Battle of Ba

Battle of Ba
DateDecember 215[1] – April 216[1]
Location
Ba (near present-day Hanzhong, Shaanxi), China
33°10′22.220″N 106°40′14.005″E / 33.17283889°N 106.67055694°E / 33.17283889; 106.67055694
Result Liu Bei victory; Ba region is pacified
Belligerents
Liu Bei Cao Cao
Commanders and leaders
Zhang Fei
Huang Quan
Zhang He
Pu Hu
Ren/Yuan Yue[a]
Du Huo
Strength
At least 10 000 elite soldiers under Zhang Fei[2]
Unknown number of troops under Huang Quan
Main army of Cao Cao in that region
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
Battle of Ba is located in China
Battle of Ba
Location within China
Battle of Ba
Traditional Chinese巴之戰
Simplified Chinese巴之战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBā Zhī Zhàn

The Battle of Ba was fought between the warlords Liu Bei and Cao Cao between December 215 and April 216 during the prelude to the Three Kingdoms period. Following his victory over Zhang Lu at Yangping, Cao Cao appointed Pu Hu (朴胡), Ren Yue (任約) and Du Huo (杜濩) as Administrator of the three Ba commanderies but they were defeated by Huang Quan. Zhang He would later try to relocate citizens from Ba to Hanzhong but was also defeated by Zhang Fei.

  1. ^ a b Sima (1084), vol. 67.
  2. ^ (飛率精卒萬餘人,從他道邀郃軍交戰,山道迮狹,前後不得相救,飛遂破郃。) Sanguozhi vol. 36.


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