Just as Liu Xie said, the reason why Lu Meng and Lu Su went down to the mountain to cut the camp was precisely with the intention of retreating. While they were setting fire to the antlers, the people in the rear group had begun to evacuate Bagong Mountain and turned to the southwest. There, Shouchun Navy had already been waiting for the response. As soon as he saw their arrival, he immediately held up his torch. The fires all over the mountains and plains were endless and looked extremely spectacular.
Huang Quan, who was on guard here, was shocked when he saw this scene at first. He thought that the Wu people would launch the main attack in the south, so he immediately sent out an order with drums and drums, ordering his soldiers to hold their positions and prepare for it. He himself watched the enemy's situation from the watchtower. As the fire in front of him gathered more and more, the arrows fired by the Wu people decreased instead of increasing, which made Huang Quan realize that something was wrong. But he was a cautious person after all. Even if the Wu people's torches moved southward on a large scale, he would not dare to send troops rashly to stop them. By the time Liu Xie's military order came, Lu Meng and other Wu generals had completely left Bagong Mountain and headed south along the Huaihe River.
At this time, the sky had turned white, and the Han soldiers could vaguely see the mess outside the camp. In addition to the arrows all over the ground, there are corpses of the two armies who died in the night battle everywhere. A lot of blood has seeped into the soil, and only a faint red color can be seen. Other than that, there are disorderly footprints and ruts all over the ground. Looking far and wide, whether in the mountains or on the tidal flats, the Wu people's baggage and flags were completely missing.
Knowing that the Wu people had fled, Huang Quan asked the emperor for instructions whether to send people to occupy Bagong Mountain first and then divide his troops to pursue them. However, Liu Xie did not have any enthusiasm to wait any longer. He wrote back and said: "The Wu thief must be extremely exhausted after fighting hard all night. Now he is riding a horse to chase him. He will catch up in just a moment. How can Er'er Mountain Camp be better than tens of thousands?" Army!"
The generals of both armies were refuted by the emperor, so they naturally did not dare to resist the order and hurriedly ordered all their troops and horses in the camp. At this time, there are still 90,000 Han soldiers capable of fighting, and about 80,000 capable soldiers. The rest are wounded soldiers recovering from wounds. Liu Xie left 6,000 troops and wounded soldiers to guard the camp, and the rest followed the emperor out of the camp. The knights on horses and the navy on pontoons moved forward by land and water, chasing the Wu army southward along the Huaihe River.
The army set off. After passing Longmaoding, the narrow mountain road gradually became wider. Looking up at the sky, the morning sun was still missing. The sky was covered with clouds and the air was gloomy and solemn. When we passed another ancient tomb, rain and mist filled the air, and thin raindrops fell from the sky, moistening the sleeves of the riders' uniforms. The local guide said that the ancient tomb was the tomb of the famous ancient general Lian Po.
After embarking on the journey, Liu Xie's anger had dissipated. Hearing that this place was Lian Po's tomb, he felt a little emotional for a while. This famous ancient general who was famous from Hebei Province repeatedly defeated Qi Yan in his early years and defended the powerful Qin Dynasty in the south. Later generations named him together with Bai Qi, Wang Jian, and Li Mu. However, in the end, he was not reused because of his old age, and was finally buried in a foreign country. At the foot of Bagong Mountain. Liu Xie said to Guo Huai and others: "When I was in the palace, the Queen Mother often lamented to me, saying that time is hard to retain and youth is gone. What difference does a famous general make? If you have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, you must cherish it." "
After passing Lian Po's Tomb, you can see the mouth of the Feishui River. There are no bullying hills there, so the land is endless and the surrounding fields are even darker and more vast. The former knight looked forward and saw a forest of halberd flags on the horizon to the south, stretching from the bank of Feishui in the south to the mouth of the Feishui River in front of him. He quickly rode back and reported: "The thieves have occupied the mouth of the Feishui River and are waiting for the battle."
After Liu Xie heard this, he couldn't help but rub his hands and smiled at the generals: "Wu General is very courageous if he wants to fight against the odds!" But then he changed his mind and said: "It's a pity that I have all the time at this moment, how can I give him a desperate counterattack?" Opportunity? Send the order, and the whole army will hold fast! Wait for them to move out, and our army will follow up!" The Han army immediately formed a formation along the river, with the cavalry as the vanguard, but there was no sign of preparation for an attack.
Seeing this situation, Wu Jun was really hesitant. The two sides faced off for an hour, but no fighting broke out. Just when they were nervous, they were surprised to find that smoke was rising from the Han army's rear. It turned out that the Han army had begun to bury pots to make rice. After hesitating for a moment, the Wu army moved forward again, monitoring the Han army while moving south along the Feishui River.
Liu Xie had no time to deal with this. He ordered the whole army to eat calmly. Huang Quan and other generals also understood the emperor's intention and discussed privately: "Our army has cavalry here. As long as they are several miles apart, they can attack at any time." Follow them. This is like a wolf staring at its prey. How can the prey dare to move fast when it is frightened? Your Majesty's strategy is like this Mobei wolf, which wants to drag these thieves to death by the Feishui River! "
Naturally, Wu Jun was not unaware of this. They planned to leave one of Zhu Ran's troops in the rear, while the rest of his troops marched quickly. But after all, they were just infantry. Just after traveling a few miles, they saw thousands of Han cavalry on the flanks catching up quickly, heading straight to the left front of the Wu army. Lu Meng and others did not dare to advance rashly, so they had to order all the troops to form defensive formations to prepare for possible attacks from the flanks. After a while, the Han army arrived from behind.
