Ming forces fail to break the Mongol steppe
1372
General Xu Da's ambitious three-pronged expedition into Mongolia was turned back by Koke Temur's cavalry at Tula River, the Ming army outmaneuvered on terrain that favored mounted steppe warriors. The Ming would not again attempt such deep strikes for a generation. Hongwu settled for a defensive frontier policy anchored on a rebuilt Great Wall strategy.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.