Battle of Irtysh River
Battle of Irtysh River | |||||||
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Part of Tang campaign against the Western Turks | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Tang Dynasty Former vassals of the Western Turks | Western Turkic Khaganate | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Su Dingfang Ren Yaxiang Ashina Mishe Ashina Buzhen Xiao Siye | Ashina Helu | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
10,000 Tang and Uyghur troops | 100,000 troops |
The Battle of Irtysh River (Chinese: 額爾齊斯河之戰) or Battle of Yexi River (Chinese: 曳咥河大戰) was a battle in 657 between Tang Dynasty general Su Dingfang and the Western Turkic Khaganate qaghan Ashina Helu during the Tang campaign against the Western Turks. It was fought along the Irtysh River near the Altai Mountains. Helu's forces, consisting of 100,000 cavalry, were ambushed by Su as Helu chased decoy Tang troops that Su had deployed. Helu was defeated during Su's surprise attack, and lost most of his soldiers. Turkic tribes loyal to Helu surrendered, and the retreating Helu was captured the next day.[1]
Helu's defeat ended the Western Turkic Khaganate, strengthened Tang control of Xinjiang, and led to Tang suzerainty over the western Turks.[2]
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- Battles involving the Tang dynasty
- 657
- 650s conflicts
- Military history of the Göktürks
- Chinese Central Asia
- History of Kazakhstan
- 7th century in China
- Western Turkic Khaganate
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