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Song conquest of Northern Han

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Song conquest of Northern Han
DateFebruary – 3 June 979[1]
Location
Northern Han (present-day Shanxi)
Result Surrender of Northern Han; annexation of Northern Han by Northern Song; end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Belligerents
Northern Song dynasty Northern Han dynasty
Liao dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Emperor Taizong of Song
Pan Mei
Cui Yanjin
Li Hanqiong
Cao Han
Liu Yu
Mi Xin
Tian Chongjin
Guo Jin
Northern Han:
Emperor Yingwu of Northern Han Surrendered
Fan Chao Surrendered
Guo Wanchao Surrendered
Yang Ye Surrendered
Liao:
Yelü Sha
Yelü Xiezhen
Yelü Dilie 

The Song conquest of Northern Han (Chinese: 宋滅北漢之戰) occurred in 979, when Northern Song forces captured the Northern Han capital of Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi Province after a two-month siege. A relief attempt by forces of the Liao dynasty, which was allied to the Northern Han, was easily defeated by the Northern Song. Yelü Dilie, a cousin of the Emperor Jingzong of Liao, was killed along with Yelü Sha's son Yelü Deli (耶律德裏).

Notes and references

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  • (in Chinese) Li Tao (1183). Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian (續資治通鑑長編) [Extended Continuation to Zizhi Tongjian].