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===Battle of Red Cliffs===
In 208, Liu Bei dispatched Zhuge Liang on a diplomatic mission to [[Jiangnan|Jiangdong]] to meet Sun Quan and discuss forming a Sun–Liu alliance to counter Cao Cao. Although Sun Quan was initially hesitant due to many of his followers advising him to surrender to Cao Cao, he ultimately made up his mind to ally with Liu Bei, placing [[Zhou Yu]] in command of his forces to prepare for the upcoming war. Zhuge Liang temporarily remained in Jiangdong to assist Zhou Yu, who sensed that Zhuge Liang posed a future threat to his lord. Zhou Yu attempted to outwit and kill Zhuge Liang, but failed and had no choice but to cooperate with the latter. The Sun–Liu forces scored a decisive victory over Cao Cao at the [[Battle of Red Cliffs]].

[[File:Chibi.jpg|thumb|200px|Traditional site of the Red Cliffs.]]

Sun Quan and Liu Bei started vying for control of southern [[Jing Province]] after their victory, but Liu Bei won and took over the territories from Cao Cao's general [[Cao Ren]]. Sun Quan, unhappy over having gained nothing, sent messengers to ask Liu Bei to "return" the territories to him, but Liu Bei dismissed the messenger each time with a different excuse. Sun Quan was unwilling to give up, so he followed Zhou Yu's plan to trick Liu Bei to come to Jiangdong to marry his sister [[Lady Sun]] and then hold Liu Bei hostage in exchange for Jing Province. However, Zhuge Liang foiled Zhou Yu's plot, and the newlywed couple returned to Jing Province safely. Zhou Yu later died in frustration after Zhuge Liang repeatedly thwarted his moves to take Jing Province.