The next morning, General Shang asks the other commanders why they think it will take so long to defeat the new army. He tells them that even if they had all the latest weapons, they'd still have to fight for an hour or two before the enemy would be able to charge at them. Shang compares this new army to the scorpion army of the same era. The scorpion army had more advanced weapons, but they didn't win against the new enemy because they were "mounds of flesh" , as Shang puts it. The new army, on the other hand, is "completely different" in terms of size and quality.
The next morning, General Shang asks the other commanders why they think it will take so long to defeat the new army. He tells them that even if they had all the latest weapons, they'd still have to fight for an hour or two before the enemy would be able to charge at them. Shang compares this new army to the scorpion army of the same era. The scorpion army had more advanced weapons, but they didn't win against the new enemy because they were "mounds of flesh" , as Shang puts it. The new army, on the other hand, is "completely different" in terms of size and quality.