"I have the final say on this matter." When necessary, Ye Shikai couldn't let He Linghan take charge. There was something he hadn't told Shangguan Jianming. Although he had experienced that the Qin Army couldn't capture the Southern County, he had concealed the latter part of the sentence.
Mi Wen also couldn't capture Nanyang County.
As for the reason, it's the same as why the Qin Army couldn't conquer the Southern County. The Qin Army is strong in the Southern County, and if they remain on the defensive and hold firm, Mi Wen could never take it. A strong attack would only increase casualties. As a rational ruler, she wouldn't launch a reckless attack without analyzing both sides' situations. If it was as Ye Shikai expected, the two sides would be in a standoff at the border between the two counties for a long time.
In this way, even though Mi Wen quickly unified several counties in the Chu Territory, it wouldn't be as easy to head north and contest the Central Plains afterward.
