He naturally knew that in order to rescue Anshi City, Wang Ting had stationed more than two hundred thousand soldiers here, accounting for one-third of the nation's military strength. Adding the losses in Liaodong City and Baiyan City, and deploying soldiers to rescue places like Pisha City in the hinterland, there might be less than two hundred thousand soldiers left in the entire country.
Gao Zhi was aware of this point, and hence didn't dare to report the situation here to Wang Ting. Once Wang Ting knew of the setbacks in Anshi City, it would be one thing if he couldn't dispatch reinforcements; he might also recall Gao Zhi to blame him.
Gao Zhi felt that among his brothers, none could replace him. If he couldn't hold Anshi City, then no one else could, so he preferred to walk down a dark path.
