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{{more footnotes|date=April 2018}}{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Wuqiao mutiny
| partof = the Qing conquest of the Ming
| date = 1632-1633
| place = Dengzhou and Laizhou
| result = Pyrrhic Ming victory
Some rebels defect to the Later Jin
| combatant1 = Rebels
| combatant2 = Ming dynasty
| commander1 = Kong Youde
Geng Zhongming
Li Jiucheng{{KIA}}
Mao Chenglu{{KIA}}
| commander2 = Sun Yuanhua
Xu Congzhi{{KIA}}
Gao Qiqian
Wu Xiang
Wu Sangui
Zhu Dadian
Liu Zeqing
Chen Hongfan
| strength1 = 100,000 infantry{{sfn|Swope|2014|p=100}}
10,000 cavalry{{sfn|Swope|2014|p=100}}
| strength2 = 12,000{{sfn|Swope|2014|p=100}}
}}{{Campaignbox Fall of the Ming dynasty}}

The Wuqiao mutiny (吳橋兵變) was a soldier rebellion from 1631 to 1633 during the late years of Ming Dynasty, led by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, both of whom were lieutenants under the command of general Mao Wenlong, the defender of Pi Island.

After Mao was summarily executed in 1629 by Yuan Chonghuan, Geng Zhongming started raiding Joseon for supplies, but was found out and jailed by his newly appointed superior Huang Long. Zhongming's brother Zhongyu revolted against Huang Long and imprisoned him. Although Huang was eventually released, he was impeached by Sun Yuanhua for embezzling army funds. Conflicts between officers led to the transfer of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to Dengzhou in Shandong.

In late 1631, Kong was called in to reinforce Ming forces at the Battle of Dalinghe, but his soldiers were undersupplied and underpaid, and had difficulties obtaining provisions due to frictions with the locals. While passing the town of Wuqiao, the regiment was bogged down by bad weather, and the local magistrate allowed the merchants to deliberately close the markets. One of the starving soldiers stole a chicken from the household of the powerful gentry Wang Xiangchun, and Wang's servant had the soldier paraded and humiliated through the camp with an arrow impaled through the face. This enraged the fellow soldiers, who rioted and killed Wang's servant. This escalation prompted Wang's son to personally intervene and demanded all the perpetrators to be harshly punished. At the same time, Kong's subordinate Li Jiucheng had spent off all the funds provided by Sun Yuanhua and feared getting into trouble, and coerced Kong to mutiny. The mutineers raided Jinan and fanned out to take Linyi, Ling County, Shanghe and Qingcheng, and captured Dengzhou on 22 February 1632 when Geng Zhongming defected and handed over the city. Sun Yuanhua was captured but managed to convince Kong to surrender peacefully, however the amnesty decree was suppressed by censorial inspector Wang Daochun, who held a hardline approach to the mutineers. Growing inpatient, Kong resumed his rebellion, but released Sun out of their friendship. However, the failure to defend Dengzhou led to the impeachment of Sun Yuanhua by his political enemies and accused of treason, being tortured in prison and eventually executed in 1633.{{sfn|Swope|2014|p=96-97}}

After more victories, Kong's rebel arrived at Laizhou in March and began a 6-month siege. The Ming central government mobilized Gao Qiqian, Wu Xiang, and Wu Sangui with 12,000 men to relieve Laizhou. Rebel forces were eventually smashed and forced to retreat to Dengzhou, where they were reduced to cannibalism before Kong and Geng escaped by sea with their remaining followers, and defected to the Later Jin in the spring of 1633,{{sfn|Swope|2014|p=101}} bringing large numbers of Hongyipao to the Manchus.

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Bibliography

  • {{Citation |last=Swope |first=Kenneth M. |title=A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598 |year=2009 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press}}.
  • {{Citation|last=Swope|first=Kenneth|title=The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty|year=2014|publisher=Routledge}}
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