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Half of the Han army died, either killed or drowned, including Liu Hongcao. [6] [10] [11] When the news of the defeat reached Liu Yan on the sea, he retreated back to Guangzhou. [12] Đông Hồ woodblock depiction of Ngô Quyền leading his troops against Southern Han forces on the Bạch Đằng River, 938 AD
Liu Hongcao (Chinese: 劉弘操, Vietnamese: Lưu Hoằng Tháo, died 938) was an imperial prince of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Southern Han. He was the ninth son of emperor Liu Yan and received the title of Prince of Wan (萬王) in 932.
Finally Liu Yan's army was defeated in the Battle of Bạch Đằng River where his son Liu Yuancao was killed in action, the emperor of Southern Han had to abandon his military campaign and Ngô Quyền thus successfully secured the country from invaders and marked the beginning of the independence of Vietnam from Chinese authorities. [4]
Liu Yan himself set out from Guangdong, following his son's fleet with additional forces. [12] [13] In late 938, Ngô Quyền defeated the Southern Han fleet on the river by using barriers of sharpened stakes. When hearing the news that Liu Hongcao was killed, Liu Yan cried bitterly and withdrew his own fleet and returned to Guangzhou. [14] [12]
Hundreds of trapped ships were burned and sabotaged and thousands of Southern Han soldiers were killed, while some managed to retreat and were chased out relentlessly by the forces of An Nam. In the thick of battle, most of the Southern Han army, including the Admiral Liu Hongcao (the prince of the Southern Han Emperor), were killed.
Emperor of Southern Han, Liu Yan, commissioned his son, Liu Hongcao to help Kiều Công Tiễn, he also led another army to supply his son. But Công Tiễn was executed before this army arrived. In the November 938, at the Battle of Bạch Đằng, the fleet was defeated by Ngô Quyền, Liu Hongcao was killed in battle. Dương Tam Kha ...
The Battle of Red Cliffs, also known as the Battle of Chibi, was a decisive naval battle in China that took place during the winter of AD 208–209. [4] It was fought on the Yangtze River between the forces of warlords controlling different parts of the country during the end of the Han dynasty .
In an attempt to establish a foothold in Jing Province, Zhang Ji led his men to attack Rang County (穰縣; or Rangcheng 穰城; present-day Dengzhou, Henan) but was killed by a stray arrow in battle. Instead of taking revenge against Zhang Ji's followers, Liu Biao took pity on them and made peace with Zhang Ji's nephew and successor, Zhang Xiu.