Song conquest of Northern Han
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Song conquest of Northern Han | |||||||
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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 Fan Chao Guo Wanchao Yang Ye 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
[edit]- (in Chinese) Li Tao (1183). Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian (續資治通鑑長編) [Extended Continuation to Zizhi Tongjian].