As the cavalrymen shouted and cut down their pursuers, the Cao Wei soldiers who had escaped immediately dropped their weapons and cautiously ran toward the Great Han army.
When they saw the Wei deserters drop their weapons and run toward the Great Han without being cut down by the cavalry, they finally felt at ease.
The Wei soldiers who had been struggling to hold out under the rain of arrows and stones saw that the men who surrendered weren't killed. More soldiers then risked their lives to flee.
Thus, after losing several thousand men, Yue Jin's force of more than ten thousand could no longer hold out. They had no choice but to retreat toward Cao Zhen's position.
Cao Pi received word that Cao Zhen was trapped on the southern bank of the Yellow River and immediately dispatched a large army to rescue him.
Sima Yi, the veteran official whom Cao Pi had always been wary of, was also sent out this time to ensure that Cao Zhen's rescue would succeed.
Sima Yi led his army to the banks of the Yellow River and saw the situation on the opposite shore. Without hesitation, he prepared to build a pontoon bridge.
But before the soldiers could put the trees they had gathered into the river to build the bridge, archers aboard the Great Han navy's ships came rushing in and shot them down.
Faced with this, even the resourceful Sima Yi couldn't think of a solution right away. He could only order men to hold up shields to protect the soldiers as they continued building the bridge.
At the same time, he had shield-bearers protect the archers as they fired at the ships. To destroy the vessels, Sima Yi had specifically prepared fire arrows, intending to clear the way for the