Wuqiao mutiny

Wuqiao mutiny
Part of the Ming-Qing transition
Date1632-1633
Location
Result Ming victory
Some rebels defect to the Later Jin
Belligerents
Rebels Ming dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Kong Youde
Geng Zhongming
Li Jiucheng 
Mao Chenglu 
Sun Yuanhua
Xu Congzhi 
Gao Qiqian
Wu Xiang
Wu Sangui
Zhu Dadian
Liu Zeqing
Chen Hongfan
Strength
100,000 infantry[1]
10,000 cavalry[1]
12,000[1]

The Wuqiao mutiny (吳橋兵變) was a military revolt from 1631 to 1633 during the late years of the Ming dynasty, led by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming. Both men were lieutenants under the command of general Mao Wenlong, the defender of Pi Island (Dongjiang), a strategically crucial island in the Yellow Sea that guarded the coastal land corridor into Joseon, a Ming vassal state at the flank of the Manchu-led Later Jin (which later became the Qing dynasty). The revolt was eventually crushed by Ming government forces, although many surviving rebels managed to flee across the Bohai Sea and surrendered to the Manchu, significantly upsetting the balance of power between the Ming and the Later Jin.

  1. ^ a b c Swope 2014, p. 100.