Battle of Zhuolu

Battle of Zhuolu
Date	c. 2500 BC
Location	Zhuolu, Hebei
Result	Decisive Yanhuang victory Initiation of the Huaxia civilization; Exile and subjugation of the Jiuli tribes;
Belligerents
Yanhuang tribe	Jiuli Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Yellow Emperor; Flame Emperor Yuwang	Chiyou †
Strength
8,000–15,000	72–81 tribes, roughly estimated around 15,000–26,000
Casualties and losses
c. 1,200–3,000	Nearly entire invading force; 3,000 in the initial battle, 7,000+ in the retreat

The Battle of Zhuolu (simplified Chinese: 涿鹿之战; traditional Chinese: 涿鹿之戰) was a legendary battle in ancient Chinese history, said to have taken place c. 2500 BC. It was the second battle in the history of China as recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian, fought between the Yanhuang tribes led by the legendary Yellow Emperor and the Jiuli tribes led by Chiyou. The battle was fought in Zhuolu, near the present-day border of Hebei and Shanxi.

The victory for the Yellow Emperor here is often credited as history, although almost everything from that time period is considered legendary. Traditional Chinese historiography places the battle in the 26th century BC, although the Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project has suggested the traditional dates to be at least some two centuries too early for the most remote recorded periods.