divide enemy forces

  • Art of War Chapter – 6.4

    Sun Tzu states hiding your battlefield forces foes to spread defenses thin everywhere. Troops weaken when passively guarding all fronts. Wu Zixu’s rotating border raids on Chu perfectly embody this logic, exhausting Chu’s scattered army and paving Wu’s final victory.

  • Art of War Chapter – 6.3

    This passage explains Sun Tzu’s core tactic: conceal your troop deployment while exposing the enemy’s, concentrating your unified force to split theirs. The Battle of Baima illustrates it – Cao Cao used a feint to scatter Yuan Shao’s army, then struck Baima with elite cavalry for victory.