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Koxinga's Northern Expedition
Date	17 June – 26 September 1659 ; (3 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location	Jiangsu and Anhui, China
Result	Qing victory; Koxinga retreat
Belligerents
Ming royalists	Qing dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Koxinga ; Zhang Huangyan [zh] ; Gan Hui [zh] ; Chen Wenda ; Liu Guoxuan ; Huang An [zh] ; Lan Yan [zh] † ;	Lang Tingzuo [zh] ; Kakamu ; Dasu [zh] ; Jiang Guozhu ; Guan Xiaozhong ; Gao Qian
Strength
80,000–over 100,000 men ; over 3,000 ships	unknown

Koxinga's Northern Expedition (simplified Chinese: 郑成功北伐; traditional Chinese: 鄭成功北伐; pinyin: Zhèng Chéng Gōng Běi Fá) was an unsuccessful military campaign mounted by Koxinga in 1659 against Qing dynasty. It was the largest offensive from southeast China since Jin–Li Rebellion in 1648 where Koxinga gathered over 100,000 men and 3,000 ships, and also the first time that Koxinga tried to invade through Yangtze River. Nevertheless, Qing dynasty won a decisive victory at Nanjing on 10 September, forcing Koxinga to exit Yangtze.