Ming campaign against the Uriyangkhad horde
| Ming campaign against the Uriankhai | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Ming China | Uriankhai Mongol horde | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| General Feng Sheng General Fu Youde General Lan Yu Zhu Di, Prince of Yan |
Naghachu 
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| Units involved | |||||||||
| 150,000 soldiers in the field 50,000 soldiers at the fortresses |
unknown | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 200,000 soldiers | unknown | ||||||||
The Ming campaign against the Uriankhai of 1387 was an offensive military expedition campaign of Ming China's army led by General Feng Sheng against the Uriankhai horde of the Mongol chieftain Naghachu in Manchuria. Later that year, the military campaign concluded with the surrender of the Uriankhai.
During the 1380s, the Mongol commander Naghachu had organized the many Mongol tribes of Manchuria into the Uriankhai. They frequently clashed with the Chinese along the northeastern frontier regions of Ming China.
In December 1386, the Ming Hongwu Emperor ordered General Feng Sheng to lead an army of 200,000 soldiers against the Mongols. In early 1387, Feng Sheng was commissioned as the Grand General, assigned Fu Youde and Lan Yu to assist him, and raised a large army. The Hongwu Emperor drew the plans with the ultimate objective to conquer Jinshan.
The Ming army comprised 200 thousand soldiers, including the 50,000 soldiers that garrisoned four fortresses. General Feng Sheng and General Fu Youde commanded the front army, while General Lan Yu commanded the rear army. Prince Zhu Di commanded the princely guard, but saw relatively limited action.
In January 1388, General Feng Sheng led the Ming army to T'ung-chou, where he send General Lan Yu with a cavalry unit to attack a Mongol force at Ch'ing-chou (near Lin-hsi in present-day Liaoning). Lan Yu defeated the Mongol force, capturing the Mongol governor, many Mongol people, and their horses. On 20 March 1387, General Feng Sheng led the Ming army northward through the Great Wall.
Fortresses were constructed at Ta-ning, Fu-yü, Hui-chou, and K'aun-ho (near the Great Wall) and completed at the end of the summer of 1387. In Ta-ning, a regional military commission was established to command the four fortresses. Prince Zhu Quan (Prince of Ning) would later be stationed at Ta-ning and take command of the four fortresses. Millions of piculs of foodstuff were stored at the four fortresses. Beiping, Shangdong, Shanxi, and Henan provinces dispatched the peasantry to transport grain to the north.
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