At Ch’ih-pi* on the Yangtse, the van of Ts’ao Ts’ao’s army met Lustrous Jade at the head of a combined force of 40,000 men—and was defeated on contact.
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Ch'ih-pi
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His attempt in 208 to cross the Yangtse was frustrated in the famous battle of Ch'ih-pi, in which his immense fleet was destroyed by his enemies' fireships, and most of his army slain.
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His ambitions had extended to the conquest of the Yangtze valley, but the famous battle of the Red Cliff (Ch’ih-pi), on the course of the great river in Hupei, had put a stop to this policy of expansion.
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