| Battle of Quebei | |||||||
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| Part of the wars of the Three Kingdoms period | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Cao Wei | Eastern Wu | ||||||
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Wang Ling Sun Li |
Quan Cong Zhuge Ke Zhang Xiu Gu Cheng | ||||||
| Battle of Quebei | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 芍陂之役 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 芍陂之役 | ||||||
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The Battle of Quebei[1][2] was a military offensive launched in 241 by the state of Eastern Wu against its rival state, Cao Wei, during the Three Kingdoms period of China. The campaign was initiated by Wu's founding emperor, Sun Quan, two years after the death of the second Wei emperor, Cao Rui. The campaign ended with an overall failure. Despite its name, Quebei being the location where most of the fighting took place, the campaign was actually a two-front attack and covered a wide area in Anhui and Hubei.