Battle of Mobei

When

Jan 119 BCE – Jun 119 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

47.56° N, 102.83° E

Description

battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Battle in 119 BC

The Battle of Mobei was a military campaign fought mainly in modern-day Mongolia, in the extreme cold and barren lands of the Gobi Desert. It was part of a major strategic offensive launched by the Han dynasty in the winter of January 119 BC, into the heartland of the nomadic Xiongnu. The campaign was a success for the Han, whose forces led by Wei Qing and Huo Qubing reached as far north as Lake Baikal.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Mobei: Wei Qing crosses the Gobi Desert, defeats Yizhixie Chanyu and kills or captures 19,000 Xiongnu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bataille de Mobei, dans la vallée de l'Orkhon, à l'issue d'une double expédition chinoise contre les Xiongnu menée par Wei Qing et son neveu Huo Qubing”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “漠北之戰，汉武帝令卫青、霍去病击匈奴，越離侯山，渡弓閭河，與匈奴左賢王部隊接戰，殲敵70,443人，俘虜匈奴屯頭王和韓王等3人及將軍、相國、當戶和都尉等83人”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page