Jingnan campaign

Jingnan campaign
Map of Jingnan campaign
Date 8 August 1399 – 13 July 1402 Location North China Plain Result Decisive Prince of Yan victory Fall of Nanjing Zhu Di crowned the Yongle Emperor
Belligerents
Princedom of Yan Princedom of Ning	Ming central government
Commanders and leaders
Zhu Di, Prince of Yan Zhu Gaochi, Hereditary Prince of Yan Zhu Gaoxu, Prince of Gaoyang Comm. Yao Guangxiao Qiu Fu Zhu Neng Zhang Yu † Zhang Fu Zheng He Zhu Quan, Prince of Ning Three Guards of Doyan	Zhu Yunwen, the Jianwen Emperor (MIA) Geng Bingwen Tie Xuan  Li Jinglong  Xu Huizu Qi Tai  Huang Zicheng  Fang Xiaoru  Sheng Yong
Strength
120,000	500,000[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy

The Jingnan campaign, or Jingnan rebellion, was a three-year civil war from 1399 to 1402 in the early years of the Ming dynasty of China. It occurred between two descendants of the Ming dynasty's founder Zhu Yuanzhang: his grandson Zhu Yunwen by his first son, and Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son Zhu Di, Prince of Yan. Though Zhu Yunwen had been the chosen crown prince of Zhu Yuanzhang and been made emperor upon the death of his grandfather in 1398, friction began immediately after Yuanzhang's death. Zhu Yunwen began arresting Zhu Yuanzhang's other sons immediately, seeking to decrease their threat. But within a year open military conflict began, and the war continued until the forces of the Prince of Yan captured the imperial capital Nanjing. The fall of Nanjing was followed by the demise of the Jianwen Emperor, Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Di was then crowned the Ming Dynasty's third emperor, the Yongle Emperor.^[2]