At the very beginning, when their massive army had just arrived and their morale was at its peak, they should have urged Tuoda to strike directly!
Back then, Tuoda wanted to preserve his strength and avoid clashing head-on with the Northern Prefecture Army as much as possible, believing that once the Dayue Kingdom and Qiuchi defeated the enemy forces on the Suole River Plain, they could win in a single decisive battle.
It was precisely this mindset that had led them into their current predicament.
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