In this way, Wu's army marched for only thirty miles in one day's march, just across the river from Shouchun. With the pursuers behind them, they had no intention of entering the city again, but continued southbound to Hefei. Liu Xie also continued to follow his previous arrangements, keeping the Han army close behind him without engaging in battle. The two armies kept a distance of about ten miles.
Stopping and stopping, another two days passed. In previous years, in Huainan, it was a season of crisp autumn and sunny weather, but now the sun is still not visible. Only thick clouds gather above the head. The weather becomes more and more gloomy, and both people and armor are covered with a layer of green. The yellow shadow is a sign of heavy rain. For the Wu people, this was good news. After the land became muddy, perhaps the Han army behind them would give up the pursuit.
But at least for now, the Han army has no intention of retreating. From the second day of the pursuit, the Han cavalry on the flanks began to frequently send envoys to shout to the Wu army. The content was the same, nothing more than words to persuade them to surrender. They had said it many times before. They said: "Listen, gentlemen, Hefei has been surrounded by our army, the Governor of Zhou Dynasty. In other words, if your return route has been cut off by me, if you continue to fight, it will be nothing more than the annihilation of the whole army. Why do you have to sacrifice your lives for Sun Quan? What? As long as you lay down your weapons and submit to the imperial court, the emperor will forget the past and give you a way to survive! If you continue to resist stubbornly, how can you withstand the attack of my master Wang? You will just turn into clay powder. "
However, as soon as they finished speaking, the Wu people responded with arrows. A sparse rain of arrows fell, one person fell to the ground after being hit by an arrow, and the others hid sideways. Although no one was injured, the horses below were a little scared, so that the sound of horse hooves was a little scattered, but they had not left yet. , still lingering in place.
The Wu army originally had the upper hand in Bagong Mountain, but now they abandoned the mountain and retreated, walking in the rain, feeling very angry in their hearts. The Han cavalry's persuasion to surrender sounded to them as nothing more than a bluff. Instead, they yelled insults: "A good man always fights cleanly, how can you be like a kid? Fighting but not fighting, retreating but not retreating? If you have the guts, then Let’s decide life and death, why bother with so much fuss?!” After that, he continued to fire arrows until all the Han cavalry had withdrawn, and they made mocking sounds again. Over the past few days, the Wu people have lost their composure.
Just as they were laughing and venting their anger, a few drops of water hit Wu Ren's face. They raised their heads, and the clouds that had accumulated for several days finally began to rain. The raindrops fell straight down from the sky, and the raindrops hit the soldiers' armor and pockets, making different sounds. Under the cover of these sounds, the noise suddenly became silent. The rainwater streaked across everyone's faces, dripped into the soil, and then flowed into the Feishui River along the layers of footprints.
But in this quivering silence, something seemed to be hidden and gestating, which made the Wu people couldn't help but listen. It's like a baby that is about to mature and is preparing to cry for the first time after birth. Suddenly, the sound of horse hoofbeats and singing broke through the rain curtain together, ringing in the ears of the Wu people. The approaching Han cavalry sang a magnificent and fierce Beifu military song:
"Yishui crosses Quanzhou, and Hujia borders the capital. I lie covered in the snow of Yanshan Mountain, and the sky shines on Lulongbing.
Thousands of clouds are placed in formation, and a hundred thousand cavalry are stretched out. The horse is moving and the mountains are shaking, and the dust is everywhere and the day is dark.
Huang Hu has a small ambition and has been defeated by millions of soldiers. Laugh at Wuhuan's tears for now, wait for Meng Jin in the future! "
After the song was sung once, the knights who came out of the rain shouted repeatedly: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Before the Wu people could react, the 70,000 Han troops had been divided into three groups by Liu Xie. They intercepted the Wu Army's front army, attacked the Wu Army's rear formation, and attacked the Wu Army's center from the flanks. The sound of bowstrings being pulled and the sound of chopping knives suddenly resounded. The Han army was like a pack of wolves that had been gathering momentum for a long time. In the past few days, the Wu people seemed angry, but in fact they were completely discouraged. Even if Han cavalry came to persuade them to surrender before, they did not form a defensive formation. This caused the Wu army's line to be extremely scattered, and was almost instantly torn apart by the incoming Han cavalry. And the so-called resistance they launched, like foam floating in blood, gradually disappeared.
The only one who survived was the Kure navy. They stopped at the Feishui River, not only to defend the Han navy behind them, but also to provide cover for their companions on the river. However, the heavy rain also blocked the navy's sight, so that they did not dare to make random maneuvers and could only keep moving toward the shore. Shoot arrows and try your best to gather the escaped soldiers into the boat. But dimly, the Wu people on the boat could also feel that their comrades on the shore were already helpless and the defeat was unstoppable.
The person in charge of this navy was Deng Dang, a veteran of the Wu people. Seeing that the army on land was on the verge of collapse, his face became numb and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. The accompanying cronies were anxious and asked him whether he should abandon the two governors Lu Lusu and flee directly with his people. Unexpectedly, Deng Dang smiled bitterly and said: "Escape? Ziming is my brother-in-law. If I abandon him today, what will the world think of me? Even if I really escape, where will I go? Even if I return to Jiangdong, it will be nothing more than waiting. Just die."
Having said that, Deng made up his mind and immediately sent an envoy to ask for the surrender of the Han army.
As the Huainan Navy defected, Wu Jun's last resistance disappeared. Since then, the Battle of Huainan ended with the complete defeat of the Wu army. The Wu people not only lost the entire Huainan, but also lost nearly half of the country's troops. The defense of Jiangdong was completely lost.
