Battle of Baideng

Battle of Baideng
	Part of Xiongnu campaigns in China
Date	200 BC
Location	Mount Baideng at Pincheng (present-day Datong, Shanxi)
Result	Xiongnu victory
Belligerents
Xiongnu	Han dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Modu Chanyu	Emperor Gaozu
Strength
400,000	320,000
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Less than Xiongnu

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.

^ ^a ^b Chang, Chun-shu (2007). The Rise of the Chinese Empire, Volume 1: Nation, State, and Imperialism in Early China, ca. 1600 B.C. - A.D. 8. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-472-11533-4.
^ ^a ^b https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068806333;view=1up;seq=190
^ Rene Grousset, 'The Empire of the Steppes',1970/2008,page27,

[ch07-158-1] Chang, Chun-shu (2007). The Rise of the Chinese Empire, Volume 1: Nation, State, and Imperialism in Early China, ca. 1600 B.C. - A.D. 8. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-472-11533-4.

[babel.hathitrust.org-2] ttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068806333;view=1up;seq=190

[3] Rene Grousset, 'The Empire of the Steppes',1970/2008,page27,

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Battle of Baideng

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