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The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math.All according to keikaku, plans within plans
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math.All according to keikaku, plans within plans
HELL YEAH!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥sensei unbelievably hot
Actually, it absolutely is in the book!A rule in the art of war is to make your opponent think they're winning. I'm kidding that's not in the book but it's a good strategy nonetheless.
People assume The Art of War is esoteric, but it's both short and simple. Master Sun literally wrote out the very basics of warfare over 2000 years ago like some primordial "For Dummies" book: reminding nobles who probably didn't know what mud was gems like "you have to feed your army", "wars are expensive", and laying out what we'd think of as horrendously obvious things like, "don't pick a fight you'll lose".Chapter 1: Laying Plans[...]
20. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
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22. If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
I heard that at the time the usual thing to do was to ask a fortune teller whether a battle would be successful, so using common sense was a groundbreaking innovation apparently.laying out what we'd think of as horrendously obvious things like, "don't pick a fight you'll lose".
Thanks for enlightening me further. Now I may use this knowledge to trick my local childhood friend fox into having consensual handholding with me.Actually, it absolutely is in the book!
People assume The Art of War is esoteric, but it's both short and simple. Master Sun literally wrote out the very basics of warfare over 2000 years ago like some primordial "For Dummies" book: reminding nobles who probably didn't know what mud was gems like "you have to feed your army", "wars are expensive", and laying out what we'd think of as horrendously obvious things like, "don't pick a fight you'll lose".
But yes, "All warfare is based on deception." The Floof knows this well.