Ding Feng sneered coldly, although there were not many people on the pontoon bridge anymore, Ding Feng still did not hesitate to slash down with a knife, and cut off the rope connecting the pontoon.

As soon as the rope was broken, the whole pontoon bridge crashed, and in order to fight for the position left on the pontoon bridge, the Wei soldiers fought to the death, but now the pontoon bridge was broken, and all the people were not spared, and fell straight into the water.

The collapse of the four pontoon bridges also indicates that the battle is coming to an end, and the Wei soldiers who remained on the embankment have no way to retreat, either to die in a fight or surrender, anyway, there is no other way to go.

At the moment of life and death, many Wei soldiers still chose to surrender, no matter how you look at it, it is better to live than to die, and after there is no way out, surrender has become the only chance to survive.

Although it is said that they are likely to be tortured after surrendering, and there is greater suffering waiting for them, as long as they can live, it seems that they will not care too much about anything else.

Zhuge Dan and Sima Zhao's boats arrived on the opposite bank respectively, and the Wei soldiers who escaped ashore through the pontoon bridge also gathered on the opposite bank at this moment, they watched the pontoon bridge sink into the water, and watched the Wei soldiers on the pontoon bridge who had no time to go ashore fall into the water and struggle in despair, but no one could do anything, they could only stupidly watch the robes that fell into the water and were swallowed up by the river.

Perhaps these people are still secretly glad that if they hadn't reached the other side earlier, it is likely that they would be the ones who have fallen into the water now, and there is no place to bury them.

Zhuge Dan's face was discouraged, his expression was gloomy, although he escaped from the embankment by boat, but in the battle of Dongxing, the number of casualties of the Wei army was so heavy, as the governor of the front line, he was afraid that he would have to bear the greatest responsibility, at least he would lose his official position and be imprisoned, and all the efforts he had made before would be lost with the defeat of this battle.

It is indeed not easy for Zhuge Dan to sit in the position of General Zhengdong of Yangzhou, you must know that he is not a descendant of the Sima family, and being able to sit in this position is inseparable from his diligence and hard work.

In private, Zhuge Dan and Xiahou Xuan had a close relationship, but after Cao Shuang's fall, Xiahou Xuan basically stood aside from the power, and Zhuge Dan had to tremble, like thin ice, for fear that he would offend the Sima family because of a little wrong.

When Wang Lingdi rebelled, Zhuge Dan was requisitioned and sent to Huainan to quell the rebellion, and was named the general of Yangzhou Governor Zhengdong for his merits, which made Zhuge Dan rise to the idea of soaring.

This time the battle of Dongxing was originally planned by Zhuge Dan, and he also hoped that by cutting down Wu, he would make further progress. But it backfired, Dongxing was defeated, and the defeat was quite miserable, if the court really wanted to investigate it, he Zhuge was definitely to blame.

What to do next, Zhuge Dan is a little in a dilemma, where to go, he should really think about it carefully.

Sima Zhao's face was also ugly, looking at the desperate and struggling Wei soldiers in the wet water, Sima Zhao's heart was sad, although he didn't particularly care about the life and death of those soldiers, but this battle of Dongxing really added a very disgraceful stroke to his resume.

It is common for the world to say victory or defeat, but for the Sima clan who is currently in turmoil, this defeat will make Sima's rule more difficult, and there is already a Cao Liang in the north and Youzhou, and the failure of the war with Eastern Wu has also made the Huainan front become a crisis, and this situation of suffering from the enemy is indeed uncomfortable.

Sima Zhao originally hoped to share Sima Shi's worries through a victory this time, but he didn't see the victory, but in exchange for a big defeat, which made Sima Shi's situation worse, but added chaos to him.

Those boats carrying Zhuge Dan and Sima Zhao and others arrived on the other side of the river, and soon turned back to save people, but compared to the large number of people who fell into the water, such rescue operations can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket, and most of those who fell into the water are not good at swimming, and they have drowned in a short time after falling into the water, and by the time the rescue boats arrived, most of them have become corpses.

In this battle, the Wei army suffered as many as 20,000 casualties and captured, of which most of them died because the pontoon bridge was broken and drowned, which can be said to be miserable.

Zhuge Dan had to order the remnants of the army to return to Hefei New Town, after the defeat of Dongxing, the Wu army is likely to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and Hefei New City will bear the brunt of the Wu army's attack, so Zhuge Dan did not dare to be careless, retreated from Hefei New Town, and strengthened the defense capability of Hefei New City to prevent the attack of the Wu army.

The news of Dongxing's defeat quickly spread to Wuchang and Jiangling, and Hu Fen and Wang Chang originally led their troops to attack the two places, just to contain the Wu army, and were not ready to go to the ground to launch an attack with all their might.

Originally, their strategic goal had been achieved, and the Wu army stationed in Wuchang and Jiangling did not dare to move at all, and was ready to fight, and Huaibei and the Wei army fought to the death, but Hu Fen and Wang Chang were not in a hurry to march, but only stationed outside the city of Wuchang and Xiling, and did not move.

It's a pity that Zhuge Dan and Sima Zhao did not achieve the desired results on the Eastern Front, but suffered a crushing defeat and were forced to withdraw their troops.

The Wei army in the direction of the main attack suffered a heavy blow, so Hu Fen and Wang Chang, who only played a role in responding and directing the production, naturally had no value of existence, and after getting the news of the defeat of Dongxing, Hu Fen and Wang Chang invariably ordered the camp to be set up overnight and retreated to the north.

In the end, this Wei attack ended hastily.

Wu Jun was a great victory, Ding Feng, who took the lead in fighting shirtless, naturally won the first merit, was promoted to the general of extermination, and was crowned the marquis of the capital, and the rest of the leading generals Lu Zhi, Liuzan, and Tang Zhi were also rewarded, and all the soldiers who participated in this time had different merits.

And the first meritorious, of course, is Taifu Zhuge Ke, Dongxing victory, so that Zhuge Ke was promoted to prime minister, Jingyang Erzhou Governor, both Chinese and foreign military.

Compared with the promotion, more importantly, Zhuge Ke gained endless prestige, and the voices that originally questioned him completely disappeared with the victory of Dongxing, making Zhuge Ke's prestige in Jiangdong reach its peak.

At the same time, this also fueled Zhuge Ke's arrogance, thinking that the Wei army was nothing more than that, after the battle of Dongxing, Zhuge Ke did not easily return to Jianye, but continued to increase troops to Dongxing, preparing for the Northern Expedition.