Complex sentence: In late 208, the northern warlord Cao Cao launched a campaign aimed at wiping out opposing forces in southern China, and successfully pressured Liu Cong (who had succeeded his father Liu Biao as the Governor of Jing Province) into surrendering.
Split into simpler sentences: In late 208, the northern warlord Cao Cao launched a campaign aimed at wiping out opposing forces in southern China. He successfully pressured Liu Cong, who had succeeded Liu Biao as the Governor of Jing Province, into surrendering.