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Establishment of the Beiping Regional Military Commission

Type Event Region Asia Time 1372

In 1372 the Ming formally strengthened the Beiping Regional Military Commission's frontier defense role, making it the forward military command north…

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  1. 1372Beiping city · BeipingThe Ming court made Beiping the hub of northern frontier defense, formally establishing the Beiping Regional Military Commission's responsibility for commanding the guards north and south of the Yanshan range; the commission formed a vertical command system with the Five Armies Chief Military Commission and the Ministry of War, exclusively handling North China's defense.
  2. 1372Yanshan defense line (Juyong Pass to Shanhai Pass) · North ChinaThe Miyun, Zunhua, and Yongping guards under the Beiping commission defended in coordination, echoing the strategic adjustments after the failed northern expedition of the same year; the Beiping commission unified the dispatch of garrison defense and sorties, forming a northern defense hub guarding the capital and controlling the passes.

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