Battle of Xiaoting

BelligerentsEastern WuShu Han
Tribal forces from WulingCommanders and leadersLu Xun
Han Dang
Ding Feng
Zhu Ran
Xu Sheng
Pan Zhang
Luo Tong
Song QianLiu Bei
Shamoke†
Huang Quan
Feng Xi†
Zhang Nan†
Ma Liang†
Fu Rong†
Cheng Ji†
Wu Ban
Liao Hua
Xiang Chong
Chen Shi
Wang Fu†Strength ~50,000 40,000–60,000Casualties and losses Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Xiaoting (Chinese: 猇亭之戰), also known as the Battle of Yiling (Chinese: 夷陵之戰) and the Battle of Yiling and Xiaoting, was fought between the Shu Han and Eastern Wu dynasties, in the years 221 and 222 during the early Three Kingdoms period of China. The battle is significant because the Eastern Wu was able to turn the situation from a series of initial losses into a defensive stalemate, before proceeding to win a decisive victory over the Shu Han. The Eastern Wu victory halted the Shu Han invasion and preceded the death of Liu Bei, Shu Han's founding emperor.