Yang Miaozhen (Chinese: 楊妙真; c. 1193 – 1250) was a female military leader and warrior in medieval China.
[1][2][3] A native of Yidu, she grew up in northern China during a turbulent, war-wracked time.
[4] While Li Quan went out into the field on military campaigns against the Mongols and the Jurchen, his wife ruled their base city of Huai'an (outmaneuvering the prefects sent by the Song).
[1] He held out for a year, but Yang Miaozhen's attempts to reinforce him failed, and he surrendered to the Mongols in spring 1227 and switched his allegiance to them.
With defeat inevitable, Yang Miaozhen led her troops to join the Mongols, who in 1232 appointed her governor of Yidu.