Xing Nu Qiang (行女牆)

Drawing of a Xing Nu Qiang, from 'Wu Bei Zhi (《武備志》)'.

Xing Nu Qiang (行女牆, lit. 'Moving woman wall' or 'Moving battlement') was a type of Chinese wagon-fortress. It was essentially a miniaturised fortress on wheels, complete with battlement, arrowslits and even a gate tower.

While Xing Nu Qiang bore some similarities similar to a siege tower or Lu Gong Che (呂公車), it was probably not employed in the same manner as an ordinary siege tower. Instead, Xing Nu Qiang was probably used as a fortified mobile command post during siege.

Like Lu Gong Che, it was hardly ever used by the Ming army.

See Also

Mu Nu Qiang