赤壁之战历史地图(公元208年 · 东汉建安十三年孙刘联军火烧赤壁与三国鼎立版图)
Battle of Red Cliffs (Chibi) Historical Map (208 CE · End of Han & Three Kingdoms)
遥想公瑾当年,小乔初嫁了,雄姿英发。羽扇纶巾,谈笑间,樯櫓灰飞烟灭。 —— 北宋 · 苏轼《念奴娇·赤壁怀古》
东汉献帝建安十三年(公元208年)秋,统一北方的曹操挥师南下荆州,刘琮举州降曹,刘备自樊城退守夏口(今湖北武汉),遣诸葛亮赴柴桑(今江西九江)联结孙权。孙权命周瑜、程普率水军三万与刘备合兵,逆长江而上,与曹军遭遇于赤壁、乌林(今湖北省咸宁市赤壁市西北长江南岸,隔江对岸为洪湖乌林)。黄盖用火攻诈降计焚毁曹军连环战船,曹操经华容道败退江陵、北归邺城,自此奠定魏、蜀、吴三国鼎立之战略格局。
In winter 208 CE (13th year of the Jian’an era), the allied river fleets of Sun Quan (led by Zhou Yu) and Liu Bei (advised by Zhuge Liang) defeated Cao Cao’s northern expedition by fire attack at Red Cliffs (Chibi, modern Chibi, Hubei) opposite Wulin on the middle Yangtze River, establishing the tripartite division of China.