What the records say
- When
- Apr 627 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 34.19° N, 116.94° E
- Description
- 627 BC battle
Placed at the district its title names, Xiao.
Battle of Xiao
627 BC battle
The Battle of Xiao or Yao took place between Qin and Jin, both of which were major principality states during the Spring and Autumn period of the Zhou dynasty. It occurred in 627 BC at the Xiao Mountains, a branch of the Qinling Range between Yellow River and Luo River, in modern-day Henan province of China.
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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 “Spring and Autumn period: Jin defeats Qin in the Battle of Xiao”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “秦兵得內應，欲乘機偷襲鄭國，興兵遠征，卻為弦高識破，致鄭穆公早有準備，襲鄭不成，滅滑國而還，史稱秦軍入滑。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page