Battle of Tangyin
The Battle of Tangyin was a battle in the War of the Eight Princes between Sima Yue and Sima Ying .
background
In the War of the Eight Princes, Sima Ying supported the two princes Sima Yong and Sima Ai in their rebellion against the imperial regent Sima Jiong. Sima Ai defeated Sima Jiong's army in 302, killed him and was thus able to become regent for the emperor himself. Since Sima Yong was not satisfied with Sima Ai's gained position of power and had hoped for more from the rebellion for himself, he instigated Sima Ying to fight with him against Sima Ai. An attempt to diplomatically divide the empire between the two failed because of Sima Ai's refusal. During the fighting, he was betrayed by soldiers and officers of his army and handed over to the enemy General Zhang Fang . He had Sima Ai burned alive. After the victory over Sima Ai, power first fell to Sima Ying, as he had a larger army and, as the emperor's brother, also had more legitimacy than Sima Yong. But Sima Ying ultimately did not succeed in stabilizing the empire permanently. There were a number of revolts by governors and non-Chinese groups. In 304 Sima Yue rebelled against Sima Ying in order to remove him from his position as regent.
The battle
Sima Yue raised an army and gathered his troops at Anyang south of Ye. There, on September 9, 304, Sima Ying attacked him and decisively beat Sima Yue.
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 129f.
- ^ 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. 127.
- ^ A b 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. 128.