Major conflict629 CE – 630 CE · 1 year

Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks

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Dingxiang · near modern Hohhot · Inner Mongolia

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Winter 629–630 offensive led by Tang general Li Jing that destroyed the Eastern Turkic Khaganate and captured Illig Qaghan, making Emperor Taizong the recognized 'Heavenly Khan' of the steppe.

Belligerents2

Tang dynasty
Eastern Turkic Khaganate

ON THE MAPTang Dynasty

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 1

Battle of Iron Mountain, China630 CE

Sources

Wikipedia: Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks
Zizhi Tongjian; Old Book of Tang
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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