Soon the Wei forces were also infected with the plague and were forced to retreat.
The defenders wives and children were there, but the Wei forces were quickly defeated at the island.
The battle was not in favor of the Wei forces, so they later burnt their camps and retreated.
The Wei forces in Xiangyang did not dare to make any move.
Hwando was destroyed in revenge by Wei forces in 244.
As a result, the Wei forces had no choice but to retreat, and many soldiers merely died of thirst along the way back.
Knowing what Pan had done, the Wei forces returned north before the retreat route could be destroyed.
His aim is to ambush Wei forces from the mountain.
However, he lost them again after being counterattacked by a Wei force ten times larger.
Northern Wei forces surrounded him, and his army became hungry and thirsty.