Conflict between warlord Cao Cao and sons of Yuan Shao (202-203)
Battle of Liyang
Part of the wars at the end of the Han Dynasty
Date
c. October 202 – June 203
Location
Henan and Hebei, China
Result
Withdrawal of Cao Cao's main army; mutiny of Yuan Tan
Territorial changes
Cao Cao establishes a bridgehead in Liyang
Belligerents
Cao Cao
Yuan Shang
Commanders and leaders
Cao Cao
Yuan Shang Yuan Tan
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Cao Cao's unification of northern China
Liyang
Ye
Nanpi
White Wolf Mtn.
Battle of Liyang
Traditional Chinese
黎陽之戰
Simplified Chinese
黎阳之战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Líyáng Zhī Zhàn
The Battle of Liyang, fought between October 202 and June 203 in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was an invasion attempt by the warlord Cao Cao against the brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan, the sons of Cao's rival Yuan Shao. The battle in October 202 was the first between the two factions since the death of Yuan Shao four months earlier. Although it ended in Cao Cao's withdrawal, events in this battle brought tensions between the Yuan brothers to the surface as Yuan Tan mutinied against his younger brother Yuan Shang after Cao Cao's temporary exit from the scene.
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Yuan Shao became inevitable by early 199. In the autumn of 199, Cao Cao dispatched troops to Liyang County (黎陽縣; present-day Xun County, Henan) and sent...
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brother's aid, and they fought inconclusively against Cao Cao in the BattleofLiyang. In 203, Cao Cao scored a major victory over the Yuans, who retreated...
against Yuan's sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang and fought them at the BattleofLiyang but soon the Yuan brothers were at war with each other. In the following...
(白馬; near present-day Hua County, Henan) lay south of the river across from Liyang (黎陽; north-west of present-day Xun County, Henan), a major base for military...
at the BattleofLiyang in 202–203 and won several consecutive battles. At the time, many of Cao Cao's generals urged Cao to take advantage of his successes...
Yuan Tan's base at Liyang. Though Cao Cao eventually withdrew, Yuan Tan came to resent Yuan Shang even more during course of the battle, which led to open...
heirs and supporters. Cao Cao's progress was checked at the BattleofLiyang (黎陽; northeast of present-day Xun County, Henan), where the war entered a stalemate...
killed by Shen Pei's archers, who were lying in ambush. Refers to the BattleofLiyangof 202–203, fought between Cao Cao and Yuan Shang. Cao Cao attacked...
his forces to attack rival warlords Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang at the BattleofLiyang. When Yuan Tan ordered his subordinates Guo Yuan and Gao Gan to lead...
territories. During the BattleofLiyangof 202–203 against the Yuan brothers, Cao Cao put Li Dian and Cheng Yu in charge of escorting food supplies to...
follow. As a consequence of the limited tactical flexibility at their disposal, the majority ofbattles were carried out in one of two ways: a head on charge...
Cao Cao was able to split off Yuan Shao's main force gathered at Liyang (黎陽; northwest of present-day Xun County, Henan) across the river from Boma (白馬;...
The Battleof Dongkou was a naval battle fought between October 222 and January 223 between forces of the state of Cao Wei and the Kingdom of Wu during...
prestige of you, my lord." In 202, Zhang Liao accompanied Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shao's sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang at Liyang (黎陽; northwest of present-day...
You Province and stayed out of his brothers' conflict. In the winter of 202, Cao Cao attacked Yuan Tan's position in Liyang, and Yuan Shang brought his...
Ben against the encroachments of the warlord Liu Yao. While Sun Ce was preparing to cross the Yangtze River at Liyang (歷陽; present-day He County, Anhui)...
Yuan Shu. He then forced Wu Jing back west across the Yangtze River to Liyang (歷陽; present-day He County, Anhui). However, Yuan Shu claimed to be the...
base, the great granary at Liyang, was threatened, agreed, hoping in turn to profit from his legitimization and gain control of Luoyang. In the event, Li...
Pei to defend Ye and personally led a force to Liyang to assist in the defense. For half a year the battle went on, but the Yuan brothers eventually gave...
between the warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu, Sima Lang brought his family out ofLiyang Commandery and again returned to their now-ravaged ancestral home in Wen...
it as bravery of a common sort that could easily be dealt with. As Yuan Shao's forces marched to Liyang, to ensure a safe crossing of the Yellow River...
what was essentially a declaration of war. He then marched his main army towards the forward base ofLiyang north of the Yellow River. At the time, Yuan...
base ofLiyang (黎陽; northwest of present-day Xun County, Henan). At the time, the river flowed south of Huojia, thus Huojia was on the north bank of the...
the Battleof Guandu, resumed his offensive to the north and attacked the Yuan brothers in 202. Yuan Tan stationed his troops in Liyang (northeast of present-day...