Cai Zhiyuan continued to explain:
"For example, now there are a total of five generals, with two generals believing they should attack, while the other two believe they should retreat.
"At this point, the fifth general is a traitor. He tells the generals in favor of attacking, 'I will attack too,' and tells those in favor of retreating, 'I will retreat too.'
"As a result, the generals who want to attack think that now, three armies agree to attack, which is more than half, so they should attack tomorrow.
"Meanwhile, the generals who want to retreat believe they should retreat tomorrow.
"The final result is two generals attacking and two generals retreating, leading to the failure of the war.
"This is the problem brought by 'decentralization,' because these five generals are all of equal rank, and there isn't a commander with absolute authority. Thus, during the strategy consultation process, such problems arise."
