Yue Jin
The war dragged on and Cao Cao's side had suffered high casualties in the battles. Knowing Cao Cao's position in Nan Commandery (南郡; around present-day Jingzhou, Hubei) had worsened, Yue Jin raised an army in Xiangyang and hurried down to Jiangling County, where he attacked and won several skirmishes over Liu Bei's forces. Yue Jin forced the barbarians of southern Jing Province to surrender, and mimicked Guan Yu's infiltration strategy to attack Du Pu () and Liang Da (), the respective chiefs of Linju () and Jingyang () counties, which were Liu Bei's territories. Yue Jin defeated and totally routed the forces of Du Pu and Liang Da.