing forces concentrated on recapturing Hunan from him. In 1678, Wu finally proclaimed himself emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty (大周)<ref name="KeeganWheatcroft2014">{{cite book|author1=John Keegan|author2=Andrew Wheatcroft|title=Who's Who in Military History: From 1453 to the Present Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YqCOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA323|date=12 May 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-41409-1|page=323}}</ref> in Hengzhou (衡州; present-day [[Hengyang]], Hunan province) and established his own imperial court. However Wu died of illness in August (lunar month) that year and was succeeded by his grandson [[Wu Shifan]], who ordered a retreat back to Yunnan.<ref name="Peterson2016">{{cite book|author=Barbara Bennett Peterson|title=Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kJ4ECwAAQBAJ&pg=PT243|date=17 September 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-46372-6|page=243}}</ref> While the rebel army's morale was low, Qing forces launched an attack on Yuezhou (岳州; present-day [[Yueyang]], Hunan province) and captured it, along with the rebel territories of Changde, Hengzhou and others. Wu Shifan's forces retreated to the Chenlong Pass. Sichuan and southern Shaanxi were retaken by the Han Chinese Green Standard Army under Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong in 1680,<ref name="CosmoCosmo2007">{{cite book|author1=Henry Luce Foundation Professor of East Asian Studies Nicola Di Cosmo|author2=Nicola Di Cosmo|title=The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China: "My Service in the Army", by Dzengseo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8piRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA17|date=24 January 2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-78955-8|page=17}}</ref> with Manchu forces involved only in dealing with logistics and provisions, not combat.<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Andrew Graff|author2=Robin Higham|title=A Military History of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sn3QpyJn9JIC&pg=PA121|year=2012|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-3584-7|pages=121–122}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Nicola Di Cosmo|title=The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China|date=2006|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=8piRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA17 17]}}</ref> In 1680, the provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Sichuan were recovered by the Qing, and Wu Shifan retreated to [[Kunming]] in October.

In 1681, the Qing general Zhao Liangdong proposed a three-pronged attack on Yunnan, with imperial armies from Hunan, Guangxi and Sichuan. [[Cai Yurong]], [[Viceroy of Yun-Gui]], led the attack on the rebels together with [[Zhang Tai]] and [[Laita Giyesu]], conquering Mount Wuhua and besieging Kunming. In October, Zhao Liandong's army was the first to break through into Kunming and the others followed suit, swiftly capturing the city. Wu Shifan committed suicide in December and the rebels surrendered the following day.<ref name="Cosmo2007">{{cite book|author=Nicola Di Cosmo|title=The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China: "My Service in the Army", by Dzengseo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zviQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT38|date=24 January 2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-78954-1|pages=38–}}</ref>

[[Zheng Jing]]'s forces were defeated near [[Xiamen]] in 1680 and forced to withdraw to Taiwan.<ref name="Hang2016">{{cite book|author=Xing Hang|title=Conflict and Commerce in Maritime East Asia: The Zheng Family and the Shaping of the Modern World, c.1620–1720|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQ10CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA222|date=5 January 2016|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-316-45384-1|page=222}}</ref> The final victory over the revolt was the Qing conquest of the [[Kingdom of Tungning]] on Taiwan. [[Shi Lang]] was appointed as admiral of the Qing navy and led an invasion of Taiwan, defeating the Tungning navy under [[Liu Guoxuan]] in the [[Battle of Penghu]].<ref name="Wong2017">{{cite book|author=Young-tsu Wong|title=China's Conquest of Taiwan in the Seventeenth Century: Victory at Full Moon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tL4vDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168|date=5 August 2017|publisher=Springer Singapore|isbn=978-981-10-2248-7|pages=168–}}</ref> Zheng Jing's son [[Zheng Keshuang]] surrendered in October 1683, and Taiwan became part of the Qing Empire. Zheng Keshuang was awarded by the [[Kangxi Emperor]] with the title "Duke of Haicheng" (海澄公) and he and his soldiers were inducted into the [[Eight Banners]].<ref name="Adams1925">{{cite book|author=Herbert Baxter Adams|title=Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science: Extra volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_poJAAAAIAAJ&q=The+descendants+of+the+royal+family+of+the+Ming+dynasty+were+also+put+under+the+banners.|page=57|year=1925}}</ref><ref name="Hsieh">{{cite book|author=Pao Chao Hsieh|title=Government of China 1644- Cb: Govt of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XW4AQAAQBAJ&q=The+descendants+of+the+royal+family+of+the+Ming+dynasty+were+also+put+under+the+banners.&pg=PA57|date=23 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-90274-1|pages=57–}}{{cite book|author=Pao C. Hsieh|title=The Government of China, 1644-1911|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d_7ZF4IlixsC&q=The+descendants+of+the+royal+family+of+the+Ming+dynasty+were+also+put+under+the+banners.&pg=PA57|date=May 1967|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-7146-1026-9|pages=57–}}</ref>