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Yongle Emperor's northern campaign against the Mongols
In 1410, the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di personally led a large army north against the Mongols, striking the Tatar faction;…
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- 1403Kaiping (near present-day Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia) · Inner MongoliaThe Yongle Emperor rode out from Beijing beyond the Great Wall, leading Ming forces deep into the northern desert to pursue the Tatars; though no decisive annihilation was achieved, it awed the Mongol tribes and consolidated the northern defensive line.
Sources
- 明史·成祖本纪 — 张廷玉等 (1739)
- Cambridge History of China, Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1 — Frederick W. Mote (1988)