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Name: Upstream of the Yangtze River

Type: Event

Start: 280 AD

End: 280 AD

Parent: Conquest of Wu by Jin

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Were the battles upstream of the Yangtze River during the invasion the Eastern Wu Dynasty by the Western Jin Dynasty.

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  • April 280: The victorious Jin fleet, led by the general Wang Jun, continued its offensive against Lexiang, defeating the local Wu forces commanded by Sun Hao. This marked a significant victory for the Jin dynasty in their campaign to expand their territory.
  • March 280: By early March 280, Wang Jun's army had taken Danyang from Wu.
  • March 280: Jin forces, led by the emperor Sima Yan, conquered Xiling in 280. Xiling was a strategic territory located northwest of present-day Yichang, Hubei. This victory further expanded the Jin dynasty's control in the region.
  • March 280: Jingmen and Yidao (present-day Yidu, Hubei) fell under Jin control.
  • April 280: The Administrator of Wuchang, Sun Hao, lost his will to resist and surrendered without a fight to the Jin dynasty in 280. Sun Hao was the last emperor of the Eastern Wu state during the Three Kingdoms period in China.
  • April 280: With the exception of Jianping, which was defended by Wu Yan, the Administrator of Jianping, all other territories of Wu on the upper Yangtze River had fallen under the Jin dynasty's control.

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