Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130801084450

Reds were not the ones that overthrew them - common misconception - and events, once they started, went very fast. Too fast to do such a thing. Prior to that it did not seem like anything going to happen, either. Were taken captive by the Reds (taking them away from the Republicans) in the second half of the revolution within a few hours of it starting, too.

Basically, no reason to flee until too late, in addition to to being seen as a sign of surrender.

...What part is that second point about?

Heh. Probably the one time that such a point gets made in the intro but not in the body, lol.

Looking into that general, saying that they nearly conquered anything simply isn't true. The Xia were contained, but that general who refused to listen put his troops in what seems to stupid spots for defense of Song land, and paid for it, undoing any Song gains (small as they were) from the decades previous.