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Chapter 621: Wanli's Three Major Expeditions: Ningxia Haibai Rebellion

On the canopy.

Wanli, with a beard and growing more and more powerful, looked at the memorial in his hand.

A face turned from blue to white, and then from white to blue.

Finally, he slammed the letter on the table.

The angry voice echoed in the hall!
"How can the Celestial Empire allow this clown to run rampant?"

"Order Wei Xuezeng to be the governor of Ningxia!"

"Go and suppress the rebels!"

The scene changed, and war broke out again on the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

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[The so-called Wanli Three Major Expeditions refer to three military operations that were launched almost simultaneously in the northwest, northeast, and southwest frontiers.]

[Placed the rebellion of Haobai in Ningxia, marched east to defend against the Japanese and aid Korea, and pacified the rebellion of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou. 】

[First, let’s talk about the Ningxia Haibai Rebellion. ]

[Haibai was originally the Khan of the Tatar tribe. During the Jiajing period, he surrendered to the Central Plains and made many military achievements. He was promoted to the commander of the capital. In the 1587th year of the Wanli reign (), he retired as the deputy general of Ningxia. His son Hai Chengen succeeded him.]

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Ming dynasty.

"Humph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said in a deep voice:
"It will allow his son to inherit his position and continue to lead troops to guard the border."

"Our Ming Dynasty has been very kind to this pair of generals and their sons!"

"Sure enough, these barbarians are just ungrateful wolves!"

Queen Ma sipped her tea without answering.

She subconsciously felt that there was something wrong.

As for Wanli's actions after he took power, she didn't think that the border generals would not be affected.

It is still unclear whether the Tatars can take all the blame.

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[Like other border generals of the Ming court, Haibai had thousands of elite servants and tens of thousands of paid soldiers under his command. His sons Haichengen and Haichengchong, as well as his adopted sons Haisai, Haiyun, Haihong, and the fierce general Tu Wenxiu were all as fierce as wolves and tigers, and were in charge of various armies, just like a private army of the Hai family that received money and food from the state.]

In the 1590th year of the Wanli reign (), the Mongolian Huoluochi army invaded the Ming territory. The old but still strong Haobai personally led family servants to attack. The Huoluochi army was frightened by Haobai's reputation and retreated without a fight.

[The Hai family army marched through the Mongolian territory as if they were in an uninhabited place. Hai Bai and his son saw along the way that the garrisons in the border towns were not as brave as his subordinates, and they began to despise the military strength of the Ming Dynasty. They began to rebel.]

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Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
Zhu Di looked at the sky with a stern face.

"You're the one who came to power and ended up like this?"

"God damn idiot!"

"If the border troops are like this, you can imagine what the Beijing troops are like."

"What have you been doing eating all these years?"

Zhu Di was very dissatisfied with Wanli.

And his dissatisfaction was second only to that of Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Gaochi wanted to say something to add to the conversation, but seeing the old man who was looking at him with displeasure, he swallowed his words back.

Then I thought of the northwest area.

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[The reason why Haibai had the intention to rebel was not only because of his ambition, but also because of the great influence of Ningxia Governor Dang Xin.]

【Zhang Juzheng had already commented on Dang Xin, saying that he was a mean and cruel villain.】

[Dang Xin was indeed domineering and mean on weekdays, and never treated the soldiers as human beings.]

[At that time, the garrison troops in each military town had the task of cultivating land. The land in Ningxia was originally barren, and the harvest of the land cultivated by these soldiers wielding swords and guns can be imagined.]

[However, Dang Xin was looking for trouble and demanded three years' rent at a time, threatening to deduct it from the soldiers' pay if the rent was not collected, causing panic among the soldiers on the border.]

[In December of the 1591th year of the Wanli reign (), Dang Xin withheld the soldiers’ money for winter clothing for the third consecutive year, causing widespread resentment among the soldiers.]

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Later Tang Dynasty: Zhuangzong Period
Li Cunxu touched the corners of his eyes along the holes in the mask.

"Did the Fifth Generation not leave a deep impression on you?"

"Withholding the border troops' pay?"

"Da Ming... you don't take us five generations seriously."

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Great Song.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the sky in confusion.

"It's really weird."

"It's really evil!"

Zhao Dezhao looked around cautiously and asked in a low voice:

"Dad, is there anything wrong?"

Zhao Kuangyin was quite speechless, and glanced at him and said:

"I'm talking about Ming Dynasty!"

"Don't you think the problems of the Ming Dynasty seem familiar?"

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the sky again and murmured:
"Except for the lack of maternal relatives, the Ming Dynasty is simply a microcosm of the ills of all previous dynasties."

“It’s so valuable…”

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[Haibai saw the right opportunity and incited his people to revolt.]

[On February 1592, the th year of the Wanli reign (), Haibai started a rebellion.]

[Dang Xin was hacked to death by the violent soldiers. The rebellious soldiers killed hundreds of officials, confiscated the governor's seal, opened the treasury, released the prisoners, and finally burned the governor's office to the ground.]

[When the Minister of War Wei Xuezeng received news of the Ningxia mutiny, he immediately sent his subordinates Zhang Yun and Gao Chong to order the rebels to surrender in a final effort to save the situation.]

【Haibai made a request: "If you want me to surrender, I will appoint an official position and let me guard Ningxia forever. Otherwise, I will rush to Tongguan with the Hetao cavalry (Mongol Hetao cavalry)!", but was rejected.】

[Afterwards, Haibai swept through the 47 forts in Hexi within a few days, occupying a large number of cities and fortresses including Lingzhou, an important town in Ningxia. The Ming troops along the way surrendered, and the rebels soon drank from the Yellow River.]

