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127 BCE

Wei Qing defeats a Xiongnu army near Gaoque. He then invades the Ordos Plateau, defeats the Xiongnu and their Baiyang and Loufan allies in the battles of Puni and Fuli, and then defeats the main Xiongnu force. The conquered territory becomes Shuofang Commandery. Wu orders the foundation of Shuofang City, and the system of defenses that had been built by the Qin dynasty general Meng Tian are repaired. The Han rationalize the northern frontier, abandoning the remote region of Zaoyang to the Xiongnu. The Scythians defeat the Parthians in a battle around Media.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • The Han rationalize the northern frontier, abandoning the remote region of Zaoyang to the Xiongnu.source

Conflict & Security

  • Wei Qing defeats a Xiongnu army near Gaoque. He then invades the Ordos Plateau, defeats the Xiongnu and their Baiyang and Loufan allies in the battles of Puni and Fuli, and then defeats the main Xiongnu force. The conquered territory becomes Shuofang Commandery. Wu orders the foundation of Shuofang City, and the system of defenses that had been built by the Qin dynasty general Meng Tian are repaired.source
  • The Scythians defeat the Parthians in a battle around Media.source

Deaths

  • Nicomedes II (Epiphanes), king of Bithyniasource
  • Zhufu Yan, Chinese politician and official of the Han dynasty (or 126 BC)source