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K2350 Military strategy
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- Animals help in military victory · K2351 entry
- Women spread shawls on enemy's path and entangle them. They are easily defeated · K2352 entry
- Treasure cast down crushes besiegers · K2353 entry
- Treacherous priests prolong mass to let enemy destroy city · K2354 entry
- Women throw ashes in eyes of attacking soldiers, so that they are defeated · K2356 entry
- Disguise to enter enemy's camp (castle) · K2357 entry
- Man disguised as animal sent among enemy that first blood be spilled by other side · K2358 entry
- Woman saves herself from soldiers by receiving them joyfully rather than fearfully · K2361 entry
- Capture of castle by feigning death · K2362 entry
- Spies' false report of enemies' weakness brings on premature attack · K2363 entry
- [First Edition (Additions and Corrections): K2363. Women sent into enemies' camp corrupt and weaken the army.] · K2363[1st ed.] entry
- Enemy's ships fired by use of fireship · K2364 entry
- Enemy induced to give up siege · K2365 entry
- City is falsely promised to enemy. When they enter they are attacked and defeated · K2366 entry
- Besieger scatters beads in protecting hedge: besieged destroy hedge to find beads · K2367 entry
- Enemy deceived into overestimating opponents: retreat. (Cf. K548.) · K2368 entry
- Military strategy – miscellaneous · K2369 entry
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