Yiling was a strategic point on the upper Yangtze. It is best known as the site of the Battle of Yiling, where Lu Xun defeated Liu Bei in one of the pivotal campaigns of the Three Kingdoms period.
Yiling夷陵
Strategic city on the upper Yangtze and site of the decisive Battle of Yiling.
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