The arrival of Song Xian's troops was quicker than anticipated by Gao Yu's court.
After Han Wei was killed, the morale of Gao Yu's court wavered, and as they passed through various prefectures and counties, the stationed troops barely resisted before crumbling.
Some county gates, although tightly closed, had not a single soldier on the walls to fight against Song Xian.
Song Xian's victories in Dai State and Xinzhou indeed had an effect. After the Qi people won and entered the cities, they refrained from looting and tried not to disturb the civilians. Even the pseudo king's soldiers who were willing to surrender were spared.
Given this situation, the civilians who were unwillingly conscripted into the army naturally chose to flee, and none would fight desperately for the pseudo king.
This was the current situation in the Eight States, with only a few critical checkpoints guarded by the pseudo king's loyalists to barely stabilize the morale.
