Without directly confronting the already fully formed sharp blade, after repeatedly trying to halt it without success, they could only watch as a large number of pre-allocated troops merged into that small but supremely destructive blue flow. The red forces promptly abandoned the plan for attritional blocking before the opponent revealed a clear strategic intent. Instead, they fully mobilized the frontline troops, continually crushing the enemy's large living forces that had been fragmented by their own Commander, taking less than a quarter of an hour to completely suppress the blooming blue flower in the central battle zone.
Theresa knew she had to focus, so after a brief weighing of options, she decisively chose to turn two problems into one. To better deal with Motan's already revealed bottom card, she decided to temporarily ignore the rampant, truly battle-hardened strong army, and instead handle the blue forces' already underwhelming major troops.
