Han campaigns against Minyue

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Were a series of three Han military campaigns dispatched against the Minyue state.

Chronology

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January 110 BC: Dongyue annexed by the Han Empire.

1. First Intervention (Han campaigns against Minyue)

Han military campaign in response to Minyue's invasion of Eastern Ou.

January 137 BC: In 138 BC, Minyue invaded the Eastern Ou.

January 137 BC: In 138 BC, Han naval force led by Zhuang Zhu departed from Shaoxing towards Minyue. The Minyue, led by King Zouman, surrendered before Han troops arrived, leading to their withdrawal from Eastern Ou.

2. Second Han campaign against Minyue

Han military campaign to intervene in a war between Minyue and Nanyue.

January 134 BC: An army led by the generals Wang Hui and Han Anguo was ordered to invade Minyue. Panicked at news of an invasion, the younger brother of the Minyue king Zou Ying, Zou Yushan, conspired with the royal court to depose Ying. Yushan killed his brother with a spear, decapitated the corpse, and sent the head to Wang. The Han forces withdrew soon after. After the assassination, Minyue was succeeded by a state divided into a dual monarchy composed of the kingdom of Minyue, controlled by a Han proxy ruler, and the kingdom of Dongyue, ruled by Zou Yushan.