What the records say
- When
- 537
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 35.60° N, 109.30° E
- Description
- battle during the Northern and Southern Dynasties of China
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Shayuan
Battle between Western and Eastern Wei in late 537
The Battle of Shayuan was fought in 537 AD and was the second major battle between the two successor states of Northern Wei during the Southern and Northern Dynasty period. During the battle, Yuwen Tai of Western Wei successfully ambushed and miraculously defeated the more than twenty times larger Eastern Wei army of Gao Huan that was marching towards Chang'an.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “沙苑之役，東魏權臣高歡進攻西魏，被宇文泰擊敗，確立了東西魏割據的局面。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page