The Battle Of Chi Bi

The Battle Of Chi Bi is splited into three parts, an initial skirmish at Red Cliffs followed by a retreat at the Wulin battlefields on the northwestern banks of the Yangtze River, a decisive naval engagment, and Cao Cao's disastrous defeat at Huarong Road. After the Battle Of Chang Ban, Liu Bei fled to Jiang Ling where the Southern Warlord Sun Quan was. Liu Bei and Sun Quan decided to be allies to stop Cao Cao. Thus, The Sun-Liu Alliance was formed. Cao Cao moved his ships from stem to stern possibly to avoid seasickness among his army as his army were northerners they were not used to living in ships. Huang Gai,a general under Sun Quan pretend to ''defect'' to Cao Cao's forces. Zhou Yu, another of Sun Quan's called upon The Legendary Strategist Zhu Ge Liang to summon the southeastern winds so that Huang Gai can set Cao Cao's fleet on flames. Zhu Ge Liang managed to summon the winds. Huang Gai then set fire to Cao Cao's ships. The winds spread the fire even more. Cao Cao had no choice but to retreat to Huarong Road. Many of Cao Cao's troops were drowned into the waters of Chi Bi or burned in the fire. As Cao Cao was escaping through Huarong Road, The allied forces ambused him serveral times. Gan Ning, one of Sun Quan generals estabilised a bridgehead in Yiling to the North hoping to restore order among his troops. but a staunch rearguard action by Cao Ren prevented further catastrophe. The Sun-Liu Alliance emerged victorious at The Battle Of Chi Bi due to the number if strategies and tactics they used in this battle.