In a chaotic and famine-stricken era, I picked up an empress to be my wife.

Mr. Mingyue wasn't under much pressure. His eyes darted around as he said, "My lord, Wei Min'er is just the visible agent. The Divine Dragon Society also has spies among these three factions. I'll immediately inform them and have them sow discord and division!"

"Remember, the key is to focus on breaking Yuwen Bingyu's spirit!" Shen An ordered.

"My lord, Yuwen Bingyu suffered a great loss from blindly trusting Wei Min'er before. She should be more wary. It would be better to focus on Li Huaiyi. Although Cui Tianhe is not currently under my control, he should cooperate with me to disrupt the situation," said Mr. Mingyue.

"Li Huaiyi and Yuwen Qin also saw their example, and as bystanders, they were just as alert."

But Yuwen Bingyu is different. A leopard can't change its spots, especially a self-righteous woman like her; her personality is even more unchangeable.

Shen An dared to say this because in his previous life he had seen too many so-called independent women, stay-at-home moms who started their own businesses, and men who usually gave in to them, and they all really thought they were capable.

Once they start to think highly of themselves, they fall into the trap of "pig butchering scams".

Many people keep trying despite repeated failures, and many even deceive themselves in order to achieve their imagined goal.

Yuwen Bingyu is essentially no different from these women. She was just lucky to be born into a powerful family like the Yuwen clan. Compared to Yuwen Qin, who became a warlord through his own abilities, she is far inferior.

Although Mr. Mingyue was skilled in scheming, information was scarce in ancient times, and everyone's exposure to people and things was limited. He felt that Shen An's actions were too risky, and that he might expose all the undercover agents!

But he dared not disobey Shen An.

If he fails because he listens to Shen An, then so be it. As long as Shen An doesn't cause him trouble, what does it matter if those undercover agents are exposed? Even if they die, what does it have to do with him?

"My lord, you are right. I will immediately do as you request and have those spies work on Yuwen Bingyu."

After Mr. Mingyue left.

Shen An then summoned Wang Junfeng.

"Starting tomorrow, the use of crossbow bolts will be reduced by 10%!"

"My lord, you stockpiled our crossbow bolts for three whole months during your negotiations with Yuwen Bingyu. Why are you reducing them on the second day?" Wang Junfeng asked, puzzled.

"In order to make them feel that victory is near, create opportunities for internal strife!"

Wang Junfeng doesn't understand strategy; he only knows how to follow Shen An's orders.

However, after receiving the order, he did not leave immediately, but said, "My lord, I would like to recommend someone to you. If this person can submit, he will definitely increase our fighting strength!"

"Who?" Shen An became interested; he was desperately short of talent right now.

"Yang Chuwei, the former military commander of Nanling Prefecture!"

"I've never heard of this person before."

"This person loves the people like his own children and is wholeheartedly dedicated to serving them..."

Wang Junfeng recounted everything Yang Chuwei had done.

"He's not exactly a talented person, but he'd be good enough to manage a county."

Shen An stroked his chin and said, "Do you know where this person is now?"

"He was captured by Yuwen Bingyu and imprisoned in the military jail!"

"Once you have defeated Yuwen Bingyu, bring him before me."

"yes!"

The next day.

Yuwen Bingyu, Yuwen Qin, and Li Huaiyi joined forces and launched another attack.

This time, Shen An deliberately reduced the number of crossbow bolts by 10%.

They could clearly sense that Shen An's firepower had weakened, while they had suffered fewer losses than yesterday.

This gave them hope of victory.

Yuwen Qin gathered the three of them together and poured each of them a glass of wine.

He then raised his glass and said, "Gentlemen, we are not far from victory, but you must both remember why we have achieved this!"

"It's because we're united, right?" Yuwen Bingyu said.

"Yes, it is precisely because we are united that our current goal is to breach this city and capture Shen An alive. Everything else is secondary. I, Li Huaiyi, swear once again on the oath of my wife and children that I will never betray you until the dust settles!"

"Me too!" Yuwen Bingyu stepped forward and clinked glasses with him.

"Very well, let's drink it all in one gulp!"

"Haha, great!"

The three of them were in perfect harmony.

The next seven days were the same, with the three forces cooperating at a regimental level. Shen An deliberately reduced the number of tree spirits firing crossbow bolts during this time.

This made them feel that victory was getting closer and closer.

Three more days passed.

Shen An's side only had 30% of the crossbow bolts they used to have, putting them in a precarious situation.

Yuwen Qin gathered the two of them together again.

"Shen An is finished. Tomorrow morning, we'll launch a final assault. I believe that tomorrow we'll trample Shen An underfoot and take everything he has!"

"Hahaha, I'm so looking forward to it! That damn Shen An, it's time for us to guess who he is!"

And the wealth of the Prince of Zhennan, everything he owns will belong to the three of us!

"Then, the three of us will split it equally!" Li Huaiyi laughed loudly.

Yuwen Bingyu remained silent at this moment.

"Bingyu, what's wrong?" Yuwen Qin asked.

"It's nothing, I was just wondering what time of day would be best to show up tomorrow?"

"The general offensive will be launched in the latter half of the Yin hour tomorrow. Let our cavalry rest first, while they need to remain on high alert and wait for us. By then, we will be full of energy, and they will be exhausted. It will be the perfect time for a full-scale attack!" Yuwen Qin replied.

"Okay, then let's meet again tomorrow at 3 AM. I'm going back to rest now!"

After Yuwen Bingyu finished speaking, she drank the wine in one gulp.

When she returned to her territory, her face darkened. Damn it, I have the most troops, why should I share them with you? Do you really think I'm a weak woman?

You just wait!

The next day.

When Li Huaiyi and Yuwen Qin woke up, they were both shocked.

They originally planned to muster their troops at dawn and set off in the latter half of the journey, when it should still be dark. But now it's daylight.

What happened?

When they left the camp, they saw that an army was constantly attacking the city of Julu, while their own army remained in place.

"How did we oversleep?" Yuwen Qin asked.

"You should be thinking about why your dear sister didn't have someone wake us up!" Li Huaiyi said with a gloomy face.

Yuwen Qin immediately realized that their oversleeping must have been the work of his dear sister.

They must have bribed someone close to them to drug their drinks.

He felt a chill of fear; thankfully, they had only fallen asleep. If it had been a deadly poison, they would have died!

"She must think victory is just around the corner, and she wants to claim all the credit. She wants to take down the crumbling Julu City first, then occupy it, and all the benefits will be hers!" Li Huaiyi saw through Yuwen Bingyu's thoughts: "Your sister is truly a good sister!"

"At least she had some conscience; she didn't poison us to death!"

"Hmph, it's not that she doesn't want to, it's that she can't. Before we drink our wine, we always have people drink it first, but this drug that puts us into a deep sleep takes time to take effect! If there were a poison that takes a while to kill, she would definitely have given it to me!" Li Huaiyi snorted angrily.

Yuwen Qin did not deny it: "It's useless to talk about this now. Let's go see how the siege is going. We absolutely cannot let her gain the upper hand, otherwise, if she enters the city first, she won't give us anything!"

"What are you waiting for? Let's go take a look!" Li Huaiyi didn't want to wait a moment longer, so he immediately gathered his men and headed towards Julu City.

When they arrived with their large army and saw the situation clearly...

The two of them didn't know whether to laugh or cry!