"Retreat thirty li," advised Xu Shu with a wry smile to Wei Yan. Given the overall disadvantage in strategy, and the fact that the opponent refuses direct confrontation, it doesn't help that their forces are already inferior in number, even if they were superior, they would still be at a loss.
"There's nothing else we can do," replied Wei Yan helplessly. Xu Shu had already told him that in terms of strategy, he was no match for the opponent, but in direct confrontation, the opponent wouldn't stand up to Xu Shu. The problem was that the opponent's goal was to hold the northern line of Zhongshan, so what was the point of meeting Xu Shu head-on?
"Alas, our original goal was to attract Jizhou's superior forces with our weaker ones, rendering them unable to look north," Xu Shu remarked with a pained smile.
