Talk:Battle of Yamen

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How much of this story is verified and how much is apocryphal? Tlogmer 06:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Apparently, these are all according to historical sources, so how much you believe is up to you. Personally I am skeptical about the numbers on each side. deadkid_dk 04:55, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I have checked alot of English sources and there are certainly some inconsistencies, but not far off. It's either the emperor jumped into the sea with the bodyguard as an act of defiance or the emperor's ship along with every one else's sank by the opposing side. Afterwards, the boy's body is found floating somewhere. At least the general consensus is that the emperor ended up in water, with the body washed up after all the chaos. Benjwong 05:39, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Something wrong

That the Mongols were experts at warfare and exterminating their enemies is not in doubt. That they did it being outnumbered 20 TO 1 in ships and 10 to 1 in manpower IS IMPOSSIBLE. Seriously, what the hell? Can we have some sources verifying the worst defeats in the world? Tourskin (talk) 03:49, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

"Li Heng, who previously had captured Guangzhou, reinforced Zhang Hongfan."

Li Heng refers to an emperor in 800AD, so this cannot be a good reference —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.171.72.110 (talk) 11:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

According to the article, the Song had 1000 ships, when 7 were sank, they realized the battle was lost... it's obvious there were no 1000 ships there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.90.213.157 (talk) 12:39, 19 March 2008 (UTC)