Battle of Qichun

Battle of Qichun
	Part of the wars of the Three Kingdoms period
Date	June 223
Location	Qichun, northern bay of the Yangtze River, southwest of Chaohu Lake.
Result	Wu victory
Belligerents
Cao Wei	Kingdom of Wu
Commanders and leaders
Jin Zong	He Qi

The Battle of Qichun took place in June 223 between the state of Cao Wei and the kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.

After the Battle of Dongkou, a Wu general Jin Zong (晋すすむ宗むね) defected to Wei and moved north of the Yangtze River to the new Wei outpost at Qichun. In response, Sun Quan sent He Qi to supervise Mi Fang (麋おうしか芳かおる), Xianyu Dan (鮮于丹に), Liu Shao (劉りゅう邵) and Hu Zong^[1]^[2] to attack Qichun by advancing up the river. However, the weather was extremely hot and most of the Wu forces began to withdraw. Jin Zong, in response, let down his guard. This allowed He Qi to penetrate the Wei army and capture the rebel. Thus, the rebellion was quashed. This occurred at the southern slopes of the Dabie Shan.^[3]

Notes

^ (初はつ，晉すすむ宗そう為ため戲おどけ口こう將はた，以眾叛如魏ぎ，還かえ為ため蘄春太守たいしゅ，圖ず襲かさね安樂あんらく，取と其保質しつ。權けん以為恥はじ忿，因いん軍ぐん初はつ罷やめ，六ろく月がつ盛夏せいか、出で其不意ふい，詔みことのり齊ひとし督とく麋おうしか芳よし、鮮于丹に等とう襲かさね蘄春，遂とげ生なま虜とりこ宗むね。) Sanguozhi vol. 60.
^ (吴将晋すすむ宗そう叛归魏ぎ，魏ぎ以宗为蕲春はる太守たいしゅ，去さ江こう数すう百ひゃく里り，数かず为寇害がい。权使综与贺齐轻行掩袭，生なま虏得宗むね，加か建けん武中たけなか郎ろう将しょう。) Sanguozhi vol. 62.
^ De Crespigny, Rafe. Online Publications. (In the summer of 223, Sun Quan's general He Qi attacked and eliminated an outpost of Wei in the new commandery territory of Qichun, on the southern slopes of the Dabie Shan)

References

Chen, Shou, Records of Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
de Crespigny, Rafe. Generals of the South. Chapter 7, A Claim To The Mandate (222-229).

[1] (初はつ，晉すすむ宗そう為ため戲おどけ口こう將はた，以眾叛如魏ぎ，還かえ為ため蘄春太守たいしゅ，圖ず襲かさね安樂あんらく，取と其保質しつ。權けん以為恥はじ忿，因いん軍ぐん初はつ罷やめ，六ろく月がつ盛夏せいか、出で其不意ふい，詔みことのり齊ひとし督とく麋おうしか芳よし、鮮于丹に等とう襲かさね蘄春，遂とげ生なま虜とりこ宗むね。) Sanguozhi vol. 60.

[2] (吴将晋すすむ宗そう叛归魏ぎ，魏ぎ以宗为蕲春はる太守たいしゅ，去さ江こう数すう百ひゃく里り，数かず为寇害がい。权使综与贺齐轻行掩袭，生なま虏得宗むね，加か建けん武中たけなか郎ろう将しょう。) Sanguozhi vol. 62.

[3] De Crespigny, Rafe. Online Publications. (In the summer of 223, Sun Quan's general He Qi attacked and eliminated an outpost of Wei in the new commandery territory of Qichun, on the southern slopes of the Dabie Shan)

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