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ing must be taken as proof of his natural affinity for; or sympathy with; water。 Although it was the period of great cold and he was heavy with armor when he fell into the river; yet he escaped with life。
In this great battle at the junction of the three rivers; the Three Gorges; when fire seemed to spread wide over all the wide surface of the water; when the earth quaked with the roar of battle; when land forces closed in on both wings and four battle squadrons advanced on the front; when the ferocity of fire answered the clash of weapons and weapons were aided by fire; under the thrusts of spears and the flights of arrows; burnt by fire and drowned by water; Cao Cao lost an incalculable number of troops。 And a poet wrote:
When Wei and Wu together strove
For the mastery;
In the Red Cliffs fight the tall ships
Vanished from the sea;
For there the fierce flames; leaping high。
Burned them utterly。
So Zhou Yu for his liege lord
Got the victory。
And another poem runs:
The hills are high; the moon shines faint。
The waters stretch afar;
I sigh to think how oft this land
Has suffered stress of war;
And I recall how southerners
Shrank from the northern army's might;
And how a favoring eastern gale
Helped them to win the fight。
While fire was consuming the naval base of Cao Cao; Gan Ning made Cai Zhong guide him into the innermost recesses of Cao Cao's camp。 Then Gan Ning slew Cai Zhong with one slash of his sword。 After this Gan Ning set fire to the jungle; and at this signal; Lu Meng put fire to the grass in ten places near to each other。 Then other fires were started; and the noise of battle was on all sides。
Cao Cao and Zhang Liao; with
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