Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Liu Bei

Battles of Liu Bei

Chinese warlord and founding Emperor of Shu Han (161–223)

Liu Bei is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 193 and AD 221: 7 battles, all in present-day China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,847 km apart end to end, 641 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Early Imperial China (3), end of the Han dynasty (2).

Cao Cao's invasion of Xu ProvinceBattle of Yan FordBattle of GuanduBattle of BowangBattle of JianglingBattle of Mount DingjunBattle of XiaotingBattle of GuanduBattle of BowangBattle of JianglingBattle of Mount DingjunBattle of XiaotingChengduChongqingXianZiboHangzhouJinanZhengzhouLanzhouNanchangHuainan500 km32.919N, 112.064E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 193: 1 engagementsAD 200: 2 engagements2 in AD 200AD 202: 1 engagementsAD 208: 1 engagementsAD 218: 1 engagementsAD 221: 1 engagementsAD 193AD 221
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Cao Cao's invasion of Xu Province, AD 193Battle of Guandu, AD 200Battle of Yan Ford, AD 200Battle of Bowang, AD 202Battle of Jiangling, AD 208Battle of Mount Dingjun, AD 218Battle of Xiaoting, AD 221AD 193AD 221
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 200Battle of GuanduGuandu, People's Republic of China540 km NWCao Cao victory
AD 200Battle of Yan FordYanjin County, People's Republic of China47 km NWCao Cao victory
AD 202Battle of BowangChina259 km SWLiu Bei victory
AD 208Battle of JianglingJiangling County, China719 km EAllied partial victory; Cao Cao manages to defend...
AD 218Battle of Mount DingjunChina1,540 km WLiu Bei victory; Xiahou Yuan killed
August AD 221Battle of XiaotingChina742 km EEastern Wu victory

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, Yan Liben (閻立本), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.