Jiangnan was a land of frequent rain, especially in autumn, when the drizzle went on without end and chilled one to the marrow.
As the rain fell, the fires within the main camp were extinguished. Yet the rout of the Jiangdong army had already become impossible to halt.
Under the fierce efforts of Zhao Yun and Xu Sheng, the Jiangdong main camp fell into chaos. Once Han Dang died, the front camp was breached in turn.
Zhang Fei, Chen Dao, and the other generals led their troops flooding into the camp, shouting that those who surrendered would not be killed. Thus, Jiangdong's soldiers began surrendering in great numbers.
After charging into the camp, Zhang Fei assigned Chen Dao and the others to guard the surrendered troops within.
He then personally led six thousand men, joining Wei Yan as they hurried northeast.
This was the full extent of Qin Tian's plan: first, create a great show of force in the mountains by the western camp, using several thousand men to make it seem as though they were launching an all-out assault.
They would lure the reinforcements from the Jiangdong main camp to the western camp, then seize Sun Ce's main camp first.
After taking the main camp, they would circle along the main road to the rear of the Jiangdong western camp.
As stated before, Sun Ce's smaller camp lay within a valley. The terrain was dangerous, and the mountain paths were narrow and difficult to traverse.
Thus, as long as they detoured to the rear of that small camp, they could firmly seal Sun Ce's troops within the valley and wipe out his force of more than ten thousand men.
So even though a light rain had begun to fall, Zhang Fei still led his troops onward without pause.
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