After the tens of thousands of troops had rested in Yichun for two days, Lan Tian had Ding Feng bring in warships. It was time to put an end to Jiangdong.
Xi Zhen led the Guiyang Commandery troops in Pingxiang, helping the common people return to their homes. The forces stationed at Yichun were divided into three parts: first, the commandery troops under Mi Fang and Hao Pu, nearly twenty thousand men; second, Lan Yuan's Trap-Breaking Army, along with the surrendered troops of Ding Feng and Luo Tong, around fifteen thousand; third, the more than thirty thousand newly surrendered soldiers under Zhu Huan, Quan Cong, and others. The total force approached seventy thousand.
Adding the thirty thousand men in Gan Ning's hands at Chaisang, Lan Tian suddenly commanded an army of one hundred thousand. Jianye was now fully under Hu Ke's control. If Sun Quan wanted to rely on the remaining twenty thousand troops at Ruxu Dock to make a comeback, it was all but impossible—and Lan Tian would not give him the chance.
During the previous fire-ship attack on the water stockade, Ding Feng had burned many of the smaller vessels. The remaining warships had limited carrying capacity and could only proceed toward Chaisang in batches.
With Hu Ke controlling Jianye, the lives of the Wu troops' families were effectively in his hands. The surrendered soldiers willingly allowed themselves to be broken up and reorganized, and since every batch included Lan Tian's own men, there was no fear that the surrendering troops would turn traitor.
Ding Feng led his men in piloting the ships ahead. Lan Tian, Lan Ji, Mi Fang, Quan Cong, and the others set sail with the first batch, and the fleet arrived at the Pengli Marsh water stockade at the end of August.
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