| Battle of Guandu | |||||||
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| Part of the wars at the end of the Han dynasty | |||||||
 A map of the battle. It shows the movements during the battles of Boma and Yan Ford. Flanking attempts are not shown. Note that the Yellow River has changed course over the centuries and the places depicted are no longer at the same locations relative to the river. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Cao Cao | Yuan Shao | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Cao Cao Cao Hong Guo Jia Xun Yu Cheng Yu Xun You Guan Yu Zhang Liao Xu Chu Yue Jin Xu Huang Yu Jin Xiahou Yuan |
Yuan Shao Chunyu Qiong  Guo Tu Tian Feng Ju Shou Shen Pei Yan Liang † Wen Chou † Zhang He  Yuan Tan Liu Bei | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| About 40,000 | ~110,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ~8,000 | ~80,000 | ||||||
| Battle of Guandu | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 官渡之戰 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 官渡之战 | ||||||
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The Battle of Guandu was fought between the warlords Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in 200 AD in the late Eastern Han dynasty. Cao Cao's decisive victory against Yuan Shao's numerically superior forces marked the turning point in their war. The victory was also the point at which Cao Cao became the dominant power in northern China, leading to the establishment of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period.