Battle of Baideng

Battle of Baideng
	Part of Xiongnu Campaigns in China
Date	200 BC
Location	Mount Baideng at Pincheng (present-day Datong, Shanxi)
Result	Xiongnu victory
Belligerents
Xiongnu	Han dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Modu Chanyu	Emperor Gaozu
Strength
400,000	320,000
Casualties and losses
heavy	Less than Xiongnu

The Battle of Baideng (白登之戰) was a military conflict between Han China and the Xiongnu in 200 BC. The Han dynasty of China invaded the territory of the Xiongnu in 200 BC attempting to subjugate them. However the Xiongnu united their forces under Modu Shanyu and surrounded the Han emperor Gaozu in Baideng. The siege was only relieved after seven days when the Han royal court, under Chen Ping's suggestion, sent spies to bribe Modu's wife.

In an alternate account, Grousset^[3] says that the Xiongnu invaded Chinese Shanxi and besieged Taiyuan. Gaozu broke the siege and chased the Xiongnu north, but was blockaded by them on the Baideng plateau near Datong in far northern Shanxi.

^ ^a ^b Chang, Chun-shu (2007). The Rise of the Chinese Empire, Volume 1: Nation, State, and Imperialism in Early China, ca. 1600 B.C. - A.D. 8. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-472-11533-4.
^ ^a ^b https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068806333;view=1up;seq=190
^ Rene Grousset, 'The Empire of the Steppes',1970/2008,page27,

[ch07-158-1] Chang, Chun-shu (2007). The Rise of the Chinese Empire, Volume 1: Nation, State, and Imperialism in Early China, ca. 1600 B.C. - A.D. 8. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-472-11533-4.

[babel.hathitrust.org-2] ttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068806333;view=1up;seq=190

[3] Rene Grousset, 'The Empire of the Steppes',1970/2008,page27,

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