What the records say
- When
- 1140
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.90° N, 113.50° E
- Description
- 1140 battle between the Jurchen Jin and the Song
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Yancheng
Battle between the Jurchen Jin and the Song
The Battle of Yancheng took place in 1140 near modern-day Luohe City in Henan Province, China between the main armies of China under the Song dynasty and the Jurchen Jin invaders from the north. The battle was a major clash in the wars between the Jin Empire and China. The Chinese forces, under the leadership of General Yue Fei, won a decisive victory despite being outnumbered.
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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 “Jin–Song Wars – Battle of Yancheng: Chinese forces under the command of Yue Fei defeat a numerically superior Jin army led by Wuzhu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “五月，完顏兀朮撕毀1139年與南宋的和議，再次大舉南侵，岳飛、劉錡分別在郾城之戰、順昌之戰以少勝多，予以金軍沉重打擊，岳飛相繼收復鄭州、洛陽等地，乘勝進佔朱仙鎮”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page