Song conquest of Northern Han

The Song conquest of Northern Han (Chinese: 宋滅北漢之戰) occurred in 979, when Northern Song forces captured the Northern Han capital of Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi Province after a two-month siege. A relief attempt by forces of the Liao dynasty, which was allied to the Northern Han, was easily defeated by the Northern Song. Yelü Dilie, a cousin of the Emperor Jingzong of Liao, was killed along with Yelü Sha's son Yelü Deli (耶律德裏).

Song conquest of Northern Han
Date February – 3 June 979[1] Location Northern Han (present-day Shanxi) Result Surrender of Northern Han; annexation of Northern Han by Northern Song; end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Belligerents
Northern Song dynasty	Northern Han dynasty Liao dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Emperor Taizong of Song Pan Mei Cui Yanjin Li Hanqiong Cao Han Liu Yu Mi Xin Tian Chongjin Guo Jin	Northern Han: Emperor Yingwu of Northern Han  Fan Chao  Guo Wanchao  Yang Ye  Liao: Yelü Sha Yelü Xiezhen Yelü Dilie †

Notes and references

1. Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian, ch. 20.

• (in Chinese) Li Tao (1183). Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian (續資治通鑑長編) [Extended Continuation to Zizhi Tongjian].