Song conquest of Later Shu
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The Song Conquest of the Later Shu was a 964–965 war between the Song dynasty and its southwestern neighbor, the Later Shu. Despite natural barriers, the Later Shu defense proved extremely incompetent, and the Later Shu emperor Meng Chang surrendered within 70 days of the Song invasion.
Notes and references[]
- (in Chinese) Li Tao (1183). Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian (續資治通鑑長編) [Extended Continuation to Zizhi Tongjian].
Categories:
- 960s conflicts
- 965
- Wars involving the Song dynasty
- Wars of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
- Later Shu
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