I didn't necessarily mean Shen Wei had to defeat Ye Zun all by himself.

Ah, okay, that makes more sense then!

Plus, Shen Wei didn't know about the siege squad, either, so he might have thought there would be more options at his/their disposal.

Agreed! I assume he doesn't even know how bad things got before the Regent decided to send out the siege squad, since that was around the time he messaged the Regent and complained about not receiving reports lately, right?

(I wonder who led the siege squad, and if they'd have done better under experienced leadership...)

Yeah, I definitely feel like that would have helped!