In the 14th-century historical novel `` Romance of the Three Kingdoms '' , the campaign is memorable for at least two famous incidents Catastrophe : one is Guan Yu 's slaying Killing of Hua Xiong ; the other is the three-on-one duel between the three sworn brothers ( Liu Bei , Guan Yu , Zhang Fei ) and Lü Bu .

Liu , Guan and Zhang were not active in the campaign .

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It was fought Hostile_encounter in the winter of AD 208/9 between the allied forces of the southern warlords Sun Quan and Liu Bei and the numerically superior forces of the northern warlord Cao Cao .

Liu Bei and Sun Quan successfully frustrated Preventing_or_letting Cao Cao 's effort to conquer Conquering the land south of the Yangtze River and reunite Cause_to_amalgamate the territory of the Eastern Han dynasty .

The allied victory at Red Cliffs ensured Preventing_or_letting the survival Preserving of Liu Bei and Sun Quan , gave Giving them control of the Yangtze , and provided Supply a line of defence that was the basis for the later creation Creating of the two southern states of Shu Han and Eastern Wu .

Furthermore , Luding City itself was occupied Control by a regiment of troops from warlord Liu Wenhui 's 38th Brigade , 4th brigade , under the 5th division of the 24th Corps .

Western Chu was led Bringing by Xiang Yu , while the Han leader was Liu Bang .

The war Military_operation ended Process_end in 202 BC with total victory Earnings_and_losses for Han , with Liu Bang soon proclaiming Statement himself first emperor of the Han dynasty .