In the twelfth year of the Zhizheng era of the Yuan Dynasty, the Right Chancellor Tuotuo led a great army to suppress the Li Er uprising in Xuzhou. They bombarded Xuzhou City, leveling it to the ground. Later, a new city was established at the foot of Qushan and renamed Wuan City. During the Hongwu era of the Great Ming, Wuan City was abolished, and Xuzhou City was rebuilt on the original site. In the fourth year of the Tianqi era, the Yellow River burst its banks, submerging Xuzhou City. The floodwaters did not recede for a long time, forcing the city to be rebuilt twenty li to the south of the original site. In the first year of the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, after the floodwaters receded, the layers of silt that had accumulated inside the city proved impossible to clear. The then-acting Military Defense Circuit Commissioner, Tang Huan, rebuilt Xuzhou City on the original site. The city walls measured nine li in circumference and were two zhang and three chi high. A moat, three zhang wide and deep, surrounded the city. It had four gates: the Heqing Gate in the east, the Tongbian Gate in the west, the Ying'en Gate in the south, and the Wuning Gate in the north.
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On the thirtieth day of the sixth month of the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, under the command of the Marquis of Funing, Zhu Gubi, the "King-Saving" rebel army arrived at the gates of Xuzhou City. Gazing at the towering walls, Zhu Gubi ordered his men not to attack the city but to lay s…
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