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Wang Jun's navy began its downstream Yangtze River attack in December 279 after being joined by his deputy, Tang Bin (唐彬) in charge of Badong Commandery (巴東郡; present-day Fengjie County, Chongqing). The combined force totalled 70,000. A month later, Du Yu begun his attack on Jiangling County from Xiangyang and sent three of his advisers – Fan Xian (樊顯), Yin Lin (尹林) Deng Gui (鄧圭) – along with Zhou Qi (周奇), the Administrator of Xiangyang, westward along the Yangtze River to join Wang Jun in attacking the strongholds of Wu between them from both the east and the west. By early March 280, Wang Jun's army had taken Danyang (丹楊; east of present-day Zigui County, Hubei) from Wu, and captured its defending officer, Sheng Ji (盛紀).