The Battle of Gaoliang River (Chinese Simplified: 高梁河之战; Chinese Traditional: 高梁河之戰) was fought in 979 between the Liao dynasty and Northern Song dynasty in present-day Beijing.
The Liao victory ended a Song campaign to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures in North China.
His successor, the Emperor Taizong of Song, personally led a military expedition that reached Youzhou in 979, and laid siege to the city.
Defenders were bolstered by Liao reinforcements who were able burrow under the Song siege and into the city itself.
A large Liao reinforcement arrived and defeated the Song Army north of Youzhou, just west of Xizhimen, in present-day Beijing.