battle, ancient

Battle of Hefei

Name: Battle of Hefei
Location: Hefei, People's Republic of China

Battle of Hefei was a battle fought in AD 231 at Hefei, in what is now People's Republic of China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Hefei. The recorded result: Cao Wei's strategical victory; Eastern Wu retreated.

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FoughtAD 231

WhereHefei, People's Republic of China31.864N, 117.281E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeCao Wei's strategical victory; Eastern Wu retreated

BelligerentsCao WeiagainstEastern Wu

Casualties and lossesFewandUnknown

Record

Date	AD 231 (year precision)
Place	Hefei, People's Republic of China 31.864N, 117.281E
Kind	Battle, ancient
Casualties and losses	Few	Unknown
Commanders	Man Chong Wang Ling (Three Kingdoms)	Sun Quan

Placed at Hefei; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Xiaoyao Ford AD 214, same recorded site
Battle of Hefei AD 208, 0.4 km NE
Battle of Ruxu AD 222, 63 km SE
Battle of Fei River AD 383, 73 km W
USS Panay incident 1937, 111 km E

Elsewhere in AD 231

Battle of Mount Qi China

Battle of Hefei is one of 97 engagements of the 3rd century in the atlas and one of 448 in present-day China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q19839899, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Hefei (231), revision 1370442760, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.