Battle of Yiling (208)

Battle of Yiling
Part of the Red Cliffs campaign
DateWinter of 208 CE
Location
Yiling (Present-day Yichang, Hubei)
Result Sun Quan victory
Belligerents
Sun Quan Cao Cao
Commanders and leaders
Zhou Yu Cao Ren
Strength
31,000 (this number assumes there were no casualties for Eastern Wu in the battle of Red Cliffs) 6,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
Unknown 3,000+
Battle of Yiling
Traditional Chinese夷陵之戰
Simplified Chinese夷陵之战
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYílíng Zhī Zhàn

The Battle of Yiling was fought between the warlords Sun Quan and Cao Cao in 208 in the late Eastern Han dynasty. The battle was an integral part in the Red Cliffs campaign, as it was fought immediately after the major engagement at Wulin (烏林; in present-day Honghu, Hubei) during the Battle of Red Cliffs. The Battle of Yiling was also the prelude to the subsequent Battle of Jiangling.