Battle of Jiangxia | |||||||
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Part of the wars at the end of the Han dynasty | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sun Quan | Liu Biao | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Zhou Yu Lü Meng Ling Tong Dong Xi |
Huang Zu Chen Jiu † Zhang Shuo † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
25,000 | 30,000+[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
30,000 |
Battle of Jiangxia | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 江夏之戰 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 江夏之战 | ||||||
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The Battle of Jiangxia was fought between the warlords Sun Quan and Liu Biao in 208 in the late Eastern Han dynasty. The battle was the last part of a series of military engagements between Sun Quan and Liu Biao's general Huang Zu in Jiangxia Commandery (present-day eastern Hubei). The battle ended in a decisive victory for Sun Quan and his forces.