Battle of Yijing

Battle of Yijing
Part of the wars at the end of the Han dynasty
Date198 – March 199
Location
Result Yuan Shao victory
Belligerents
Yuan Shao
Liu Yu's remnants
Wuhuan
Xiongnu[1]
Xianbei
Gongsun Zan
Heishan bandits
Commanders and leaders
Yuan Shao
Tadun
Qian Zhao
Gongsun Zan 
Zhang Yan
Gongsun Xu 
Tian Kai 
Guan Jing 
Tian Yu
Strength
100,000 (Xianyu Fu's and Wuhuan forces)[2]
7,000 Xianbei cavalry
100,000+ (Zhang Yan's forces)
Battle of Yijing
Traditional Chinese易京之戰
Simplified Chinese易京之战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYìjīng Zhī Zhàn

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.

  1. ^ ((閻)柔招誘胡漢數萬人,與瓚所置漁陽太守鄒丹戰於潞北) Zizhi Tongjian vol. 61.
  2. ^ (烏桓峭王感虞恩德,率種人及鮮卑七千餘騎,共(鮮于)輔南迎虞子和,與袁紹將曲義合兵十萬,共攻瓚。) Houhanshu vol. 73.