Han conquest of Nanyue

The Han conquest of Nanyue was a military conflict between the Han Empire and the Nanyue kingdom in modern Guangdong, Guangxi, and Northern Vietnam. During the reign of Emperor Wu, Imperial Han military forces formally launched a punitive campaign against Nanyue and successfully conquered it in 111 BC.

Course[edit]

The Han forces comprised six armies, who traveled by sea, directly southward, or from Sichuan along the Xi River.^[7] In 111 BC, General Lu Bode and General Yang Pu advanced towards Panyu (present-day Guangzhou).^[5] This resulted in the surrender of Nanyue to the Han empire later that year.^[5]

Qin campaign against the Yue tribes

Loewe, Michael (1986). "The Former Han Dynasty". In ; Loewe, Michael (eds.). The Cambridge History of China, Volume 1: The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC–AD 220. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-24327-8.

Twitchett, Dennis

Loewe, Michael (1986). "The Structure and Practice of Government". In ; Loewe, Michael (eds.). The Cambridge History of China, Volume 1: The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC–AD 220. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-24327-8.

Twitchett, Dennis

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ISBN

Yü, Ying-shih (1986). "Han Foreign Relations". In ; Loewe, Michael (eds.). The Cambridge History of China, Volume 1: The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC–AD 220. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-24327-8.