The Song conquest of Northern Han (Chinese: 宋滅北漢之戰) occurred in 979, when Northern Song forces captured the Northern Han capital of Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi Province after a two-month siege.

A relief attempt by forces of the Liao dynasty, which was allied to the Northern Han, was easily defeated by the Northern Song.

Yelü Dilie, a cousin of the Emperor Jingzong of Liao, was killed along with Yelü Sha's son Yelü Deli (耶律德裏).

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