Conquest of Northern Han by Song

Conquest of Northern Han by Song
Date 979 Location present-day Shanxi province, China Result surrender of Northern Han, annexation of Northern Han by the Song Dynasty, end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Belligerents
Song Dynasty	Northern Han Liao Dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Emperor Taizong of Song Pan Mei Liu Yu	Northern Han: Liu Jiyuan Liao Dynasty: Yelü Sha Yelü Xiezhen Yelü Dilie (KIA)

The Conquest of Northern Han by Song (Chinese: 宋灭北汉之战) occurred in 979, when the forces of the Song Dynasty captured the Northern Han capital of Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi Province after a two-month siege. A relief attempt by the forces of the Liao Dynasty, which was allied to Northern Han, was easily defeated by the Song. Yelü Dilie, a cousin of Emperor Jingzong of Liao, was killed along Yelü Sha's son Yelü Deli (Chinese: 耶律德裏).