Editing Three Kingdoms (section)

==== Battle of Red Cliffs ====
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In 208, Cao Cao marched south with his army hoping to quickly unify the empire. Liu Cong surrendered Jing Province, and Cao Cao was able to capture a sizeable fleet at Jiangling. [[Sun Quan]] continued to resist; his advisor [[Lu Su]] secured an alliance with [[Liu Bei]], himself a recent refugee from the north, and [[Zhou Yu]] was placed in command of Sun Quan's navy, along with a veteran general who served the Sun family, [[Cheng Pu]]. Liu Biao's second son, [[Liu Qi (Liu Biao's son)|Liu Qi]], joined the alliance with his troops, and the combined armies of 50,000 met Cao Cao's fleet and 200,000-man force at [[Battle of Red Cliffs|Red Cliffs]] that winter. After an initial skirmish, an attack was set in motion beginning with a plan to set fire to Cao Cao's immobilised fleet through the feigned surrender of Sun Quan's general [[Huang Gai]]. Cao Cao was defeated decisively and forced to retreat in disarray back to the north. The allied victory at Red Cliffs ensured the survival of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and provided the basis for the states of Shu and Wu.