Three Kingdoms - a modern interpretation Book 5: The Battle At Red Cliff
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This is the defining moment in the Three Kingdoms saga for there would be no three kingdoms without the Battle of Red Cliff.
Cao Cao became the unstoppable winner in the struggle for power after defeating Yuan Shao at Guan Du and taking over Jingzhou without a fight. The entire northern and central region came under Cao Cao’s whip.
Seething with greed, Cao Cao then moved his forces along the bank of the Yangzi River, ready to attack Sun Quan’s territory of Dongwu in the Southeast. Greatly outnumbered, scholars and administrators in Dongwu urged Sun Quan to surrender. Dongwu advisor Lu Su and Admiral Zhou Yu decided to defend their territory by joining forces with Liu Bei and Liu Qi, son of the late Liu Biao.
With the minds of Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Huang Gai, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong put together, an elaborate plot that could win this seemingly hopeless battle was hatched.