Amid an autumn rain, the battle of Flourishing Prosperity was officially declared over.
In this battle, Liu Bei had committed nearly forty thousand troops in total and successively broken through two major camps of Sun Ce's army.
They had killed or wounded more than four thousand of Sun Ce's troops and captured over six thousand.
Apart from the five thousand men Sun Ce had taken away and the scattered troops who had fled in all directions, they had virtually wiped out the core of Sun Ce's forces.
Naturally, the price had not been small. Between the fierce assaults and the pursuit, more than three thousand men had been killed or wounded.
But without question, that price was acceptable.
For with the fall of Flourishing Prosperity, the gateway to Jiangdong's three commanderies had been thrown wide open.
East of this place lay hundreds of li of open, level ground. Not only Danyang Commandery, but even Wu Commandery and Kuaiji Commandery now lay beneath the edge of Liu Bei's army.
Their entry into the Jiangdong Plain in one stroke had completely shattered Sun Ce's strategic arrangement of resisting the enemy beyond his borders.
Thus, despite the considerable casualties this time, they remained within Liu Bei's tolerance.
Of course, no matter how delighted he was within, Liu Bei showed not the slightest hint of it.
Accompanied by Qin Tian and Liu Ye, he entered Sun Ce's military camp. Along the way, whenever he saw wounded soldiers, he went forward to comfort them.
When they reached the main tent and heard the reports on the number of wounded, Liu Bei said:
"See that every wounded man in our army receives proper treatment. For every dead man, ascertain his name. Once we return with the army, their families shall be comforted and compensated!"
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