Battle of Dongxing

Battle of Dongxing
Battle of Dongxing
Traditional Chinese	東興之戰
Simplified Chinese	东兴之战
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dōngxīng zhī zhàn
Battle of Dongguan
Traditional Chinese	東關之役
Simplified Chinese	东关之役
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dōngguān zhī yì

Battle of Dongxing
	Part of the wars of the Three Kingdoms period
Date	January – February 253
Location	Dongxing (東興; southeast of present-day Chaohu City, Anhui)
Result	Wu tactical victory
Belligerents
Cao Wei	Eastern Wu
Commanders and leaders
Sima Zhao; Zhuge Dan; Guanqiu Jian; Wang Chang	Zhuge Ke; Ding Feng
Strength
70,000	40,000

The Battle of Dongxing, also known as the Battle of Dongguan, was fought from January to February 253 between the states of Cao Wei and Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. The battle concluded with a tactical victory for Wu.

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