Conquest of Chang'an (306)

Battle of Xiao

date	June 306
place	Chang'an
output	Decisive victory for Sima Yue
consequences	Capture of Chang'an

Parties to the conflict
Sima Yong	Sima Yue
Commander
Sima Yong	Liu Kun
Troop strength
unknown	unknown
losses
20,000+	unknown

The conquest of Chang'an was one of the final battles in the War of the Eight Princes .

course

After defeating Sima Yong's general Liu Qiao, Liu Kun advanced west with his force and captured Sima Yong's headquarters in Chang'an in June 306 . The latter barely escaped and was killed in an ambush by Sima Yue a few months later .

Individual evidence

↑ David Knechtges, Taiping Chang (ed.): Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature. Volume 1: A Reference Guide. Leiden / Boston, p. 542.
^ Robin Yates, Ralph Sawyer: Military aspects of the War of the Eight Princes 300-307. In: Nicola di Cosmo (ed.): Military Culture in Imperial China. Cambridge et al. a. 2009, p. 135.

[1] David Knechtges, Taiping Chang (ed.): Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature. Volume 1: A Reference Guide. Leiden / Boston, p. 542.

[2] Robin Yates, Ralph Sawyer: Military aspects of the War of the Eight Princes 300-307. In: Nicola di Cosmo (ed.): Military Culture in Imperial China. Cambridge et al. a. 2009, p. 135.