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Battle of Red Cliffs By—jiang fengze, wang shuai The Battle of Red Cliffs acted as a decisive battle, which laid the foundation for the confrontation of the latter three kingdoms, Wei, Shu and Wu. It is a classic battle in Chinese history famous for the fewer and weaker defeating the more and stronger. Battle of Red Cliffs Part of the wars at the end of the Han Dynasty Belligerents Sun Quan,Liu Bei Cao Cao Date Winter of 208 (Northern Hemisphere) Location Close to the Yangtze River, China.Precise location is debated. Referred to as Chibi (Red Cliffs), on the southern bank of the Yangtze. Result Decisive Sun Quan and Liu Bei victory Territorial changes Cao Cao fails to conquer lands south of the Yangtze River Background Cao Cao, controlled all of the North China Plain, lead the troop of 800.000 soldiers Liu Bei , pursued by Cao Caos elite cavalry, searching for Sun quans help. Zhuge Liang was sent down the Yangtze to negotiate a mutual front against Cao Cao with the state of Wu. Sun Quan was persuaded to agree on the alliance against the northerners. Battle of Red Cliffs Zhou Yu, the general of Wu 50,000 soldiers, including 30,000 trained naval soldiers Cao army 800.000 soldiers Cao Cao ordered to chain his entire fleet together with strong iron chains to drill the navy. Zhou Yu 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. Since Cao Caos troop had to camp northern of the Yangtze River with the Wu and Shu troops in the south. The Cao army became a sea of fire immediately This eventually brought the debacle of his fleets, which were intruded by Huang Gai’s boats with all firewood ignited at the same time. 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. Aftermath of the Battle of Red Cliffs Analysis Many other sources indicate that a