Song conquest of Southern Tang

Song–Southern Tang War
Date	974–975
Location	Southern Tang Empire
Result	Conquest of Southern Tang by Song
Belligerents
Song dynasty; Wuyue	Southern Tang dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Cao Bin; Pan Mei; Wang Ming; Liu Yu	Li Yu; Du Zhen; Zheng Yanhua; Zhu Lingyun †

In 975 AD the Song managed through force to subdue the state now known as Southern Tang, to distinguish it from the synonymously named Tang dynasty, of which the Southern Tang proclaimed itself to be successor, as part of a series of Song conquests to reunify China.

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