Battle of Xingshi

Battle of Xingshi
Battle of Xingshi
Traditional Chinese	興勢之戰
Simplified Chinese	兴势之战
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīngshì Zhī Zhàn

Battle of Xingshi
	Part of the wars of the Three Kingdoms period
Date	April – July 244
Location	Mount Xingshi (situated north of present-day Yang County, Shaanxi), China
Result	Shu Han victory
Belligerents
Cao Wei	Shu Han
Commanders and leaders
Cao Shuang; Xiahou Xuan	Fei Yi; Wang Ping
Strength
More than 100 000 in total; Main army of 60 000-70 000 from Chang'an	Less than 30 000 under Wang Ping and Liu Min; Unknown number of troops under Fei Yi
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Xingshi was fought between the states of Cao Wei and Shu Han in 244 during the Three Kingdoms period in China. The location was at Mount Xingshi (興勢山), which is situated north of present-day Yang County, Shaanxi, and is now part of the Changqing National Nature Reserve. The battle was an attempt by Cao Shuang, the regent of Wei, to conquer Wei's rival state, Shu. It ended in complete failure.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sima (1084), vol. 74.
^ (七年春，魏大將軍曹爽率步騎十餘萬向漢川，前鋒已在駱谷。) Sanguozhi vol. 43.
^ (正始五年，爽乃西至長安，大發卒六七萬人，從駱谷入。) Sanguozhi vol. 9.
^ (時漢中守兵不滿三萬，) Sanguozhi vol. 43.

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[FOOTNOTESima1084vol._74-1] Sima (1084), vol. 74.

[4] (七年春，魏大將軍曹爽率步騎十餘萬向漢川，前鋒已在駱谷。) Sanguozhi vol. 43.

[5] (正始五年，爽乃西至長安，大發卒六七萬人，從駱谷入。) Sanguozhi vol. 9.

[6] (時漢中守兵不滿三萬，) Sanguozhi vol. 43.

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