On July 30, Cosmic Year 126, the Mieweng Unit entered and occupied many cities without spending a single soldier.
The conscripted Dion Army soldiers had their morale shattered by a series of moves from the Skywing Mercenary Group.
Some cities even erupted into internal unrest. Some commanders tried to stop the conscripts from surrendering, only to be beaten to death by those very conscripts.
In a small number of cities, when the Mieweng Unit entered several days later, they fought Dion Army forces that still wanted to resist to the bitter end.
The result left the Mieweng Unit dumbfounded. Some Dion Army soldiers attacked their own comrades, then waved white flags and surrendered to the Mieweng Unit.
Only after an investigation did they learn that the soldiers who had attacked their comrades were conscripts. Their commanders and fellow soldiers had threatened them with force, forbidding them from leaving the cities to surrender, and they had come to resent them deeply.
When the Mieweng Unit attacked, the conscripts stabbed their commanders and comrades in the back.
Now, the Mieweng Unit was steadily swallowing up the Dion Empire's territory bit by bit. Less than 50% of the Dion Empire's territory remained.
After seeing these reports, Yelishao De ordered that any conscripts in his forces whose hometowns and relatives were within territory controlled by the Skywing Mercenary Group were to be immediately relieved of duty and allowed to leave, so they could surrender to the Mieweng Unit.
As for the areas still controlled by the Dion Army, all residents of those villages and towns were forcibly relocated to cities, bases, and other facilities.
Although the Dion Army's numbers had decreased, at least the unstable elements within their ranks had largely been removed. The relatives of the remaining conscripts were all under Dion