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Battle of Yangcheng
| Battle of Yangcheng | |||||||
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| Part of the wars at the end of the Han dynasty | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Yuan Shao | Yuan Shu | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Zhou Yu (Renming)[1] Zhou Ang |
Sun Jian Gongsun Yue † | ||||||
| Battle of Yangcheng | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陽城之戰 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阳城之战 | ||||||
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The Battle of Yangcheng was fought between the warlords Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu as the coalition against Dong Zhuo fell apart in 191 in the late Eastern Han dynasty. Sun Jian, Yuan Shu's nominal subordinate returning from his triumphant capture of the abandoned capital of Luoyang, became involved in Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's personal feud as the former allies turned against one another. Yuan Shao's forces, under Zhou Yu,[1] first got the upper hand against Sun Jian's forces, but were beaten back by Sun's counterattack.
- ^ a b Historical sources disagree on whether it was Zhou Yu, Zhou Ang, or Zhou Xin that was involved in this battle. Historian Rafe de Crespigny accepted the version which described Zhou Yu as the one in the attack on Yangcheng. See de Crespigny (1990), p. 121 note 70. This is not the same Zhou Yu who served Sun Jian's sons Sun Ce and Sun Quan.
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