 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Munguva yechando ya208209, Gan Ning akarwa muhondo yeRed Cliffs pasi pehutungamiriri hwaZhou Yu achipesana nemauto aCao Cao, uye akakunda muvengi kuWulin 烏林. Akatorawo rutivi muhondo yakatevera yeJiangling. Mauto aSun Quan, aitungamirirwa naZhou Yu, akarwisa mukuru waCao Cao Cao Cao Ren paNan Commandery 南郡; kutenderera kwazvino Jiangling County, Hubei asi vakatadza kukunda guta. Gan Ning akakurudzira kuti atungamirire rimwe uto kuti ritore Yiling 夷陵; pedyo neYichang, Hubei yemazuva ano. Aiva nemazana mashomanana chete evarwi paakasvika kuYiling asi simba rehondo yake rakawedzera kusvika kuvanhu vanenge 1 000 pashure pokunge atora vamwe varume munharaunda yacho. Cao Ren akatumira mauto evanhu 5 000 kusvika ku6 000 kuti avhare Gan Ning paYiling. Varume vaCao Ren vakavaka shongwe dzakakwirira, kwavakanayisa miseve paYiling. Varume vaGan Ning vakatya asi mutungamiriri wavo akaramba akadzikama. Akatuma nhume kukumbira rubatsiro kubva kuna Zhou Yu, uyo akateerera chirongwa chaLü Meng ndokutungamira vashandi kuti vabatsire Gan Ning vachisiya Ling Tong kuti vadzivirire nzvimbo yavo. Zhou Yu, Lü Meng nevamwe vakabudirira kubvisa kukombwa kweYiling, nepo Ling Tong akakwanisa kubata nzvimbo yake zvakanaka kwenguva iyoyo yenguva. Pakupedzisira, Cao Ren akarayirwa kusiya Nan Commandery nekuti hondo yakatora nguva yakareba yakanga yapedza vanhu vazhinji uye zviwanikwa kudivi raCao Cao, uye izvi zvakaguma nekutorwa kwecommandery nemauto aSun Quan. 