Battle of Changping
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The Battle of Changping (長平之戰) was a military campaign during the Warring States period of ancient China, which took place from 262 BC to 260 BC at Changping (northwest of present-day Gaoping, Shanxi province), between the two strongest military powers, the State of Qin and the State of Zhao. After a bitter two-year stalemate, the battle ended in a decisive victory for Qin forces and the ruthless execution of most of the Zhao captives, resulting in an unrecoverable loss of manpower and strategic reserve for the Zhao state.
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Battle of Changping | |||||||
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Part of Warring States Period | |||||||
Battle of Changping between Qin and Zhao | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
State of Zhao | State of Qin | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lian Po Zhao Kuo † Feng Ting † |
Wang He Bai Qi Teng | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
450,000 | 550,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
400,000 dead (large portion executed after capture)[1][2] | c. 250,000 dead |
This battle is one of the bloodiest battles in human history, due to the fact that several thousand soldiers were buried alive. The main historical records for the events of this period is sourced from the Records of the Grand Historian, written more than a century later, which estimated roughly 450,000 dead on the Zhao side and 250,000 dead on the Qin side. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685–762) later built a temple over a collection of some of the human remains, and scattered bones and mass graves continue to be discovered on the site.[3]