Through Xiao Mo's efforts, news of Xiahou Nan's surrender to the Northern Wilderness Army spread across the entire Wei Kingdom at tremendous speed.
Many commanders had already been considering surrender, but were still wavering. Now that even General Xiahou had surrendered, they no longer needed to hesitate.
And so, more and more commanders surrendered. On all four fronts, the Northern Wilderness Army took cities and accepted surrenders, advancing straight toward Wei's capital!
In the Wei Kingdom's imperial palace, when its ruler learned that Xiahou Nan had surrendered with his army, he unleashed a torrent of abuse in court. This time, he truly fainted from rage.
But when he awoke, he still had to face reality and find a way to resist the Northern Wilderness Army.
The question was, aside from the grand Formation protecting the Wei Kingdom's Imperial Capital, which would fall sooner or later, the two hundred thousand imperial guards within the capital, and the palace's resident experts, what bargaining chips did they have left?
Once the Northern Wilderness Army's four forces converged, his city would inevitably fall.
The Wei Kingdom's ruler already regretted it. He should never have hesitated back then; he should have surrendered outright. This outcome was truly not what he had wanted!
On the fifth day after Xiahou Nan's surrender, Xiao Mo ordered the assault.
Xiahou Nan personally led the surrendered troops against the southern gate of Wei's capital, while Xiao Mo attacked the eastern gate.
Under Xiahou Nan's command, those surrendered soldiers put aside all other thoughts and simply followed orders, displaying the fighting strength they should have possessed all along.
And because Xiahou Nan knew the defenses of the Wei Kingdom's Imperial Capital, his assault exerted tremendous pressure.
Some of the capital's defending commanders even had old ties with Xiahou Nan. When he