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Di Qing defeats Nong Zhigao at Yongzhou

The Song shi basic annals record that in the first lunar month of Huangyou 5 (AD 1053) Di Qing (狄青) defeated Zhigao (智高, Nong Zhigao) at Yongzhou (邕州), beheading more than five thousand, and that Zhigao fled.

Limits: The Song shi is a Yuan-compiled (1343-45) official history drawing on Song court records; the English is an AI working translation. The number killed is as the annals report it. The date may be that on which the court entered or received the news rather than the day of the battle.

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Source: Song shi (History of Song), basic annalsRead the source