Battle of Baideng | |||||||
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Part of Xiongnu campaigns in China | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Xiongnu | Han dynasty | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Modu Chanyu | Emperor Gaozu | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
400,000[1] | 320,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy[2] | Less than Xiongnu[2] |
In an alternate account, Grousset[3] says that the Xiongnu invaded Chinese Shanxi and besieged Taiyuan. Gaozu broke the siege and chased the Xiongnu north, but was blockaded by them on the Baideng plateau near Datong in far northern Shanxi.