Battle of Mount Dingjun

Battle of Mount Dingjun
Part of the Hanzhong Campaign

Caltrops excavated from Mount Dingjun, dated to the Three Kingdoms period
DateFebruary 219[1]
Location
Foot of Mount Dingjun, Shaanxi, China
Result Liu Bei victory; Xiahou Yuan killed
Territorial
changes
Hanzhong Commandery largely conquered
Belligerents
Liu Bei Cao Cao
Commanders and leaders
Liu Bei
Huang Zhong
Fa Zheng
Xiahou Yuan 
Xiahou Rong 
Zhang He
Zhao Ang 
Battle of Mount Dingjun
Traditional Chinese定軍山之戰
Simplified Chinese定军山之战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDìngjūnshān Zhī Zhàn

The Battle of Mount Dingjun was fought between the warlords Liu Bei and Cao Cao in February 219 during the prelude to the Three Kingdoms stretch of Chinese history.[1] Liu Bei's victory in the battle marked a major milestone in his Hanzhong Campaign and allowed him to kill the commander of the Wei's forces, Xiahou Yuan and later taking Hanzhong Commandery.

  1. ^ a b Sima (1084), vol. 68.

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