In March of the fifth year of Yongle, the seventeenth bandit leader of Xunzhou gathered more than 2,500 bandits, crossed Qinzhou, and invaded Siming Mansion.
At that time, Qinzhou did not have a capital office or a guard post, so many Annan commoners settled here. When news came that the Annan army had conquered Dongdu, the Annan people fled. Only the border residents of the Ming Dynasty and the criminals who were exiled here remained in the territory, and they were managed by the chieftains.
When the bandits were overdue, the chieftain sent people to Nanning Mansion and Siming Mansion to ask for help, but it was a step late. Wang Shiqi and other bandits killed more than 30 chieftains and border residents. Without stopping for long, they crossed Shiwan Mountain and aimed directly at Siming Mansion.
There were thieves who were carrying stolen cloth and grain with them, which slowed down their march. They were ordered to throw them down and immediately stopped making noise.
The leader of the thieves, King Seventeen, chopped down one of the thieves who yelled the loudest, and said loudly: "What do these mean?! Think of the caravan that we have captured, and the entire carload of silk, gold and silver!"
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