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三国时，孙刘联合大败曹军的战役。公元208年曹操率兵南下，准备统一南方。孙权联合刘备共同抗曹。在赤壁（今湖北蒲圻西北长江南岸）与曹军隔江对峙。孙刘联军利用曹军弱点，火攻曹军战船，大败曹军。这次战役决定了魏、蜀、吴三国鼎立的局面。

famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义; Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu