Jiang Chen was somewhat surprised. He was about to let Hui Fei, who was preparing to act coquettishly and have Jiang Chen feed her the medicine, when he said, "I still have important matters to attend to. Beloved consort, focus on recuperating. I will take care of everything."

With that, Jiang Chen left with Feng Jin.

Watching Jiang Chen leave, Hui Fei immediately summoned her head palace maid, then whispered a few instructions.

The head palace maid then hurried away.

Hui Fei looked towards Chengqian Palace, a trace of hatred flashing across her face.

That was originally supposed to be where she resided, but alas, how hateful!

Jiang Chen returned to the Hall of Diligent Governance, picking up memorials and continuing to review them.

He then discovered that this was Yao Shouxin's memorial, which had just been delivered. He immediately cast aside his previous displeasure and eagerly began to read it.

Yao Shouxin's memorial was a report of victory.

Under the might of Yao Shouxin personally leading 80,000 troops, the cities in the Nanzhao region that had been occupied by Mengmu had now all been recovered.

Of the 50,000 Mengmu soldiers brought by Ham Heng, the vast majority had been annihilated, with the remaining small portion fleeing in panic, some hiding in the mountains, and others fleeing headlong towards Mengmu.

The only regret was that they had not captured Ham Heng and Situ Quan.

The reason why Ham Heng and Situ Quan had not been captured was naturally due to Yao Shouxin's previous plan to prevent these two from causing further chaos during their escape.

Although this prevented the two from causing much damage, it also allowed them to quietly escape from Nanzhao.

Yao Shouxin had anticipated this.

He was not in a hurry to capture these two so quickly.

Ham Heng led a few personal guards and Situ Quan back into Mengmu territory, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

Subsequently, Ham Heng immediately wrote a letter and sent it to the capital, requesting reinforcements.

However, two days passed after the letter was sent, and there was still no news, which puzzled Ham Heng greatly.

Until he heard an incredible piece of news, which shocked him so much that he almost fell.

The news was that the capital of Mengmu was under siege!

In fact, before Yao Shouxin attacked the Nanzhao capital, he had already sent two advance teams into Mengmu territory to begin operations.

The team that took elite cavalry to raid the western border of Mengmu had already thrown the western border of Mengmu into chaos.

The Mengmu western border army naturally wanted to encircle and intercept them, but helplessly, this cavalry was extremely fast. Often, as soon as they determined their location and sent troops to intercept them, the cavalry had already disappeared to some new location.

Even if they asked the people to report, it was useless.

Because before this cavalry set out, Yao Shouxin had specifically instructed them not to commit any offenses against the people, only to rob the things in the western border yamen.

As a result, the people, who were already suffering from bullying, even secretly supported this cavalry, and naturally would not help the Mengmu army.

Of course, these troubles of the Mengmu western border army only lasted for a short day. The next day, these troubles completely disappeared.

Not because this cavalry had ceased its activities, but because the generals suddenly received news that an army of 30,000 men was heading straight for the Mengmu capital!

In just one day, they had conquered three cities, and now they were only two cities away from the Mengmu capital!

For a time, the Mengmu armies stationed in various places all received orders to come to the aid of the capital.

The western border army was no exception.

But their troubles had only just begun.

They had already decided not to look for trouble with the small team, but the small team kept causing them trouble.

When the western border army returned to the capital for reinforcements, they naturally had to prepare their own supplies.

But these supplies, which were being transported behind, were ambushed and burned by the small team.

As a result, the western border army's morale was completely lost.

After disrupting the western border army, this small team once again brought its mobility to the extreme, running around in Mengmu territory, ambushing the armies from all over the country that were advancing towards the capital.

For a time, smoke billowed everywhere in Mengmu territory.

But compared to the distraught generals, the people of Mengmu seemed to be unaware of this.

Because when Yao Shouxin sent out these two teams, he had instructed them not to commit any offenses against the people.

So the people's lives were the same as before.

However, this peace was soon broken.

But not because of the two advance armies from Da Wei, but because of Mengmu's own army.

Because the army was constantly harassed, but could not catch the culprits, the soldiers' morale plummeted.

The generals were very anxious. If they led these soldiers to the capital for reinforcements, the consequences would probably only increase casualties.

After much deliberation, these Mengmu generals came up with a "good idea."

Since they couldn't find those real culprits, they would find some people to replace them!

The people they were looking for were the innocent people of Mengmu.

The generals led the army and quickly surrounded a village, shouting, "According to reliable intelligence, the thieves are hiding in this village! Everyone, charge in and kill!"

After shouting, the generals took the lead and charged into the village, starting to hack and kill.

Although the soldiers were wondering why the thieves hiding here did not resist, as soon as they saw blood, their heads became hot, and they followed suit.

After a "great victory," morale was indeed high, and the generals led the soldiers to the capital with satisfaction.

Behind them were the innocent villagers who had lost their lives.

With one example, many armies that came to the aid of the capital also did the same.

When Yao Shouxin received this news, he immediately realized that his opportunity had come!

Yao Shouxin immediately led 80,000 troops into Mengmu territory.

The Mengmu army guarding the border had transferred a lot of elite troops to come to the aid of the capital, and the remaining old, weak, sick, and disabled were naturally unable to resist. The 80,000 troops easily entered Mengmu.

Subsequently, Yao Shouxin gathered the captured Mengmu army together and began a lecture.

First, he told them about the actions of the Mengmu generals during this period.

When the remaining Mengmu soldiers heard this, many of them turned red-eyed.

Many of their villages had been destroyed by Mengmu generals.

After stirring up the anger of the Mengmu soldiers, Yao Shouxin ordered the beheading of the deputy general and the main general, but did not harm all the soldiers. Instead, he let them leave.

Yao Shouxin's subordinates were naturally very puzzled by this.

Even if they didn't kill these people, they shouldn't let them leave, right?

After they leave, wouldn't they join other Mengmu armies, which would increase the strength of their enemies?

Yao Shouxin smiled mysteriously and did not explain.

The answer was soon revealed. Of these old, weak, sick, and disabled people who were released, the majority of them voluntarily stayed and excitedly expressed that they were willing to join the Da Wei army.

This scene surprised the puzzled generals.

What's going on?

Why would these people make such a choice?

They didn't understand, but when they looked at Yao Shouxin again, they became fearful.

They felt that Yao Shouxin might have a kind of magic that could control people's hearts.

But this was just the beginning. Yao Shouxin led 80,000 troops, and along the way, he publicized the Mengmu army's killing of the people.

As these things were confirmed, the people in Mengmu territory hated the Mengmu army, and many people voluntarily joined the army led by Yao Shouxin.