In response, Li Hongzhang, Governor-General of Chinese Zhili Province, dispatches Ye Zhichao, Commander-in-chief of Zhili, to suppress the rebels.

The Zhili forces cross the Great Wall and march from the south and southwest.

On the eastern front, troops detached from Fengtian play a role in the encircling operation.

The modernized army, communicating through telegraph, sending soldiers by the railway and armed with modern firearms, quickly crushes the  rebels in December.

The rebel leader Yang Yuechun is executed in Tianjin.

The local population, not only the rebels, suffer at the hands of government forces.

What is worse for the Mongols is that General Ye sides with the rebels, falsely reporting to the imperial court in Beijing that the Mongol banner army had killed innocent Chinese.

Prince Vangdudnamjil, the jasagh of the Kharachin Right Banner, who is consulted by the imperial court, successfully rebuts General Ye's claim with a detailed report.