Battle
Siege of Yong'an 永安之戰
About this event
The Siege of Yong'an was the battle in which, in the 1st year of Xianxi (264), the year after the Conquest of Shu by Wei, Lu Kang and others of Wu surrounded Luo Xian, the Shu general guarding Badong, and withdrew when a Wei relief force arrived. When Shu was annexed by Wei, Luo Xian kept his region intact and submitted to Wei. In the 2nd month of that year the Wu General Who Guards the Army Lu Kang, General Who Pacifies the Army Bu Xie, General Who Conquers the West Liu Ping and Administrator of Jianping Sheng Man besieged Luo Xian, and when Wei had the general Hu Lie attack Xiling with 20,000 infantry and cavalry to relieve Luo Xian, Lu Kang and the others led their troops away. The Annals of the Three Young Emperors in the Records of Wei record that the Wu troops were stationed at Yong'an pressing it, and in the 7th month all fled and withdrew. Records, Shu 11 §8Records, Wu 3 §45–46Records, Wei 4 §130
Chen Shou recorded this battle briefly in the Biographies of the Three Successor Rulers in Records of Wu 3 and the Annals of the Three Young Emperors in Records of Wei 4, and in the Biographies of Huo, Wang, Xiang, Zhang, Yang and Fei in Records of Shu 11 recorded only that Luo Xian, together with Huo Yi, kept his region intact and submitted to Wei. Chen Shou's text gives neither the number of days the siege lasted nor the casualties on either side. In Chapter 119 the Romance says only that in the same year Wu strengthened its defenses, for example by having Lu Kang guard Jiangkou, and does not depict this siege. Records, Wu 3 §45–46Records, Wei 4 §130Records, Shu 11 §8Romance, Ch. 119 §23
Course of events in the Records
In the 10th month, in winter, of the 6th year of Jingyao (263), when Shu reported that it was under attack by Wei, Wu tried to rescue Shu, having the General-in-Chief Ding Feng lead various troops toward Shouchun in Wei and sending the general Liu Ping to Shi Ji in Nan Commandery to discuss where to direct the troops. But when news arrived that Liu Shan, ruler of Shu, had surrendered to Wei, it called this off. Records, Wu 3 §43–44
That year, when Shu was annexed by Wei, Luo Xian, a man of Xiangyang and Army Commander of Badong, together with Huo Yi, each kept his region intact and then submitted it whole to Wei. Both kept their former posts and received additional favor and treatment. Records, Shu 11 §8
In the 2nd month of the 1st year of Xianxi (264), the Wu General Who Guards the Army Lu Kang, General Who Pacifies the Army Bu Xie, General Who Conquers the West Liu Ping and Administrator of Jianping Sheng Man led their forces to besiege Luo Xian, the Shu general guarding Badong. The Annals of the Three Young Emperors in the Records of Wei record that after Shu was pacified, since the "Wu bandits" were stationed at Yong'an pressing it, the troops of Jing and Yu Provinces were sent to go to its relief in a pincer formation. Records, Wu 3 §45Records, Wei 4 §130
Wei gave the general Hu Lie 20,000 infantry and cavalry to invade Xiling and so relieve Luo Xian, and Lu Kang and the others led their troops away. The Annals of the Three Young Emperors record that in the 7th month the enemy all fled and withdrew. Chen Shou's text does not record the course of the fighting around the city, or the troop strengths and casualties. Records, Wu 3 §46Records, Wei 4 §130
Written by 3KDEX (not yet reviewed) — The tags at the end of each paragraph link to the exact passage in the Records volume or Romance chapter it is based on.
Belligerents
| Item | A | B |
|---|---|---|
| Factions | Wu | Wei |
| Commanders | Lu Kang(陸抗), Liu Ping | Luo Xian, Hu Lie |
| Strength | 步騎二萬 |
Factions, commanders, strength and casualties are checked against the source texts (3KDEX). Strength and casualties show only figures stated in the sources. Source: Wu 3 §46