Battle of Didao

Battle of Didao
Battle of Didao
Traditional Chinese	狄道之戰
Simplified Chinese	狄道之战
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dídào Zhī Zhàn
Battle of Taoxi
Traditional Chinese	洮西之戰
Simplified Chinese	洮西之战
Literal meaning	Battle at the west of the Tao River
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táoxī Zhī Zhàn

Battle of Didao
	Part of Jiang Wei's Northern Expeditions
Date	c. September – 11 November 255
Location	Gansu Province, China
Result	Cao Wei victory
Belligerents
Cao Wei	Shu Han
Commanders and leaders
Chen Tai; Deng Ai; Hu Fen	Jiang Wei; Xiahou Ba; Zhang Yi

The Battle of Didao, also known as the Battle of Taoxi, was fought between the states of Shu Han and Cao Wei in 255 during the Three Kingdoms period in China. The battle concluded with a Wei victory.

^ (八月，維將數萬人至枹罕，趨狄道。 ... 九月，甲辰，維遁走，城中將士乃得出。)Zizhi Tongjian vol. 76.

[1] (八月，維將數萬人至枹罕，趨狄道。 ... 九月，甲辰，維遁走，城中將士乃得出。)Zizhi Tongjian vol. 76.

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