"The Battle of Dingtao was an engagement between Lu Bu's forces and Cao Cao's forces for Yan Province. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao is able to deceive Lu Bu by faking an ambush, and proceeding to attack his rear. Lu Bu's defeat at Dingtao meant that he had lost his foothold in the battle for Yan Province, and he fled to Liu Bei. While there may have been skirmishes in the county, none were recorded to be of the same degree of importance or extent as the one in the novel or in the games."@en . "The Battle of Dingtao was an engagement between Lu Bu's forces and Cao Cao's forces for Yan Province. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao is able to deceive Lu Bu by faking an ambush, and proceeding to attack his rear. Lu Bu's defeat at Dingtao meant that he had lost his foothold in the battle for Yan Province, and he fled to Liu Bei. While there may have been skirmishes in the county, none were recorded to be of the same degree of importance or extent as the one in the novel or in the games."@en . . . . . . "Dingtao"@en . . . . "Cao Cao retakes Yan Province; Lu Bu flees to Liu Bei"@en . . "195"^^ . . "Dingtao in Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends"@en . . . . . . . . "Dingtao"@en . . "Dingtao County, present-day Heze, Shandong"@en . . . .