Is “At the Battle of Xiaoting, he used fire to burn the enemy's linked camps and routed the Shu army.” true?
attested in history
The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biography of Lu Xun records that Lu Xun held his ground at Yiling without engaging, waiting for the opportunity to use fire attack to defeat Liu Bei's over forty camps and destroy the main force of Shu. (Original text: 「乃敕各持一把茅,以火攻拔之。一尔势成,通率诸军同时俱攻,斩张南、冯习及胡王沙靡柯等首,破其四十馀营。备将杜路、刘宁等穷逼请降。」——Source: data/raw/sanguozhi/吴书·陆逊传.txt)
Lu Xun
A famous general of Eastern Wu who, according to official history, was a pillar of the state and defeated Liu Bei at the Battle of Xiaoting.
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