Aller corquer|rg rosl ol lre rorlrerr Cr|ra, Cao Cao dec|ded lo |rvade lre soulrerr J|r Prov|rce W|lr

r|s so ca||ed ler

lrousard |r order lo |eep peace |r 0uar Zrorg area (V|dd|e ol Cr|ra). le Warled lo corquer oolr lre soulr ard rorlr ol
Cr|ra, so re d|spalcred lWerly lrousard lroops lo lre soulr.
3ur 0uar (lre Lord ol wu) rad a|ready la|er over X|a Kou (roW |r wu lar ol lu 8e| prov|rce ol PRC), Wr|cr rade |l poss|o|e
lo allac| J|r prov|rce lror lre Wesl. 3ur 0uar Wa|led lor lre crarce lo la|e over oolr J|r prov|rce ard Y| prov|rce ard lrer
expard r|s |ard lo lre rorlr.
wr||e L|u 8e| (Erperor ol 3ru lar) Was re|y|rg or L|u 8|ao (L|u 8e|'s r|s re|al|ve Wro Was a|so a Lard|ord), lre W|se Zru 0e
L|arg oecare r|s gerera| (Zru Was a|so |roWr as a W|se |dea rar ol L|u 8e| ard a|so |roWr as KorgV|rg).
Tre v|s|l|rg Tralcred Collage Trree T|res slory le||s ol roW L|u 8e| rel Zru 0e L|arg. lr |l, L|u 8e| ard Zru 0e L|arg
d|scussed lre Wor|d s|lual|or ard L|u 8e| Was |rpressed oy Zru 0e L|arg's W|sdor. lr lre rearl|re, Cao Cao's lroops arr|ved
|r lre soulrerr c|ly ol J|arg L|r. L|u 8|ao surrerdered lo Cao Cao. Cao Cao ordered L|u 8|ao's lorrer gerera| wer P|r lo la|e
lre pos|l|or ol 0ll|cer ol J|arg X|a lo delerd lar Cruar. Tre 0ll|cer ol Y| prov|rce, L|u Zrarg, a|so serl lroops lo supporl Cao
Cao, ard slarled lo pay lr|oule lo lre courl.
Cao Cao oecare arrogarl ard Wrole a lrrealer|rg |eller 3ur 0uar W|lroul ||sler|rg lo r|s courc||or J|aXu, dec|ar|rg re Wou|d
|rvade wu. Tral W|rler, Cao Cao |ead r|s lroops lo wu. Aller rece|v|rg lre |eller lror Cao Cao, 3ur 0uar d|scussed W|lr r|s
r|r|slers. Vosl ol lre r|r|slers d|d rol Warl lo l|grl W|lr Cao Cao lear|rg r|s rass|ve arry ard poWer. 0r|y Zrou Yu ard Lu
3ru agreed lo courlerallac|. 3ur 0uar apprec|aled Zrou Yu ard Lu 3ru's |deas.
L|u 8e| a|so serl Zru L|arg lo wu |r order lo persuade 3ur 0uar lo a||y W|lr r|r lo courler Cao Cao logelrer. Zruge L|arg
Werl lo wu ard oeal 3ur 0uar's r|r|sler Zrarg Zrao Wro rad d|sagreed aooul lo l|grl aooul Wrelrer lo courler Cao Cao.
Aller lral, 3ur 0uar ard L|u 8e| a|||ed logelrer lo courler Cao Cao. A ep|c rava| oall|e Was aooul lo la|e p|ace oelWeer Cr| 8|
(Red C||ll)

After the Duke of Wei, Cao Cao had controlled all of the North China Plain, he led the troop of
800.000 soldiers to south aiming to eliminate his main southern rivals swiftly and unify China.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yu and Lu Su, the generals of Wu and Zhuge Liang of Shu accurately analyzed
the situation and disadvantages of Cao army, including its unstable rear supply despite of the
claimed 800 thousand soldiers, exhausting expedition and inexperience in water battle, and
developed their strategy of confronting the army.
There were altogether 50,000 soldiers, including 30,000 trained naval soldiers led by Zhou Yu, the
general of Wu and others led by Liu Bei of Shu organized to confront the Cao army. Since Cao
Cao's troop was already decimated by seasickness and lack of water experience, it lost control in
battle effectiveness and had to camp northern of the Yangtze River with the Wu and Shu troops in
the south. Later Cao Cao ordered to chain his entire fleet together with strong iron chains to drill the
navy. Zhou Yu then adopted Huang Gai's plan of an attack that he pretended to surrender to Cao
Cao and got the chance to get close to Cao's fleet and attacked Cao Cao with fire ships. Cao Cao
simply assumed that superiority in number would eventually defeat the Wu and Shu navy and gave
Huang Gai the chance to approach his fleet. This eventually brought the debacle of his fleets, which
were intruded by Huang Gai's boats with all firewood ignited at the same time. The Cao army
became a sea of fire immediately, which extended to the camps on bank and caused decisive
damage of the army. Zhou Yu and others seized the opportunity and chased the Cao force along the
way and successfully beat it. Cao Cao had to flee with the remaining troops. The ally then chased to
enlarge their victory.
The decisive battle of red cliffs was brought to an end under the background that Cao Cao held the
favorable position but underestimated his enemy and made the wrong decision that led to his defeat.
During the battle, Sun and Liu allied to repel the strong enemy, leveraged their advantage in water
battle and adopted the fire attack to finally defeat the stronger with the weaker. The battle laid the
foundation for the confrontation of the latter three kingdoms, Wei, Shu and Wu.