In truth, it was hard to blame King Xi of Yan for feeling like someone was playing a joke on him.
To lose a battle when sending half a million troops against a mere hundred thousand—who could even begin to comprehend such a feat?
What made it especially galling was that both monarchs had personally led their armies into the fray and charged at the vanguard. Yet the other side had forged an immortal legacy of martial glory, while he had suffered a humiliating, catastrophic defeat.
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