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The Empty Fort Strategy (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world
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[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

well... the enemy general is kind of a disappointment... coulda just sent his least favorite platoon forward to scout (and capture, in this case).

[–] vrojak 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or just have the bowman trainees assemble, tell them the first one to hit the general gets a promotion.

[–] AppaYipYip@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

To be fair, even archers have to get in range and Zhuge Liang had successfully tricked them in the past. If real, I can imagine they felt its better to save their men for another fight.