Event Conquest of northern China by Former Qin

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Were a series of military campaigns by Former Qin, a Chinese polity during the Sixteen Kingdoms Era, that led to the conquest of northern China.

Chronology

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  • January 382: By 381, Former Qin emperor Fu Jian had united all of North China under his control.
  • January 374: In 373, Fu Jian seized Sichuan.
  • January 387: The Western Yan abandon the city of Chang'an.
  • January 352: Former Qin was a Di kingdom founded by Fu Jian in 351. Fu Jian's father Fu Hong was a leader under the service of Later Zhao. When Shi Hu died, Fu Hong led his people, 100,000 strong, westward. They defeated another group of Qiang exiles and captured Chang'an in 351.
  • January 371: Fu Jian subjugated the nomadic Qiang tribes in 370.
  • January 384: Qin general Lü Guang subjugated Qiuci.
  • January 384: Shouchun fell to the Qin vanguard (250,000) under Fu Rong.
  • January 377: In 376, Former Qin conquered Former Liang.
  • January 380: In 379, Xiangyang was conquered by the Former Qin dynasty under the rule of the emperor Fu Jian. Xiangyang was an important strategic city located in present-day Hubei province, China.
  • January 377: Dai was conquered by Former Qin in 376.
  • January 371: Former Yan was conquered by Former Qin in 370.
  • January 372: The Chouchi Kingdom was conquered by Former Qin in 371.