Battle of Tong Pass

Battle of Tong Pass
Part of the wars at the end of the Han dynasty
The fictional duel between Xu Chu and Ma Chao, portrait at the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace, Beijing
Date c. April – November 211[a] Location Tong Pass (in present-day Tongguan County, Shaanxi, China) Result Cao Cao victory
Belligerents
Cao Cao	Coalition of Guanxi forces
Commanders and leaders
Cao Cao Cao Ren Xu Huang Zhang He Xu Chu Jia Xu Zhu Ling	Ma Chao Han Sui Hou Xuan Cheng Yin Yang Qiu Li Kan † Zhang Heng Liang Xing Cheng Yi † Chenggong Ying
Strength
60,000[citation needed]	100,000[citation needed]

The Battle of Tong Pass, also known as the Battle of Weinan,^[b] was fought between the warlord Cao Cao and a coalition of forces from Guanxi (west of Tong Pass) between April and November 211^[a] in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. The battle was initiated by Cao Cao's western expansion, which triggered uprisings in Guanxi. Cao Cao scored a decisive victory over the Guanxi coalition and established a hold of the Guanzhong region.

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