"If we can't win, let's run. How are twenty thousand of us supposed to fight a hundred thousand government troops? We might stand a chance if we cut them into smaller groups and deal with them bit by bit, but if they surround us and make dumplings of us, we'll die without even a burial place." Given the situation, leaving was naturally the best strategy. If we didn't go now, we wouldn't be able to leave even if we wanted to.
"Agreed. When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance. That's a good plan too, but where are we supposed to run?" Official Zhao agreed as well, but he truly had no idea where they could flee outside the pass.
"It's fine. We'll take the main army and head toward the new city. If they pursue us, we'll fight along the way. If they surround us, we'll flee into the mountains. As long as we split enough immortal crystals among ourselves, we won't have to worry about exhausting them. Besides, we don't have to worry about provisions, so we can wage a lightning war. If that still doesn't work, we can break up into scattered units. In any case, the heavenly army can't compare with us. Their elite troops definitely can't enter here; the consumption alone would be astronomical. We'll first flee toward the Great Wilderness, making them think we're headed there, then turn northwest. If necessary, we can occasionally ambush the vanguard units pursuing us too aggressively." I finalized our strategic deployment.
"That works. I'll go mobilize the other commanders." Official Zhao took my written order and went to issue the commands. I sat in the meeting room, considering the possible routes of the enemy's attack and the directions in which they might pursue us.