Battle of Ba

Battle of Ba
Date December 215[1] – April 216[1] Location Ba (near present-day Hanzhong, Shaanxi), China 33°10′22.220″N 106°40′14.005″E / 33.17283889°N 106.67055694°E / 33.17283889; 106.67055694 Result Liu Bei victory; Ba region is pacified
Belligerents
Liu Bei	Cao Cao
Commanders and leaders
Zhang Fei Huang Quan	Zhang He Pu Hu Ren/Yuan Yue[a] Du Huo
Strength
At least 10 000 elite soldiers under Zhang Fei[2] Unknown number of troops under Huang Quan	Main army of Cao Cao in that region
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
class=notpageimage| Location within China

The Battle of Ba was fought between the warlords Liu Bei and Cao Cao between December 215 and April 216 during the prelude to the Three Kingdoms period. Following his victory over Zhang Lu at Yangping, Cao Cao appointed Pu Hu (朴胡), Ren Yue (任約) and Du Huo (杜濩) as Administrator of the three Ba commanderies but they were defeated by Huang Quan. Zhang He would later try to relocate citizens from Ba to Hanzhong but was also defeated by Zhang Fei.

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