Sun Quan's armySun (Wu)
Sun Quan
孫権
“The Green-Eyed Lord of Wu”
182–252 (aged 71)
- Rank / office
- Emperor of Wu (Emperor Da)
- Domain / base
- Jiangdong and Jing Province
- Battles in 3D
- 2 battles
Later imagined depiction · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
If one is to have a son, let him be like Sun Zhongmou.
Cao Cao, quoted in the commentary to the Records of the Three Kingdoms
Second son of Sun Jian, he became lord of Jiangdong at nineteen on the sudden death of his brother Sun Ce. With Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao as his pillars he gathered talent, and at Red Cliffs, allied with Liu Bei, he turned back Cao Cao's southern advance. In the 20th year of Jian'an he attacked Hefei with 100,000 men, only to have his camp overrun by Zhang Liao's 800 horsemen; cut off at the Xiaoyao Ford while covering the retreat, he escaped by leaping the plankless bridge on horseback. Later he had Lü Meng kill Guan Yu and seize Jing Province, and at Yiling he promoted the young Lu Xun to commander-in-chief to burn Liu Bei's great army. In the 1st year of Huanglong he proclaimed himself emperor and founded Wu. His last years were troubled by a succession struggle, but he lived to seventy-one, the longest-lived of the rulers of the Three Kingdoms.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 200Jian'an 5
Succeeds to Jiangdong
Became lord of Jiangdong at nineteen on the death of his brother Sun Ce.
- 208Jian'an 13
Battle of Red Cliffs
Allied with Liu Bei, he repelled Cao Cao's great army with Zhou Yu's fire attack.
Battle of Red Cliffs Watch in 3D › - 215Jian'an 20
Battle of Hefei
Attacked Hefei with 100,000, had his camp broken by Zhang Liao, and escaped by leaping the Xiaoyao Ford.
Battle of Hefei Commander-in-chief 40,000 troops Watch in 3D › Lord of Wu. He closed on Hefei with 100,000, only to have his camp overrun by Zhang Liao's charge, and was cut off at the Xiaoyao Ford while covering the retreat. He escaped by leaping the plankless bridge on horseback. - 222Huangwu 1
Battle of Yiling
Promoted Lu Xun to commander-in-chief and destroyed Liu Bei's eastern expedition by fire.
- 229Huanglong 1
Emperor of Wu
Proclaimed himself emperor at Wuchang and set his capital at Jianye.
- 252Shenfeng 1
Death
Died at seventy-one, the longest-lived ruler of the Three Kingdoms.
