The Battle of Ezhou

…In the Sui dynasty, it was Jiangxia County, in the Tang dynasty, it was the garrison of the Wuchang Army, in the Five Dynasties and Song dynasties, it was Ezhou, in the Yuan dynasty, it was Wuchang Road, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was the administrative center of Wuchang Prefecture, and it was the capital of Huguang Province in the Ming dynasty and Hubei Province in the Qing dynasty. This area was a strategic point in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and a center of water transportation, so it has been a place of constant struggle between the northern and southern forces since ancient times. In particular, in 1259 (Kaikei 1) at the end of the Song dynasty, Kublai Khan of Mongolia surrounded this area and tried to destroy the Song dynasty in one fell swoop in the Battle of Ezhou. In modern times, in 1853 (Xianfeng 3), a fierce battle was fought between the Qing army and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom army, and Wuchang was occupied by the Taiping army. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Ezhou Battle" is listed below.

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…隋は江夏県とし，唐では武昌軍節度使の駐地となり，五代，宋には鄂（がく）州，元では武昌路，明･清では武昌府の治所となり，明の湖広省，清の湖北省の省都とされた。この地は長江中流の要衝で，水上交通の一中心でもあったので，古来から南北勢力必争の地となったが，ことに宋末1259年(開慶1)，モンゴルのフビライはこの地を包囲し，一挙に宋を滅ぼそうとした鄂州の役は有名である。また近代においては1853年(咸豊3)，清軍と太平天国軍との間に激しい攻防戦が展開され，武昌は太平軍に占領された。…

※「鄂州の役」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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