The torrential rain had put out the great fire in the valley just in time. It had lasted only about an hour, coming quickly and leaving just as quickly. Zhang Guifang could not help sinking into thought. Had it really come specifically to save Ji Fa?
"General!"
A soldier searching the valley hurried over and reported to Zhang Guifang, "General, the fire in the valley is out, but we haven't found Ji Fa or his men. The rain has left the mountain paths muddy and difficult to travel. Even if Ji Fa escaped in the chaos, he probably hasn't gotten far. Should we..."
Before Zhang Guifang could speak, Fang Xiang waved a hand from beside him. "No need. With the mountain paths so difficult after the rain, escaping won't be easy, but pursuing them won't be easy for us either. Our first priority is to clear the battlefield and see how many men of the Dare-to-Bear Army still have a breath left in them."
Fang Xiang paused for a long time when he mentioned the Dare-to-Bear Army.
Run after losing a battle; if you could not escape and were captured, launch a surprise attack. It was simple enough.
Only that way could you survive. Take Deng Xiu's personal guards: although they had abandoned him while surrounded and surrendered to the Yue People, no one blamed them. After Baiyue submitted, they had not been held accountable either. At most, someone might make life difficult for them.
At the brink of death, most people would surrender to save their lives, and Fang Xiang was one of them. For all his present success as one of Great Shang's few national football players, if he were defeated and captured, he would choose to surrender, just as he had in the original story.
Because Fang