Battle of Jiangxia

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Battle of Jiangxia
Part of the wars at the end of the Han dynasty
DateSpring of 208 CE [1]
Location
Result Sun Quan victory; Huang Zu beheaded
Belligerents
Sun Quan Liu Biao
Commanders and leaders
Zhou Yu
Lü Meng
Ling Tong
Dong Xi
Huang Zu   Skull and Crossbones.svg
Chen Jiu  
Zhang Shuo  
Strength
25,000 30,000+ [2]
Casualties and losses
30,000
  1. 1st to 3rd month of the 13th year of the Jian'an era, which corresponds to 4 Feb to 2 May 208 in the Julian calendar
  2. There were several tens of thousands of captives after the war, but the exact size of Huang Zu's army remains unknown.
  3. (祖今年老,昏耄已甚,財谷並乏,左右欺弄,務於貨利,侵求吏士,吏士心怨。舟船戰具,頓廢不修,怠於耕農,軍無法伍。至尊今往,其破可必。) Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Volume 55, Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan, and Ding.
  4. (張昭時在坐,難曰:"吳下業業,若軍果行,恐必致亂。) Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Volume 55, Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan, and Ding. Zhang Zhao argued that Sun Quan's territories in the Wu region were unstable and rebellions might break out if the army was away.
  5. (統爲前鋒,與所厚健兒數十人共乘一船,常去大兵數十里。) Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Volume 55, Biography of Ling Tong.
  6. (行入右江,斬黃祖將張碩,盡獲船人。) Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Volume 55, Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan, and Ding.
  7. (祖横两蒙冲挟守沔口,以栟闾大绁系石为碇,上有千人,以弩交射,飞矢雨下,军不得前。) Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Volume 55, Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan, and Ding.
  8. (襲與淩統俱為前部,各將敢死百人,人被兩鎧,乘大舸船,突入蒙沖裡。) Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Volume 55, Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan, and Ding.
  9. (蒙勒前鋒,親梟就首) Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Volume 55, Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan, and Ding.
  10. (时吕蒙败其水军,而统先搏其城,於是大获。) Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Volume 55, Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan, and Ding.
  11. (祖挺身亡走,骑士冯则追枭其首) Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Volume 47, Biography of Sun Quan.
  12. (...黃祖為孫權所殺,琦遂求代其任。) Fan Ye. Book of the Later Han, Volume 74.
  13. (先主斜趨漢津,適與羽船會,得濟沔,遇表長子江夏太守琦眾萬馀人,與俱到夏口。) Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Volume 32, Biography of Liu Bei.

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References

Battle of Jiangxia
Traditional Chinese 江夏之戰
Simplified Chinese 江夏之战