▁the ▁Yang t ze ▁River ▁to ▁B ail iz hou ▁( 百 里 洲 ), ▁an ▁island ▁stretch ing ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁li ▁in ▁the ▁river ▁around ▁that ▁area . ▁Zh uge ▁Jin ▁and ▁Yang ▁Can ▁( <0xE6> <0xA5> <0x8A> <0xE7> <0xB2> <0xB2> ) ▁wanted ▁to ▁lead ▁their ▁men ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁island ▁but ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁locate ▁the ▁Wei ▁troops ' ▁crossing ▁points . ▁Pan ▁Z hang ▁told ▁them , ▁" The ▁Wei ▁army ' s ▁mor ale ▁is ▁very ▁high ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁and ▁the ▁t ide ▁is ▁low , ▁so ▁we ▁shouldn ' t ▁fight ▁them ▁yet ." ▁They ▁moved ▁to ▁about ▁ 5 0 ▁li ▁up stream , ▁where ▁Pan ▁Z hang ▁ordered ▁his ▁men ▁to ▁collect ▁thousands ▁of ▁bund les ▁of ▁re eds , ▁attach ▁them ▁onto ▁some ▁large ▁ra ft s , ▁and ▁set ▁them ▁on ▁fire . ▁The ▁fl aming ▁ra ft s ▁were ▁then ▁allowed ▁to ▁sail ▁down stream ▁and ▁they ▁destroyed ▁the ▁enemy ' s ▁p onto on ▁brid ges . ▁X ia hou ▁Shang ▁sens ed ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁danger ▁of ▁being ▁isolated ▁so ▁he ▁with d rew ▁his ▁forces ▁from ▁the ▁island ▁before ▁his ▁retre at ▁route ▁could ▁be ▁se aled . ▁Pan ▁Z hang ▁moved ▁to ▁L uk ou ▁( <0xE9> <0x99> <0xB8> 口 ; ▁at ▁L ush ui ▁Lake ▁near ▁present - day ▁Ch ib i , ▁H ube i ) ▁and ▁station ed ▁there . ▁Sun ▁Qu an ▁pra ised ▁Pan ▁Z hang ▁for ▁his ▁efforts