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Cao Cao wrote Sun Quan with a letter intending to intimidate, and in face of Cao's overwhelming force ( estimated to be about 220, 000 men, although Cao claimed 800, 000, against Sun's 30, 000 and the Lius ' combined force of 10, 000 ), many of Sun's subordinates, including Zhang Zhao, advocated surrender.
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He wrote to the second Wei emperor Cao Rui many times, seeking a position to apply his talents.
Emperor Xian's Empress Fu Shou, angry and fearful about how Consort Dong died, wrote her father, Fu Wan ( 伏完 ), a letter accusing Cao Cao of cruelty, and implicitly asking her father to start a new conspiracy against Cao.
The later Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1279 AD ) Chinese statesman Cao Cheng once wrote of early pontoon bridges in China ( spelling of Chinese in Wade-Giles format ):
Cheng then wrote a letter to Xu in his mother's handwriting, luring him to Cao Cao's side.
When Cao Cao imposed a ban on alcohol due to crop shortage, Kong Rong wrote to him saying, " Since the kings Jie and Zhou ( last rulers of the Xia Dynasty and Shang Dynasty respectively ) were overthrown due to their desire for women, why don't you ban marriage as well?
When Kong Rong heard of this, he wrote Cao Cao a letter, saying, " When King Wu of Zhou defeated Zhou, he married Daji ( a beautiful consort of Zhou blamed for the downfall of the Shang Dynasty ) to ( his brother ) the Duke of Zhou.
These include several letters Kong Rong wrote to Cao Cao in criticism of his policies.
Once, a nomadic tribe sent a box of cake to Cao Cao as a gift, who wrote the words " 一合酥 " on the box, which in English, means " a box of cake ".
Cao Cao, mystified, asked why, to which he replied, " My lord, you wrote the words ' A mouthful of cake for every man ' on the box.
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Zhuge Liang then wrote Cao Zhen a letter full of insulting remarks, upon reading which the latter was so filled with rage that he died that very night in camp.
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It began when the ruler of Wei, Cao Cao, was defeated by Liu Bei and Sun Quan at the Battle of Red Cliffs.
* Ling Cao, general under Sun Ce and father of Ling Tong ( killed by pirate Gan Ning )
Cao Cao issued orders to Sun Ce to attack Yuan Shu.
Sun Ce complied, but first convinced Cao Cao to form a coalition against Yuan Shu, of which Liu Bei and Lü Bu were members.
After Cao's defeat at the naval Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 CE, China was divided into three spheres of influence, with Cao Cao dominating the north, Sun Quan ( 182 – 252 CE ) dominating the south, and Liu Bei ( 161 – 223 CE ) dominating the west.
In the finality, Sun Quan decided to oppose Cao Cao in the middle Yangtze with his superior riverine forces.
At first Sun Quan nominally served as a Wei vassal with the Wei-created title of King of Wu, but after Cao Pi demanded that he send his son Sun Deng as a hostage to the Wei capital Luoyang and he refused, in 222, he declared himself independent by changing his era name.
Zhang Hong, whom Sun Ce had earlier sent as a liaison to the warlord Cao Cao, also returned from Cao's domain to assist Sun Quan.
( At Zhang Hong's request, Cao Cao, in the name of Emperor Xian, commissioned Sun Quan as General Who Attacks Barbarians ( 討虜將軍 ), a title that he would be known for a long time.
Soon after, Liu Biao died while Cao Cao was preparing a major campaign to subjugate both Liu Biao and Sun Quan under his control, precipitating a major confrontation.
Sun Quan was well aware of Cao Cao's intentions, and he quickly entered into an alliance with Liu Bei and Liu Qi to prepare for an attack by Cao.
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Sun Quan refused, under advice from Zhou Yu and Lu Su ( that Cao Cao would surely not tolerate him even if he surrendered ).
Cao Cao led his forces to escape on land, but much of the force was destroyed by Sun Quan and Liu Bei's land forces.
Immediately, after Cao Cao withdrew, Sun Quan took over the northern half of Jing Province.
When an all-out war was about to break out, the news that Cao Cao planned to attack Hanzhong was received by Liu Bei, and he requested for a border treaty with Sun Quan as he became worried about Cao Cao seizing Hanzhong.
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* 1965 – Civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam Phan Huy Quat resigned after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky.
* Huai-Dong Cao and Xi-Ping Zhu published a paper in the June 2006 issue of the Asian Journal of Mathematics with an exposition of the complete proof of the Poincaré and geometrization conjectures.
* Song Dynasty Chinese astronomer, engineer, and statesman Su Song completes the compilation of the Ben Cao Tu Jing, a pharmaceutical treatise with related subjects of botany, zoology, mineralogy, and metallurgy.
In 194, Cao Cao went to war with Tao Qian of Xu Province, because Tao's subordinate Zhang Kai had murdered Cao Cao's father Cao Song.
However, Cao Cao received word that Lü Bu had seized Yan Province in his absence, and accordingly he retreated, putting a halt to hostilities with Tao Qian for the time being.
In 197, Yuan Shu, who was at odds with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei, felt assured of victory with his subordinate's conquests, and thus declared himself emperor of the Cheng Dynasty.
Liu Bei, together with his followers Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, fled to Cao Cao, who accepted him.
He collaborated with Liu Bei on this effort, but Cao Cao soon found out about the plot and had Dong Cheng and his conspirators executed, with only Liu Bei surviving and fleeing to join Yuan Shao in the north.
After settling the nearby provinces, including a rebellion led by former Yellow Turbans, and internal affairs with the court, Cao Cao turned his attention north to Yuan Shao, who himself had eliminated his northern rival Gongsun Zan that same year.
After Yuan died, Cao killed Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan ( 173 – 205 CE ), who had fought with his brothers over the family inheritance.
* Cao Cao marches south with his army and captures the enemy fleet at Jiangling.
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He did not take any of Cao Cao's gifts with him and left behind a farewell letter.
Xun Yu, the defender of the capital Xu, sent Cao Cao a letter dissuading him from retreat.
Fu Wan was fearful of Cao Cao and never acted on the letter, in 214, her letter was discovered.
After Guan Yu had surrounded Fancheng and defeated the relief force led by Yu Jin and Pang De, Cao Cao received a letter from Sun Quan that outlined his impending attack on Guan Yu and his request for a joint operation.
In 200, Cao Cao was locked in a stalemate against Yuan Shao at the Battle of Guandu for months, eventually exhausting his food supply ; while contemplating retreat he sent a letter to Xun Yu ( who was then defending Xu ) for advice.
Xun Yu dissuaded Cao Cao with a letter, highlighting several advantages that his army held over Yuan Shao's forces and urging him to stand fast ; the eventual result was a decisive victory for Cao Cao, which was crucial to his domination of northern China.
Cao invited Xu's mother to meet him and requested for her to write a letter to her son, asking her son to come and serve him.
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