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Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin looked at the word Tongguan and his eyelids twitched twice.

He suppressed the sudden anger in his heart and said:

"It seems that this person really despises the Ming Dynasty's border generals."

Li Chengqian didn't understand at first, but he came to his senses after a while.

"Yes, the first thing I said was the Northwest."

"This is because he believes that he can establish the Western Xia Kingdom."

"But did the border troops fall so quickly?"

Li Shimin twirled his beard and thought about it.

"Perhaps the withholding of military pay has become the norm."

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[When the urgent news of the Ningxia rebellion reached Beijing, Wanli was furious and ordered Wei Xuezeng to be the governor of the three borders and be fully responsible for suppressing the rebels.]

[Wei Xuezeng received the imperial edict and immediately sent troops from Yansui, Yulin, Lanjing and Zhuanglang as advance troops to encircle Ningxia.]

[The governor of nearby Gansu, Ye Mengxiong, also raised his own food and grass, and recruited 1,500 skilled Miao soldiers from the chieftains of Guizhou, and together with the chariot battalion he personally trained, they went to suppress the rebellion.]

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On the canopy.

In the Jinluan Palace.

His Highness and his ministers bowed their heads in silence.

The emperor on the throne was roaring angrily!
"You have disgraced the envoy and caused chaos out of personal favoritism!"

"Deceiving the emperor and causing harm to the local area!"

"Zhou Hongzhen dared to submit a memorial saying that the world is at peace!"

There was a "pop" sound.

The emperor threw a memorial in the center of the palace.

"He should stop being the Shaoqing of the Shangbao Division!"

Wanli looked at the silent ministers and his face turned red with anger.

"You're all dumb, right?"

"Aren't you all very powerful when you argue with me?"

"Now! Give me a solution immediately!"

"A small Ningxia city!"

"It took three months!"

"The Ming Dynasty has lost all its face!"

Under the imperial throne, a man with a beautiful beard stepped out, holding a scepter, and said:
"Your Majesty, Ningxia City has high walls and deep moats, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"The only way to win now is not to rely on the strength of people, but on the terrain."

"Your Majesty, the water in the Yellow River Dam is several feet higher than the top of the West Pagoda in Ningxia. If the dam is breached and floods the city, the enemy will be in great danger."

As soon as the words came out, all the officials looked at him sideways!
The Yellow River burst?!
Wanli's expression changed for a while.

"Bang!" He slammed the table and stood up!

"Pass the order to Wei Xuezeng!"

"Let him clearly show Ningxia City the dangers and blessings, and let the people in the city figure it out for themselves!"

"If we don't capture and kill the rebel chieftain within a few days and then present him as a tribute..."

Wanli bit his teeth and said hatefully:
"The dam is about to burst!"

"The people of this city are all fish and turtles!"

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[In March, the Ming army, led by the three generals Li Xu, Ma Gui, and Dong Yiyuan, crossed the Yellow River in batches.]

[In the early stage of suppressing the rebellion, the war progressed smoothly. The Ming army, which had an absolute advantage in manpower, quickly recaptured the castles occupied by the rebels and fought all the way to Ningxia Prefecture City. They formed a siege on Haibai's lair.]

[But Ningxia City is tall and strong, easy to defend but difficult to attack. ]

[Wei Xuezeng arranged more than 400 French artillery pieces outside the city to bombard it in turns, but still could not do anything to the strong city of Ningxia.]

[While the rebels in the city were holding on, they still had the strength to fight back. They opened the city gates and sent cavalry to attack the Ming army. The two armies engaged in a cavalry melee outside the city, with casualties on both sides.]

[The chariot battalion led by Ye Mengxiong performed well, blocking the rebel cavalry and simultaneously using a large number of firearms to drive the rebels back into the city.]

【Shi Xing, the Minister of War, wrote a memorial to Emperor Wanli, pointing out that the rebels in Ningxia were rampant and difficult to suppress in a short time. He suggested that a dam on the Yellow River be dug to flood the town of Ningxia.】

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Later Zhou Dynasty: Emperor Shizong's reign
Guo Rong looked at the sky, speechless.

"Since you have money, you can just use it to hurt others."

"Why not learn from Zhao Gou?"

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Song Dynasty: Zhezong Period
Zhao Xu "admired" Wanli very much.

"Digging rivers and irrigating the city has always been the initiative of the commander at the front."

"How dare you, an emperor, give orders in public."

"What a commendable courage!"

"They really gave up on the people in the city."

"Hard enough!"

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[In July, Wei Xuezeng, the governor of Sanbian, was impeached and dismissed from office for intending to pacify Haibai, and Ye Mengxiong took over as the governor of Sanbian.]

[From July 17 to 18, 10,000 civilians were mobilized to build a 1,700-foot-long dike around Ningxia City.]

[The Ming army then breached the Yellow River dam, flooded the city of Ningxia, and defeated the Mongolian reinforcements.]

[In September, the rebels had internal strife due to lack of food and aid, and the walls of Ningxia collapsed due to long-term flooding, and the city was soon captured.]

[On September 17, when Hai Chengen rode his horse to the South Gate to pay a visit to the military supervisor, Mei Guozhen, he was captured by Lieutenant General Yang Wen.]

[Li Rusong, the general of Ningxia, urgently led his troops to surround the home of Haobai. Haobai hanged himself out of fear of punishment, and his entire family burned themselves to death.]

[On September 18, Ningxia Governor Ye Mengxiong, Ningxia Governor Zhu Zhengse, Military Supervisor Mei Guozhen and others entered the Ningxia city.]

【The Ningxia Haibai Rebellion was thus declared quelled.】

(End of this chapter)