Army of the Han dynasty
Han-Xiongnu War

Army of the Han dynasty

Section Title: Han-Xiongnu War
Table Section Text: None

Year	Aggressor	Forces	Commander	Title	Place of departure	Result

200 BC Battle of Baideng	Han	320,000	Emperor Gaozu of Han	Besieged for four days until the emperor's wife bribed the Xiongnu to go away

197 BC	Xiongnu	Raided Dai Commandery

196 BC	Xiongnu	Raided Dai Commandery (Canhe)

195 BC	Xiongnu	Raided Shanggu and eastward

182 BC	Xiongnu	Raided Longxi Commandery (Didao) and Tianshui (Ayang)

181 BC	Xiongnu	Raided Longxi Commandery (Didao) and abducted 2,000 people

179 BC	Xiongnu	Raided Yunzhong Commandery and plundered tribes loyal to Han

177 BC	Xiongnu	Conducted massacre at He'nan and Shang

169 BC	Xiongnu

166 BC	Xiongnu	140,000	Raided Anding (Chaona and Xiaoguan), Beidi, Anding (Pengyang), and Liang (Ganjuan Palace) Burned Huizhong Palace

158 BC	Xiongnu	30,000	Raided Shang, Yunzhong Commandery, and Dai Commandery (Gouzhu)

148 BC	Xiongnu	Raided Yan Province

144 BC	Xiongnu	Stole horses from Yanmen Commandery, Yunzhong Commandery (Wuchuan), and Shang

142 BC	Xiongnu	Attacked Yanmen Commandery and killed Governor Feng Jing

133 BC (Summer) Battle of Mayi	Han	300,000	Wang Hui Han Anguo Gongsun He Li Guang Li Zi	Failed to ambush Xiongnu Wang Hui committed suicide

129 BC (Spring)	Han	40,000	Wei Qing	General of chariot and cavalry	Shanggu	Victory: Killed several thousand Xiongnu Captured 700 Xiongnu

Gongsun Ao	Cavalry general	Dai	Defeated: 700 men lost

Gongsun He	General of light chariot	Yunzhong	Failed to find Xiongnu

Li Guang	General of resolute cavalry	Yanmen	Captured by Xiongnu, but escaped and returned

129 BC (Winter)	Xiongnu	Raided Shanggu, Yuyang, and killed the governor of Liaoxi

128 BC (Autumn)	Han	40,000	Wei Qing	General of chariot and cavalry	Dai	Victory

Li Xi	General	Dai

127 BC	Xiongnu	Raided Liaoxi and killed its governor Raided Yanmen and carried off several thousand men Defeated Han Anguo

127 BC (Spring)	Han	Wei Qing	General of chariot and cavalry	Yunzhong	Killed 2,300 Xiongnu at Gaoque (Shuofang) Captured 3,075 Xiongnu and one million livestock at Fuli (Wuyuan)

Hao Xian	Governor of Shanggu	Yunzhong

Li Xi	General	Dai

126 BC	Xiongnu	90,000	Wise king (Dugi) of the right	Raided Dai Commandery, Dingxiang, and Shang, taking several thousand slaves Killed the grand administrator of Dai Commandery, Gong You

124 BC (Spring)	Han	100,000 (mostly light cavalry)	Wei Qing	General of chariot and cavalry	Shuofang (Gaoque)	Captured ten petty chieftains, 15,000 Xiongnu, and one million livestock

Hao Xian

Li Suo	Colonel

Zhao Buyu	Colonel

Gongsun Rongnu	Colonel

Dou Yiru	Colonel

Li Xi	General	Yubeiping

Zhang Cigong	General	Yubeiping

Gongsun He	Cavalry general	Shuofang

Su Jian	Scouting and attacking general	Shuofang

Li Cai	General of light chariots	Shuofang

Li Ju	General of crossbowmen	Shuofang

Han Yue	Chief commander

123 BC (Spring)	Han	100,000 cavalry	Wei Qing	General in chief	Dingxiang	Killed over 3,000 Xiongnu north of Dingxiang

Hao Xian	Governor of Shanggu

Huo Qubing	Swift colonel	Killed and captured 2,228 Xiongnu

Gongsun Ao	General of the center

Gongsun He	General of the left

Zhao Xin	General of the vanguard	Defeated and surrendered to Xiongnu

Su Jian	General of the right	Defeated and escaped alone 3,000 Han soldiers killed

Li Guang	General of the rear

Li Ju	General of crossbowmen

122 BC	Xiongnu	10,000	Raided Shanggu

121 BC (Spring)	Han	10,000 cavalry	Huo Qubing	General of swift cavalry	Longxi	Killed and captured 8,960 Xiongnu west of the Yanzhi Mountains (in modern Gansu)

