King An of Han fled to the ancestral temple and wept for an entire night. In the end, he had no choice but to accept reality, losing all desire to manage state affairs and turning all court matters over to Hanyu and Han Xi.
Neither Hanyu nor Han Xi had expected such an outcome, but they could not simply sit back and wait for death. They continually dispatched envoys to the State of Zhao, the State of Wei, the State of Chu, the State of Yan, and Bingzhou to plead for reinforcements.
The problem was that Nanyang had fallen far too quickly, exceeding the expectations of all the feudal lords.
Chapter 480