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Siege of Jicheng

Name: Siege of Jicheng
Location: Gangu County, People's Republic of China

Siege of Jicheng was a siege conducted in AD 213 at Gangu County, in what is now People's Republic of China. The recorded result: Ma Chao victory. Recorded strength: 10,000 against 1,000.

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FoughtAD 213

WhereGangu County, People's Republic of China34.740N, 105.330E

OutcomeMa Chao victory

BelligerentsMa Chao; Zhang Lu; Qiang people; Hu peopleagainstCao Cao

Record

Date	AD 213 (year precision)
Place	Gangu County, People's Republic of China 34.740N, 105.330E
Kind	Siege, ancient
Strength	10,000	1,000
Commanders	Wei Kang

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Jieting AD 228, 65 km NE
Battle of Mount Qi AD 231, 154 km S
Battle of Qi Mountains AD 214, 154 km S
Siege of Chencang AD 228, 193 km E
Battle of Wuzhang Plains AD 234, 193 km E

Siege of Jicheng 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 Q3467874, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Jicheng, revision 1370742149, 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.