Abbreviation for Burning Red Cliff: Cao Cao led 200,000 people down the river. Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu, the left and right governors of Soochow, each led 15,000 elite troops. Together with Liu Bei's army, they went up the river and met Cao's army at Red Cliff. Huang Gai proposed a plan to attack enemy ships with fire, so the coalition forces of Sun and Liu defeated Cao's army and burned a large number of Cao's ships.

Cao Jun burned all the remaining boats of Cao Jun and then retreated. Most of the soldiers died due to hunger and disease. After this battle, Sun Quan and Liu Bei each seized part of Jingzhou, laying the foundation for the establishment of the Three Kingdoms.

Literary description

When later generations of writers used this war as the theme to create poems, articles, and novels, they often intentionally incorporated elements of exaggeration and attachment. Cao Cao's military strength was exaggerated by 800,000, 1,000,000, etc.

In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the Battle of Chibi is the most important, largest and most concentrated battle in the book. Starting from the 42nd chapter "Liu Yuzhou was defeated at Hanjinkou, Lu Su came to Xiakou to pay tribute to Liu Biao", followed by the 43rd chapter "Zhuge Liang's verbal battle with the Confucian scholars", and the 44th chapter "Kong Ming used wisdom to inspire Zhou Yu", Chapter 45 "The Heroes Meet Jiang Qian and Fall into the Trap", Chapter 46 "Using Cunning Schemes and Kong Ming to Borrow Arrows", Chapter 47 "Pang Tong Cleverly Taught the Chain Strategy", Chapter 48 "Lock the Warship" The Northern Army Uses Forces", Chapter 49 "Zhuge Sacrifices to the Wind at the Seven Star Altar", to Chapter 50 "Guan Yun Changyi Interprets Cao Cao" all describe the war in Chibi.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" describes that Zhou Yu's camp was stationed in Xishan, present-day Ezhou City, and the place where Sun and Cao fought fiercely was at the mouth of the Sanjiang River.