Battle of Yan Province
| Battle of Yan Province | |||||||
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| Part of the wars at the end of the Han dynasty | |||||||
Lü Bu defeats Cao Cao in Puyang, Romance of the Three Kingdoms illustration | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Cao Cao | Lü Bu | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Cao Cao Xun Yu Cheng Yu Dian Wei Cao Ren |
Lü Bu Chen Gong Zhang Miao † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| over 10,000 | |||||||
| Battle of Yan Province | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 兗州之戰 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 兖州之战 | ||||||
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The Battle of Yan Province was fought between the warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu for control of Yan Province (covering present-day southwestern Shandong and eastern Henan) in the late Eastern Han dynasty. The battle lasted for at least one hundred days with an indecisive conclusion.