Sun Ch'uan's pride was aroused by this story,and he insisted,"I could never put my six prefectures and 100,000 soldiers under another's control.I will resist Ts'ao Ts'ao."Chu-ke Liang then analysed the weakness of Ts'ao Ts'ao's forces and said,"Although we have lost Chingchou City,our general Kuan Yu still has 10,000 good soldiers,and General Liu Ch'i has another 10,000.They have enough for us to resist Ts'ao Ts'ao..."