In 280, while Teng Xiu was busy dealing with the rebels, enemy forces from Eastern Wu's rival state, the Jin dynasty, invaded Wu. Teng Xiu then led troops from Guang Province to counter the invasion, but by the time he reached Baqiu (巴丘; present-day Yueyang, Hunan), Sun Hao had surrendered to the Jin dynasty, thus bringing an end to Eastern Wu's existence.
The text describes a sequence of events in 280 AD: Teng Xiu's struggle against rebels, the Jin dynasty's invasion of Eastern Wu, Sun Hao's surrender, and the resulting end of Eastern Wu's existence.