Military campaign by Jin against Eastern Wu (279-280)
Conquest of Wu by Jin
Part of the wars of the Three Kingdoms period
A map showing the Jin conquest of Wu
Date
c. December 279 or January 280[a] – 1 May 280[b]
Location
Southern China
Result
Jin victory; unification of China
Belligerents
Jin dynasty
Wu
Commanders and leaders
Jia Chong Wang Jun Du Yu Wang Rong Hu Fen Sima Zhou Wang Hun
Sun Hao Zhang Ti †
Strength
200,000[3]
230,000[4]
Casualties and losses
15,000[citation needed]
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
← End of Han dynasty
Xiaoting
Invasion of Wu
Southern Campaign
Xincheng
Northern Expeditions
Shiting
Ziwu
Hefei (231)
Hefei (233)
Hefei (234)
Liaodong
Fancheng (241)
Quebei
Xingshi
Goguryeo
Gaoping Tombs
Jiang's Expeditions (Didao)
Shouchun
Dongxing
Hefei (253)
Cao Mao
Jiao Province
Fall of Shu
Zhong Hui
Yong'an
Tufa Shujineng
Xiling
Fall of Wu
Conquest of Wu by Jin
Traditional Chinese
晉滅吳之戰
Simplified Chinese
晋灭吴之战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Jìn miè Wú zhī zhàn
Taikang campaign
Chinese
太康之役
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Tàikāng zhī yì
The conquest of Wu by Jin was a military campaign launched by the Jin dynasty against the state of Wu from late 279 to mid 280 at the end of the Three Kingdoms period of China. The campaign, which started in December 279 or January 280,[a] concluded with complete victory for the Jin dynasty on 1 May 280[b] when the Wu emperor Sun Hao surrendered. After the campaign, the Jin emperor Sima Yan (Emperor Wu) changed the era name of his reign from "Xianning" to "Taikang", hence the campaign has also been referred to as the Taikang campaign.[c]
The campaign is significant in pre-1911 Chinese military history as it not only ended the chaos of the Three Kingdoms period and reunified China under the Jin dynasty, but was also the first successful large-scale military operation in Chinese history that involved a massive invasion force crossing the Yangtze. Among other aspects, its multi-directional approach, invasions by both land and water, and the sending of a naval fleet downstream along the Yangtze, have had strong influences on subsequent battles in Chinese military history.
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