"Each of you, receive your subordinate armies and prepare to annihilate the Yizhou Army. Though they've gained a complete victory on this forced march, their unorganized acceptance of soldiers along the way has left them unable to properly restructure, swelling uncontrollably. Just one decisive blow will lead to their total collapse!" Pang Tong said calmly.
During earlier planning, Pang Tong hadn't considered that Yan Yan would gather all the routed soldiers he discarded. Yet reality proved more exaggerated than he imagined—after winning five successive battles, Yan Yan began relentlessly recruiting routed soldiers under Pang Tong's banner. The situation escalated to the point where he started pulling in defenders from various cities.
