Battle of Yiling

Timeline

1. 221–222Zigui · HubeiTo avenge Guan Yu and recover Jingzhou, Liu Bei ignored the remonstrances of Zhuge Liang and others, personally leading a large army eastward along the Yangtze to the Zigui–Xiaoting line, where he faced off against Eastern Wu.
2. 222Xiaoting · HubeiAfter taking office as Grand Viceroy, Lu Xun adopted a defensive posture, refusing to give battle, and waited for an opportunity while the Shu army stretched its camps over seven hundred li, its morale slackened, and heat and epidemic disease spread.
3. 222Yiling · HubeiLu Xun used fire attack to burn more than forty of the Shu army's linked camps; the Shu army was badly defeated, and Liu Bei led the remnants back to Baidi City, with Shu Han's elite forces virtually wiped out.