Date: | February – 3 June 979 |
Place: | Northern Han (present-day Shanxi) |
Result: | Surrender of Northern Han; annexation of Northern Han by Northern Song; end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period |
Combatant1: | Northern Song dynasty |
Combatant2: | Northern Han dynasty Liao dynasty |
Commander1: | Emperor Taizong of Song Pan Mei Cui Yanjin Li Hanqiong Cao Han Liu Yu Mi Xin Tian Chongjin Guo Jin |
Commander2: | Northern Han: Emperor Yingwu of Northern Han Fan Chao Guo Wanchao Yang Ye Liao: Yelü Sha Yelü Xiezhen Yelü Dilie |
The Song conquest of Northern Han occurred in 979, when Northern Song forces captured the Northern Han capital of Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi Province after a two-month siege. A relief attempt by forces of the Liao dynasty, which was allied to the Northern Han, was easily defeated by the Northern Song. Yelü Dilie, a cousin of the Emperor Jingzong of Liao, was killed along with Yelü Sha's son Yelü Deli (耶律德裏).