Region: China · Coordinates: 39.489, 115.992 · 13 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 921 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On day Xinwei of the twelfth month, Wang Yu lured the Khitan leader An Bajian into invading Youzhou, then led his army to Zhuozhou and took it. |
| AD 921 | History of Liao (Liaoshi) | He besieged Zhuozhou and took the outer city; the next day the prefect Li Sibi surrendered the city. |
| AD 974 | History of Liao (Liaoshi) | When Song asked for peace, Yelü Changshu, prefect of Zhuozhou, made a settlement with Song. |
| AD 986 | History of Liao (Liaoshi) | Song invaded along three routes: Cao Bin, Mi Xin, Tian Chongjin and Pan Mei took Qigou, Zhuozhou, Gu'an and Xincheng all. |
| AD 986 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | Cao Bin defeats the Liao army again east of Zhuozhou, and seizing the momentum attacks the north gate, taking the city on the day xinsi. |
| AD 986 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | The opinions of Cao Bin's subordinate generals diverge and discipline breaks; Cao Bin takes fifty days of provisions and marches out again against Zhuozhou. |
| AD 986 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | On the day gengwu of the fifth month, when the Song army arrives at Qigou Pass, the Liao army catches up and overtakes it, and the Song army is badly defeated. |
| AD 988 | History of Liao (Liaoshi) | He reached Zhuozhou and urged surrender with a silk letter, but it was not heeded; in the tenth month he attacked the outer walls and took it. |
| AD 988 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | The Liao ruler stays near Zhuozhou and shoots silk letters into the city urging surrender, but the city does not comply. |
| AD 1137 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the ninth month, the Song envoy Wang Lun crossed the Yellow River and met the Jin commanders Wanyan Chang and Zong Bi at Zhuozhou; Jin had already decided to abolish Liu Yu. |
| AD 1213 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | The Great Yuan army took Zhuozhou. |
| AD 1213 | Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) | Chinggis Khan sent Tolui with Chiko Gürgen of the Onggirat to scale the walls and take Zhuozhou (涿州); then he besieged the city «چوچیوه» and took it. He sent the left and right wings with his sons and amirs, and stayed with Tolui Khan. |
| AD 1275 | Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation) | Thirty miles west of the bridge is Juju, with many idol temples; its people live by trade. |