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Li Siqi
Late Yuan warlord from Luoshan who rose with Chaghan Temur against the Red Turbans, defied Koke Temur in Shaanxi and surrendered Lintao to the Ming in 1369
At dusk on a hilltop, a large tent stands open with a table holding a map marked with small stones inside, a saddled horse tethered outside, and fire stands burning; campfires dot the river plain below, and one tiny sentry stands on the slope.
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Li Siqi, courtesy name Shixian, came from Luoshan in present-day Henan, and at the end of the Yuan he raised troops against the Red Turbans together with Chaghan Temur, as his near equal in rank. He came to hold Fengxiang and the Guanzhong region, and when Chaghan's adopted son Koke Temur took over the combined armies and sent him orders, Li refused in anger, saying he had been a friend of Koke's father, and the two sides fought for control of Shaanxi. When Ming armies entered Shaanxi in 1369 he surrendered Lintao to them. The Hongwu emperor later sent him north to persuade Koke Temur to submit; Koke treated him courteously, but at parting the horseman escorting him asked for one of his arms, and Li cut it off and gave it. He died not long after his return, and the Ming History (Mingshi) tells his story within its biography of Koke Temur.
Life and times
Dates c. 1323 CE–c. 1374 CE