"We can't keep fighting this way!" Huang Zhong looked at the battle losses that had just been delivered, his face turning dark as he almost slammed the table.
"I feel the same way," Fa Zheng said, pressing his temples; he had a terrible headache now.
Though Fa Zheng was renowned for his numerous clever stratagems, facing Yuan Tan's army, led by Xuu You as strategist and Jiangh Yiqu as chief general, they held no advantage besides the prowess of their leading general. In terms of military strategy and manpower, they were at a disadvantage.
Most crucially, Huang Zhong only commanded a corps of five thousand men, and including auxiliary forces, they did not surpass ten thousand. Meanwhile, Xuu You fortified his defenses, evacuated the countryside, and held his cities. His regulars alone numbered over forty thousand, spread across several cities at the border of Youzhou and Bohai Commandery.
