War between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu

War between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu
War between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu
Traditional Chinese	曹操與張繡之戰
Simplified Chinese	曹操与张绣之战
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Cáo Cāo yǔ Zhāng Xiù zhī zhàn

War between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu
	Part of the wars at the end of the Han dynasty
Date	c. February 197 – December 199
Location	several locations in present-day Nanyang, Henan
Result	Zhang Xiu's surrender
Belligerents
Cao Cao	Zhang Xiu; Liu Biao
Commanders and leaders
Cao Cao; Cao Hong; Yu Jin; Dian Wei †; Cao Ang †; Cao Anmin †	Zhang Xiu ; Jia Xu ; Liu Biao; Deng Ji (POW)

The war between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu was fought between the warlords Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu between 197 and 199 in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. It concluded with Zhang Xiu's surrender to Cao Cao.