In September 776 (Yichou day), the armies of Li Zhongchen and Ma Sui are at Zhengzhou; when Lingyao leads troops to fight them, the two armies arrive unexpectedly and withdraw to Xingze; the Huaixi troops scatter and five or six in ten leave. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 권225 776년 항)
In October 776, Li Zhongchen and Ma Sui advance on Lingyao; on the day renyin they join Chen Shaoyou's full army and fight Lingyao hard west of Bianzhou; Lingyao is defeated, enters the city, and holds it firmly. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 권225 776년 항)
Japan (5)
Mutsu Province declares that in early April it will strike the enemy of the two mountain and sea routes with 20,000 soldiers; Dewa, with 4,000, will strike westward from Ōkachi. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第34 「二月甲子。陸奥國言。」)
In the village of Shiwa in Dewa, rebels rise; they fight the provincial army and the government forces are at a disadvantage, so cavalry from Shimōsa, Shimotsuke and Hitachi are dispatched. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第34 「五月戊子。出羽國志波」)
Sa Tomong of Bohai and 187 persons come to report the accession congratulations and the mourning for the queen; in a storm the rudder breaks and many drown; they are housed in Kaga District of Echizen. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第34 「乙巳。渤海國遣獻可大」)
Western Europe (3)
Duke Hrodgaud of Friuli plots a rebellion; Charles hurries to Italy, kills him, takes back the rebellious cities, installs Frankish counts, and returns at the same speed (Royal Frankish Annals ARF(Einhard판) a.776, Kurze 1895 p.45)
Just as the king crosses the Alps, news arrives that the Saxons have taken Eresburg and driven out the Frankish garrison; they besieged Sigiburg but, through a sortie of its garrison, were chased all the way to the River Lippe (Royal Frankish Annals ARF(Einhard판) a.776, Kurze 1895 p.45)
After the Worms assembly, Charles goes to Saxony like lightning, meets a great Saxon army begging forgiveness at the source of the Lippe, pardons them and has them baptized. He takes hostages, restores Eresburg, and builds a new castle on the bank of the Lippe with a garrison (Royal Frankish Annals ARF(Einhard판) a.776, Kurze 1895 p.47)