Bozhou rebellion
| Bozhou rebellion | |||||||
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| Part of the Miao rebellions | |||||||
Ruins of Hailongtun, the final stronghold of the Chiefdom of Bozhou in their resistance against the Ming army | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Chiefdom of Bozhou | Ming dynasty | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Yang Yinglong † Yang Chaodong |
Li Hualong Xing Jie Guo Zizhang Liu Ting Chen Lin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 140,000–150,000 | 200,000–240,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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22,687 killed 6,663 captured | Unknown | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 播州之役 | ||||||
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The Bozhou rebellion, or the Yang Yinglong rebellion, refers to the uprising led by Yang Yinglong, a chieftain of the Miao tribes located on the border of the Ming provinces of Huguang, Guizhou, and Sichuan in southwestern China. This rebellion took place in the 1590s and was aimed at challenging the rule of the Wanli Emperor.
The Ming authorities had been dealing with issues involving Yang Yinglong since 1587. In 1590, open conflict began and continued until 1600, with a brief pause for negotiations in 1594. Following the end of the war in Korea, the task of suppressing Yang's rebellion was given to Li Hualong, an official with military experience who arrived in Chongqing in 1599. He carefully planned a spring offensive, and the fighting in 1600 lasted for 104 days. According to Li Hualong's final report, over 22,000 rebels were killed, and Yang Yinglong committed suicide. As a result, his chiefdom was incorporated into the standard Chinese administrative system.