Chen Wu did not act with the front army that opened the road at all, but left the entire large team, led a thousand Praetorian Guards himself, protected Sun Quan, and desperately fled to the south, and the guide was controlled by him in the team.

Therefore, the Han army surrounded the entire Eastern Wu southward migration army, but failed to trap Sun Quan.

Soon, the three divisions of the Imperial Forest Army formed a tight encirclement, except for some people who guarded as many as 200,000 prisoners, the rest of the people tightly surrounded the Wu army led by Ling Tong.

Ling Tong already knew that the entire southward migration army had been captured by the Han army, but he also received the news that Chen Wu had already broken away from the front army and fled first.

Most people still don't know that Chen Wu is escorting Sun Quan to escape, and they all think that Chen Wu is a deserter, so Ling Tong naturally won't explain more.

Now that Chen Wu has successfully broken through with Sun Quan, his task has been completed, and after holding out until dark, taking advantage of the night, Ling Tong ordered his men to disperse and break through, and each went to Jiaozhou to regroup.

Chaotic gunfire and explosions rang out all night, and by daybreak the battle was largely over.

The Han army finally captured about 20,000 Wu troops, killed and wounded nearly 10,000 people, and nearly 10,000 Wu troops broke out of the siege at night, and Ling Tong mixed in and ran away.

Lü Bu also felt the difficulty of jungle warfare, so he did not continue to pursue the small Wu army, but escorted the 200,000 captives back to Danyang.

While Lü Bu's Imperial Forest Army pursued Sun Quan, the rest of the Han army also launched a general attack on Jianye.

Lü Meng led 80,000 Wu troops to resist stubbornly, even at the expense of street fighting.

However, when the various units of the Han army fought in the streets, they were not merciless, anyway, most of the people of Jianye had fled from the city to the south, so they had no burden to blow up the houses in the city.

Artillery contributed enormously, both mortars and field artillery, with great effect.

The house where the Wu army was hiding was flattened, forcing them to fight the Han army head-on.

Whether in terms of numbers or equipment, it was the Han army that had the upper hand.

Lu Bu's request to them was not to let a single Wu army escape, and to fight guerrillas again when the time came, and to eliminate them more while they were now more concentrated.

In the last defense of Jianye, Lü Meng's headquarters was caught by a Han artillery shell, and a large number of casualties in the command headquarters were killed, including Lü Meng himself, who was injured and unconscious.

When Lü Meng's headquarters was captured by the Han army, Lü Meng, who was unconscious, became a prisoner of the Han army and was sent to a field hospital in the rear for treatment.

Without the command of Lü Meng, the Wu army in the city fought on their own, but in this way they held out for another three days, and their will to fight was still very tenacious.

In the end, it was the Han army that occupied the almost ruined city of Jianye and annihilated the 80,000 Wu troops in the city.

About 30,000 people were captured, the rest were casualties, and basically none of the 80,000 people escaped the net, including Lü Meng, the governor of the three armies of Eastern Wu, who became prisoners of the Han army.

Jianye's offensive and defensive battles coupled with the jungle pursuit battle basically wiped out two-thirds of the Wu army's infantry troops, and the counties of Yangzhou were basically undefended, and the only remaining Wu troops were withdrawn to Jiaozhou.

After the occupation of Jianye, the Han army crossed the river and divided into several routes, respectively, to recover Wu County, Huiji County, Yuzhang County, and Danyang County.

Wu County, Wanling, Shanyin, Nanchang, the county governance of each county was recovered by the Han army, and the Han army quickly posted a notice to stabilize the people's hearts.

Lü Bu promised that all the counties and counties belonging to the state of Wu would not be taxed and would not be subject to forced labor for three years after returning to the Han Dynasty.

Chen Wu, who fled south, really met reinforcements sent by Lu Xun on the way, but the number was small, only 5,000 people, so he did not have the strength to rescue the Wu army captured by the Han army.

They could only escort Sun Quan to flee to Jiaozhou, and Sun Quan regained his consciousness halfway, but at this point, he couldn't blame Chen Wu, who was loyal to the Lord.

They had already heard that the Han army had surrounded and captured all the Wu troops who had moved south, but they did not know whether Ling Tong was alive or dead.

After more than ten days of wandering, Sun Quan and his entourage finally arrived at Panyu, the largest city in Jiaozhou.

Lu Xun went out of the city twenty miles to greet his lord, and accompanied Sun Quan all the way into the city.

Sun Quan saw the prosperity of Panyu, the scale of the city is better than that of Jianye, the flow of people is dense, and there are many Hu people, and he is very emotional.

Lu Xun explained that because Panyu is the largest port on the southeast coast, there are many merchants who come and go for trade, especially many maritime merchants from the far west.

Although the Han navy blocked the mouth of the Pearl River, it was limited to prohibiting the entry and exit of the naval forces of Eastern Wu and controlling military supplies.

Ordinary non-governmental trade transactions will be allowed after inspection.

Therefore, the private trade in Panyu is not affected, but the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more merchants from all over the world.

Especially after Lu Xun arrived, he vigorously encouraged the Han people to do business as well, protect the legitimate interests of merchants from various countries, and reduce their customs duties and transaction fees.

At that time, Panyu was probably the largest coastal city after Chang'an, the capital of the Han Dynasty, and the prosperity of commerce and trade also brought huge economic benefits to Panyu, and in disguise also provided sufficient funds for Lu Xun.

Lu Xun placed the military factory and R&D center that moved south from Jiujiang in the inland not far from Panyu, where the tributaries of the Pearl River closely connected it to Panyu, and the abundant water of the Pearl River also provided enough kinetic energy for the military factory.

They have already copied the rear-loading rifles and mortars of the Han army, and are organizing manpower to prepare for mass production, but the raw materials are still very tight.

As the territory occupied by Soochow became smaller and smaller, many raw materials became scarce, and they could only get some from abroad through smuggling, but it was a drop in the bucket.

The arrival of Sun Quan greatly encouraged the morale of the ministers of civil and military affairs of Eastern Wu, the people and the army who had moved south to Panyu in advance, but several bad news came one after another, and dealt a heavy blow to everyone.

The 100,000 Wu army was annihilated by the Han army, and the infantry army of Eastern Wu lost two-thirds of its strength.

Lü Meng was captured by the Han army, but after Ling Tong broke through, he still arrived in Panyu after several tosses and turns, and met Sun Quan and others.

After Lü Meng was captured, the three armies of Eastern Wu no longer had a supreme commander, so Sun Quan decided to appoint Lu Xun as the new governor of the three armies of Eastern Wu to command the whole army.

In fact, it had to be like this, because the rest of the Wu army's troops, whether it was the naval army or the infantry army, were all Jiaozhou troops under Lu Xun, and this metropolitan governor was only changed to a bigger title.

Moreover, Zhou Yu had told Sun Quan before his death that the heir after Lu Meng must be Lu Xun, and Sun Quan has always kept it in mind.

Sun Quan held a brief ceremony to give Lu Xun the sword of King Wu, which symbolized the military power of Eastern Wu, as a token of the commander's command of the whole army.