| Battle of Yijing | |||||||
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| Part of the wars at the end of the Han dynasty | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Yuan Shao Liu Yu's remnants Wuhuan Xiongnu[1] Xianbei |
Gongsun Zan Heishan bandits | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Yuan Shao Tadun Qian Zhao |
Gongsun Zan † Zhang Yan Gongsun Xu † Tian Kai † Guan Jing † Tian Yu | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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100,000 (Xianyu Fu's and Wuhuan forces)[2] 7,000 Xianbei cavalry | 100,000+ (Zhang Yan's forces) | ||||||
| Battle of Yijing | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 易京之戰 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 易京之战 | ||||||
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The Battle of Yijing was a military conflict which took place in northern China from 198 to 199 in the late Eastern Han dynasty. It was fought between Gongsun Zan, a warlord known as the "White Horse General", and Yuan Shao, a scion of the esteemed Yuan clan and former leader of the coalition against Dong Zhuo.