Sikong Yue actually had Peony deliver a message to herself, indicating that if the war in Hedong dragged on for too long and Great Yu collapses, allowing Qinjian Villa to grow unchecked, her vengeance as a member of the Hou Clan would be indefinitely postponed. It seemed as if she was urging Hou Yuxiao to finish the war in Hedong as soon as possible.
Looking back on it, Hou Yuxiao felt that Sikong Yue had overestimated him. Not to mention ending the war in Hedong, he was currently helpless even facing Prefectural City with the Brahman World Purifying Army of one hundred thousand strong, let alone coordinating with the Wuwei King's strategy of holding the troops back.