( ) We Can't Let This Go
Without a doubt!
In this world overrun with monsters and demons, where gods and Buddhas ran amok across the heavens, a fool would never rise to a position of power.
Take the king of the Kingdom of Sihali on Yellow Wind Ridge, for example. He might have been a bit of a fool, sure, but even though he knew he couldn't win, he still knew to call up his army and hold a defensible position. With the advantage of terrain and numbers, he left Annie and Tibbers with no good way to deal with him without turning the whole board over. In the end, they even had to go around him, didn't they?
And, naturally, Yellow-Brow Patriarch, who had taken over Little Thunderclap Temple in Little Western Heaven, wasn't a fool either!
See?
After realizing he couldn't take down that troublesome little girl one-on-one, after his "cloth bag" had been stolen, and after seeing Kang Jinlong defeated by the "monkey" Tibbers, with her fate unknown and even her "body" carried off, he didn't wait until the next day for Annie and Tibbers to come knocking and challenge him to a fight. Instead, he went all in, summoning every monk, underling, leader, and demon king, great or small, that he could. He even released all the yakshas, rakshasas, and lesser demons from the Pagoda and the Pagoda Realm.
Then he stationed his strongest elite troops inside and outside Little Thunderclap Temple. He also opened every formation, barrier, and seal, and set powerful demon generals and bhikkhus to guard the main roads and gates.
At the same time, early the next morning, Yellow-Brow sent some of his leaders at the head of a massive horde of lesser demons to attack the Snow Path Mountain Gate.