Ji Wuye was entirely without recourse. Should he retreat into the main army, Yanyan would inevitably order Meng Tian to attack, thereby triggering a full-scale war between the two states—a consequence Ji Wuye could not afford to bear.
Furthermore, if he truly took such a course of action, his own soldiers would inevitably view him as one who failed to distinguish public duty from private ambition!
Yanyan had arrived in an individual capacity, whereas Ji Wuye had brought out a grand army; under such circumstances, the pens of the court historians would certainly not let him off lightly.
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