Bozhou rebellion
Bozhou rebellion | |||||||
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Part of the Miao rebellions | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Chiefdom of Bozhou |
Sichuan and Guizhou aboriginals, including:
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Yang Yinglong † Yang Chaodong ![]() Yang Weidong ![]() Yang Zhaolong ![]() Ma Qiansi ![]() Yang Zhu † |
Li Hualong An Jiangchen Long Cheng (An Yaochen) Ma Qiansheng Qin Liangyu | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
140,000[1][2] | 200,000-240,000[1][3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
22,687 killed[1][3] 6,663 captured[1] | unknown |
The Bozhou rebellion (Chinese: 播州之役) was a Miao uprising that occurred in Guizhou and spread to Sichuan and Huguang between 1589 and 1600 during the Ming dynasty.
Events
In 1589, the
In 1593 the
By 1598 Yang's rebel army had swelled to a size of 140,000 and the Ming government was forced to mobilize an army of 200,000 with troops from various regions.
References
- ^ a b c d Swope 2009, p. 39.
- ^ a b c Dardess 2012, p. 9.
- ^ a b c Lewis 2015, p. 240.
- ^ Lewis 2015, p. 209.
Bibliography
- Dardess, John (2012), Ming China 1368-1644 A Concise History of A Resilient Empire, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
- Lewis, James (2015), The East Asian War, 1592-1598: International Relations, Violence and Memory, Routledge
- Swope, Kenneth M. (2009), A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598, University of Oklahoma Press.