'A Stirring Episode in Chinese History By Our Wuchang Correspondent.
One of the most famous episodes of Chinese history is the Battle of The Red Wall, which was fought somewhere in the present Proviney of Hupeh in the' year A.D. 207, In this battle "Ts'no Ts'ao, the surper of the Kingdom of Wey north of the Yangtas, sas defeat fed And his fleet burned by Chaa Ye, the general of sung Chinen of the southern Kingdom hose capital was. the anid' to live" numscred $90,000 army of Song Ch'wan
men, "His camp. was, on the north bank of the Yangtze, ud] hin ships were collected in a mass nippon thy eivor and stened. to.
ther with chama, Some say lat ho did thie, because of the foarsickness of his soldiers, who wore not used to living on poate, others that ho intended to make a bridge of his boats over whic he could transport, his army, On the eve of battle Ts'ao Ts'ao twid high Foast with his captains, His tables wore" spread outside his tent in the open, and stand.
pon wig ill he ould brilliant, moonlight, Av hin feet, the river floweit Like a broad eh" bon," Eastward, he could descry 'Trai Sang on thu southern bank, whory Chow "Vu bad his hatd quarters, Woxtward, by tooked Hele' Keo (the. proimy Han: ow). Tu front of itt to the south wan Linn Ping Shan. Northward, ho looked on Wa Tian (Black Grow Forest)—a name of evil omen for the succoodting day AX HcouRSED DEED, The feast was high, td as th wine went round Tsao Ts'ao spoke in vaunting words to his vaptaine. Ho lid made himself master of all the land north of the river. ho morrow would mayen matter of the routh. Even as be poke, the Black Raven the _-Tao ¥a, bird of evil omen, flew over his head. "Other fncea' grow but Tsao Tyiao "reeked. aught of omeax To drunken 100, ho seized a lance, and bran.
ishing it la the sir ho chanted song in boastful words. One of the captains, Liu Fu, was bold nought. Tomonstrate with, hia ral for hin foolish pride. In Franken fury, the spear was hu ed, and Ta Funwasslaina repentenl of and requited on the morrow:
Meanwhile Chou Vu, the gen. eral of Seog (Ch'unn," remained inactive in his tent.' Hig plan, inspired by the wily Chu Ko: Hinng, was to send Gre to, burn' the boats of the. enemy.. Ts'o eno himsslt had boon warned OF this danger; bub the parevaifing winds at that. time of 3
Chow Yu's purpose ind was neded Was confident. thai wind wae possible, the wind Kept stead northeast, and Chow YH was la!
But Chi Ko-ltang, or Kung! Ming, ox he is more commonly called, was quite equal to tek: ting the wind. On Lan Ping Shah o big altar was bris orders," Te wig mode in. three stories, Tha lowest storey was do-grated with the 29 zodiacal signs The second bore the G4 variations of the Pawn, the marten! die grams used in' divining. On the Highest storey were posted four tattness, who watched day and ight fOr the wind. Three daily, Kung Ming. ascended. the altar, to burn incense and fo study' the Rapect of the heavens ru SOUTHEAST WIND AT Lagn, Ghow' Vu, the southeast. wind Sng had aivendy. prams lay and er whic
rove and' blow steadily. All pre: parations had. been. mide. before Rand. "Six divisions of eoldlern each consisting of 2,000 men, hal fon sent. to diferent points its north bank of the river to me fercept the fight of wan} Tends army." Chou Yu's navy! Advanced upon the river in four Sivisions, "each formed. by 900 Youle puking 25 fireahipe ofer them. and united by' chains, were unable to escape from the burning galleons of flame which Note down upon than. Hie land: forees, completely surprised, were seized' with panic and fled northwards through the Black Crow Forest, only to fall victime to the ambushed warriors who lay} wait for them. Tsao 'T¥a0) made his escape with " small band Of 309 followers in the direction' of Lan Chuev.
Of two roads, the defeated gfa: eral chose the nearer but rougher track which Tel by Hwn Yung to the city of Lan Chuen, All rough the night they rode, wi beacon-fires of the coomy Uurning on the hills on every side of them, Hewy rain fell, and hig men and horses wore " faint with hunger, Staggering through] the mud, many fell, an were level by the roadside."
Kinng Ming's marvellous fore!
ight was able to forestall, his foo. Unable to struggle on "any, riger, Ts'to Ts'ao with his small band was foreed to bivouac by the side of the road, and wait for the morning. They wore over" taken by x small troop of horse under Yuin Chang, specially sent for the purpose of pursu ing and making them prisoners.
wag only by. the clemency of] Yuin "Ch'ang that the generat himself was allowed to. escape—
afterwards paid. dearly.
nancy for which hi benefactor Twao reached Lan Chun accompanied by 27 men, the remnant} Of hin great army of $30,000.
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