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The Battle of Baideng (白登之戰) was a military conflict between Han China and the Xiongnu in 200 BC.

In an alternate account, Grousset says that the Xiongnu invaded Chinese Shanxi and besieged Taiyuan. Gaozu broke the siege and chased the Xiongnu north, but was blockaded by them on the Baideng plateau near Datong in far northern Shanxi.

Background

Attack of the Xiongnu

Tactics

Battle and siege

The presence of the armies is uncertain. The total strength of the Chinese army was over 300,000, but it is not known how much of the vanguard was trapped in the fort with the Emperor. Although Chinese historians write that the number of the Xiongnu army was 400,000.

Treaty

See also

• Han-Xiongnu wars
• Xiongnu invasion of Donghu

References

1. ^ Chang, Chun-shu (2007). The Rise of the Chinese Empire, Volume 1: Nation, State, and Imperialism in Early China, ca. 1600 B.C. - A.D. 8. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-472-11533-4.
2. ^ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068806333;view=1up;seq=190
3. Rene Grousset, 'The Empire of the Steppes',1970/2008,page27,
4. Chang, Chun-shu (2007).The Rise of the Chinese Empire, Volume 1: Nation, State, and Imperialism in Early China, ca. 1600 B.C. - A.D. 8 Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 158.

Further reading

• Yap, Joseph P. pp 71–76. "Wars With The Xiongnu, A Translation From Zizhi tongjian" AuthorHouse (2009) ISBN 978-1-4490-0604-4

• 200s BC conflicts
• 200 BC
• Battles involving the Han dynasty
• Battles involving the Xiongnu
• 2nd century BC in China
• Military history of Shanxi
• Emperor Gaozu of Han
• History of Datong