Battle of Loulan

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Battle of Loulan
Part of The Sino-Xiongnu War
Date December, 108 BC
Location Lop Nur, Xinjiang
Result Han victory
Combatants
Loulan Han Dynasty
Commanders
Unknown Zhao Ponu
Strength
Unknown 700 light cavalries
Sino-Xiongnu War
Mayi – Mobei – Loulan – Jushi – Zhizhi – Yiwulu – Ikh Bayan

The Battle of Loulan (樓蘭之戰) in the 108 BC, marks the earliest Chinese military exploration into Central Asia, after a conflicting of Loulan and Jushi with the Han Dynasty and a switch to the Xiongnu. The Han launch an attack by arresting the king of Loulan, and turned on to offense Jushi. The battle resulted a submission of both Wusun and Ta-Yuan, and the status of Han politics role in Central Asia.

[edit] Aftermath

The Loulan ceased to exist in 77 BC, as the last king of Loulan, Angui, was assassinated by two of Fu Jiezi's men during a banquet. The Han deposited one of his kin, Weituyan, as his position and changed the name Loulan to Shanshan in the same year, the capital was moved south west to the city of Wuni, in which no longer situated in the Lop Nur.

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