Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Cao Ren

Battles of Cao Ren

Chinese Han dynasty general (168–223)

Cao Ren is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 193 and AD 222: 6 battles, all in present-day China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,835 km apart end to end, 567 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Early Imperial China (3), end of the Han dynasty (1).

Battle of RuxuCao Cao's invasion of Xu ProvinceBattle of Yan ProvinceBattle of JianglingBattle of YilingBattle of FanchengCao Cao's invasion of Xu ProvinceBattle of Yan ProvinceBattle of JianglingBattle of YilingBattle of FanchengWuhanHangzhouZhengzhouHuainanXuzhouHefeiSuzhouNanyangWuxiSuzhou200 km32.399N, 115.772E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 193: 1 engagementsAD 194: 1 engagementsAD 208: 2 engagements2 in AD 208AD 219: 1 engagementsAD 222: 1 engagementsAD 193AD 222
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Cao Cao's invasion of Xu Province, AD 193Battle of Yan Province, AD 194Battle of Jiangling, AD 208Battle of Yiling, AD 208Battle of Fancheng, AD 219Battle of Ruxu, AD 222AD 193AD 222
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 193Cao Cao's invasion of Xu ProvinceJiangsu, People's Republic of ChinaInconclusive, Cao Cao retreat
AD 194Battle of Yan ProvinceYan Province, China599 km WVictory for Cao Cao, Lü Bu retreats
AD 208Battle of JianglingJiangling County, China656 km EAllied partial victory; Cao Cao manages to defend...
AD 208Battle of YilingYichang, People's Republic of China865 km WSun Quan victory
July AD 219Battle of FanchengFancheng District, People's Republic of China169 km NECao Cao victory
AD 222Battle of RuxuChina545 km EWei retreat

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.