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Empty City Ploy
Path: AspectsOfSacrifice · Prev: Sabaki · Next: HighApproachDoubleTsukeHane Path: SecretArtOfWar · Prev: ReplaceTheBeamsAndPillarsWithRottenTimber · Next: SowDiscordInTheEnemiesCamp I am not sure if editing these pages is someone else's responsibility. If so, sorry, just delete what I wrote :) The empty city ploy sounds like your opponent is attacking an empty city. For example, you have a large group, perhaps you should sacrifice it. I have had a number of games in which, out of complete desperation, I have sacrificed or given up a very large, hopeless group, and gone on to win the game by a good margin. Basically, let your opponent attack windmills if he wants to, while you work on something more devious. If my memory serves me well, historically, the Empty City Ploy describes a situation where a beseiged army desires retreat. For three nights the defenders would rouse the attackers in the middle of the night with loud sounds, like that of a sudden counterattack. Each time there turned out to be no threat. But on the fourth day, when the invaders finally take the castle, they found nobody there - the defenders had already slipped underneath their tired eyes. Perhaps a situation where you appear to be building eyeshape for a besieged group, but really intending on escaping to the center and connecting to your strength is more appropriate. Path: AspectsOfSacrifice · Prev: Sabaki · Next: HighApproachDoubleTsukeHane Path: SecretArtOfWar · Prev: ReplaceTheBeamsAndPillarsWithRottenTimber · Next: SowDiscordInTheEnemiesCamp This is a copy of the living page "Empty City Ploy" at Sensei's Library. (C) the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0. |