Song conquest of Northern Han

Song conquest of Northern Han
Date	February – 3 June 979
Location	Northern Han (present-day Shanxi)
Result	Surrender of Northern Han; annexation of Northern Han by Northern Song; end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Belligerents
Northern Song dynasty	Northern Han dynasty; Liao dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Emperor Taizong of Song; Pan Mei; Cui Yanjin; Li Hanqiong; Cao Han; Liu Yu; Mi Xin; Tian Chongjin; Guo Jin	Northern Han:; Emperor Yingwu of Northern Han ; Fan Chao ; Guo Wanchao ; Yang Ye ; Liao:; Yelü Sha; Yelü Xiezhen; Yelü Dilie †

The Song conquest of Northern Han (Chinese: 宋滅北漢之戰) occurred in 979, when Northern Song forces captured the Northern Han capital of Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi Province after a two-month siege. A relief attempt by forces of the Liao dynasty, which was allied to the Northern Han, was easily defeated by the Northern Song. Yelü Dilie, a cousin of the Emperor Jingzong of Liao, was killed along with Yelü Sha's son Yelü Deli (耶律德裏).

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