Battle of Xiangyang

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{{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Battle of Xiangyang |partof=the Song-Yuan Wars |date=1268 - 1273 |place=Xiangyang, China |result=Yuan victory |combatant1=Song Dynasty |combatant2=Yuan Dynasty |commander1=Lü Wenhuan |commander2=Kublai Khan }} Template:Campaignbox Mongol invasions

The Battle of Xiangyang (襄陽之戰) was a six-year battle consisting of skirmishes, ground assault, and the siege of the twin fortified cities of Fancheng and Xiangyang in modern-day Hubei, China, starting in AD 1268. Lü Wenhuan, commander-in-chief of the Song Dynasty, surrendered to Kublai Khan in 1273.

The conventional use of Mongolian cavalry was restricted by the woody terrain and numerous military outposts of the Southern Song Dynasty. Chinese firearms and cannons were employed in the victorious siege of Fancheng after capturing the outposts and defeating relieving Chinese forces from Sichuan and Yuezhou.

The city was vital for the Mongol conquest of the Southern Song because of its location. The city guarded the waterways of Southern China because the Han River was a major tributary into the Yangtze River. Once the city fell, the Mongols obtained easy access into important Southern cities in China and the Southern Song collapsed shortly.

This was also the case in the Three Kingdoms period of China, as all three kingdoms contended for the control of the Han River region.Template:Battle-stub Template:China-hist-stub