Conquest of Wu by Jin | |||||||
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Part of the wars of the Three Kingdoms period | |||||||
![]() A map showing the Jin conquest of Wu | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Jin dynasty | Wu | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jia Chong Wang Jun Du Yu Wang Rong Hu Fen Sima Zhou Wang Hun |
Sun Hao ![]() Zhang Ti † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
200,000[3] | 230,000[4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
15,000[citation needed] |
Conquest of Wu by Jin | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 晉滅吳之戰 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 晋灭吴之战 | ||||||
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Taikang campaign | |||||||
Chinese | 太康之役 | ||||||
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The conquest of Wu by Jin was a military campaign launched by the Jin dynasty against the state of Wu from late 279 to mid 280 at the end of the Three Kingdoms period of China. The campaign, which started in December 279 or January 280,[a] concluded with complete victory for the Jin dynasty on 1 May 280[b] when the Wu emperor Sun Hao surrendered. After the campaign, the Jin emperor Sima Yan (Emperor Wu) changed the era name of his reign from "Xianning" to "Taikang", hence the campaign has also been referred to as the Taikang campaign.[c]
The campaign is significant in pre-1911 Chinese military history as it not only ended the chaos of the Three Kingdoms period and reunified China under the Jin dynasty, but was also the first successful large-scale military operation in Chinese history that involved a massive invasion force crossing the Yangtze. Among other aspects, its multi-directional approach, invasions by both land and water, and the sending of a naval fleet downstream along the Yangtze, have had strong influences on subsequent battles in Chinese military history.
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