Editing Northern Wei (section)

=== Six Frontier Towns rebellions ===
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| footer=Sculpture and murals from [[Mogao Caves|Mogao cave]] nb. 254, built during the Northern Wei period between 475
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Rebellions broke out on [[Six Frontier Towns|six major garrison-towns]] on the northern border and spread like wildfire throughout the north. These rebellions lasted for a decade.

In 523, nomadic Rouran tribes suffered a major famine due to successive years of drought. In April, the Rouran Khan sent troops to raid the Wei territory. People of the town rose up and killed the town's commander. Rebellion soon broke out against across the region. In Woye, Poliuhan Baling (破六韓拔陵) became a rebel leader. His army quickly took Woye and laid siege to Wuchuan and Huaishuo.

Elsewhere in Qinzhou (Gansu), Qiang ethnic leaders such as Mozhe Dati (莫折大提) also rose up against the government. In Gaoping (present-day Guyuan), Hu Chen (胡琛) and the [[Tiele people|Chile]] rebelled and titled himself the King of Gaoping. In Hebei, [[Ge Rong]] rebelled, proclaiming himself the Emperor of Qi.

The Poliuhan Baling rebellion was defeated in 525. Similar rebellions had spread to other regions such as Hebei and Guanzhong and were pacified by 530.