Question

A battle on this body of water was the first to launch thunderclap fireballs via trebuchet, the precursor to modern incendiary bombs. During another battle on this body (15[1])of water, unmanned ships were set ablaze and rammed into the opponent (15[2]-5[1])who had (15[1])chained (15[1]-5[2])their ships together (-5[1])as a countermeasure (15[1]-5[3])to seasickness. (15[1]-5[5])During the Warring (-5[1])States (-5[1])period, (-5[1])an irrigation (15[1])system was built on this body (15[1])of water (15[1])by the state (-5[1])of (15[1])(*) Qin. The Eastern Wu Dynasty moved (-5[1])their capital to Jiankang on the shores of this body of water. (-5[1])The state of Wu was based around this river’s delta. (10[4])The Battle of Red Cliffs (10[1])was fought on this (10[1])river, (10[2])which prevented (-5[1])Cao Cao (“TSAO tsao”) from (10[1])expanding (10[1])further south. (10[1]-5[1])This river (-5[1])served as the border (10[1])between the Northern and Southern Dynasties. (10[1])For 10 points, name this river connected by the Grand Canal to the Yellow River. (10[4]) (10[20])■END■

ANSWER: Yangtze River [or Cháng Jiāng] (lead-in is Battle of Caishi. Jiankang is the old name of Nanjing.)
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