Battle of Hefei (253)

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Battle of Hefei
Part of the wars of the Three Kingdoms period
Datec. April – August 253
Location
Hefei, Anhui, China
Result Cao Wei victory ; Eastern Wu retreat
Belligerents
Cao Wei Eastern Wu
Commanders and leaders
Zhang Te
Sima Fu
Zhuge Ke
Strength
3,000 in Xincheng
200,000 reinforcements [1]
200,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
  1. Zizhi Tongjian vol.76.
  2. Pei Songzhi's annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 4.
  3. Sanguozhi vol. 4.
  4. (今我無心復戰也。然魏法,被攻過百日而救不至者,雖降,家不坐也。自受敵以來,已九十餘日矣。此城中本有四千餘人,而戰死者已過半,城雖陷,尚有半人不欲降,我當還為相語之,條名別善惡,明日早送名,且持我印綬去以為信。) Weilüe annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 4.
  5. (我但有斗死耳!) Weilüe annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 4.
  6. Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 75 & 76.
  7. (寶鼎三年,皓命奉與諸葛靚攻合肥。奉與晉大將石苞書,搆而間之,苞以徵還。) Sanguozhi vol. 55.

Battle of Hefei
Traditional Chinese 合肥之戰
Simplified Chinese 合肥之战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Héféi Zhī Zhàn