• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      Lead (your) soldiers into positions from which there is no retreat, and they will prefer death over flight.

      Sun Tsu. If he said it, it’s the most obvious of obvious.

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      Gotta leave a road to freedom. Bridges work too.

      “When you surround an army, leave an outlet free” (wei shi yi que)

      “Do not press a desperate foe too hard” (qiong kou wu po).