Zhao Ponu	Hawklike attacking marshal

121 BC (Summer)	Han	20,000+ cavalry	Huo Qubing	Hawklike attacking marshal	Beidi	Killed and captured 33,000 Xiongnu south of Jiuquan

Zhao Ponu	Hawklike attacking marshal

Gao Bushi	Colonel	Captured 1,768 Xiongnu

Pu Peng	Colonel	Captured five Xiongnu kings

Gongsun Ao	Marquis of Heqi	Beidi	Got lost and failed to make contact with Huo

24,000 cavalry	Zhang Qian	Commander of the Palace Guard	Yubeiping	Was late

4,000 cavalry	Li Guang	Chief of palace attendants	Yubeiping	Killed 3,000 Xiongnu bu lost nearly his entire force and escaped alone

120 BC	Xiongnu	Raided Youbeiping and Xingxiang, carrying off 1,000 captives

119 BC (Summer) Battle of Mobei	Han	50,000 cavalry 140,000 volunteer cavalry 200,000+ infantry	Wei Qing	Supreme commander	Dingxiang	Killed 19,000 Xiongnu Seized the fort of Zhaoxin

Guo Chang	Colonel

Xun Zhi

Chang Hui	Governor of Xihe

Sui Cheng	Governor of Yunzhong

Li Guang	General of the vanguard	Late and rendezvouz and committed suicide

Zhao Yiji	General of the right	Late at rendezvouz

Gongsun Ao	General of the center

Cao Xiang	General of the rear

Gongsun He	General of the left

50,000 cavalry	Huo Qubing	Supreme commander	Dai, Yubeiping

Li Gan	Colonel

Xu Ziwei	Colonel	Killed and captured 12,700 Xiongnu

Lu Bode	Governor of Yubeiping

Wei Shan	Chief commander of Bodi	Captured a Xiongnu king

Zhao Ponu	Congpiao Marquis

Jie	Governor of Yuyang

Zhao Anji	Marquis of Changwu

Fu Luji	Colonel

Yi Jixian

116 BC	Xiongnu	Raided Liang Province

111 BC (Autumn)	Han	15,000 cavalry	Gongsun He	General of Fuju	Wuyuan	Failed to find Xiongnu

10,000 cavalry	Zhao Ponu	General of Xiong River	Lingju	Failed to find Xiongnu

110 BC (Winter)	Han	180,000 cavalry	Emperor Wu of Han	Failed to find Xiongnu

108 BC	Han	25,000 cavalry	Zhao Ponu	Failed to find Xiongnu

103 BC (Summer)	Han	20,000 cavalry	Zhao Ponu	General of Junji	Killed and captured 2,000+ Xiongnu but got surrounded and surrendered

102 BC	Xiongnu	Wise king (Dugi) of the right	Raided Jiuquan and Zhangye, capturing several thousand people

99 BC (Summer) Battle of Tian Shan	Han	30,000 cavalry	Li Guangli	Ershi General	Shuofang	Killed and captured 10,000 Xiongnu but was surrounded on the way back and most of his forces were killed

Gongsun Ao	General of Yinyu	Xihe

Lu Bode	Chief commandant of crossbowmen	Juyan

5,000 infantry/cavalry	Li Ling	Chief commandant of cavalry	Juyan	Killed and captured 10,000 Xiongnu but was defeated and surrendered Only 400 survived

97 BC (Spring)	Han	50,000 cavalry 70,000 infantry	Li Guangli	Ershi General	Shuofang	Defeated

10,000 infantry	Lu Bode	Chief commandant of crossbowmen	Juyan

30,000 infantry	Han Yue	Scouting and attacking general	Wuyuan

10,00 cavalry 30,000 infantry	Gongsun Ao	General of Yinyu	Yanmen	Defeated

90 BC (Spring)	Han	9,000 cavalry (with auxiliaries)	Li Guangli	Ershi General	Wuyuan	Surrendered

30,000 cavalry	Shang Qiucheng	Grand secretary	Xihe	Victory

40,000 cavalry	Ma Tong	Marquis of Chonghe	Jiuquan

71 BC	Han	150,000 cavalry 50,000 Wusun	Chang Hui	Special envoy	Captured 39,000 Xiongnu and 650,000 livestock

64 BC	Xiongnu	Attacked Jiaohe and repelled by Han reinforcements

36 BC Battle of Zhizhi	Han	40,000	Gan Yanshou	Protector general	Western Regions	Victory: Killed Zhizhi Chanyu and 1,518 Xiongnu Captured 145 Xiongnu

Chen Tang	Deputy Colonel	Western Regions

44	Han	Ma Yuan	General	Defeated

45	Xiongnu	Raided Changshan

Sentence(s)

In the autumn of 128 BC, Wei Qing and Li Xi led a force of 40,000 and defeated the Xiongnu.

final_sentence: In the autumn of 128 BC, Wei Qing and Li Xi led a force of 40,000 and defeated the Xiongnu.