The constellation
K2368 Enemy deceived into overestimating opponents: retreat. (Cf. K548.)
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The same sky, in words
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- Military strategy · K2350 entry
beneath it
- Sound of artillery is simulated to overawe enemy · K2368.1 entry
- Sounds of mock battle scare away attacking force · K2368.2 entry
- Sham doctor prescribes medicine for king's army; they fall ill; invading army, seeing multitudes being carried away in litters, flee, thinking there is a plague · K2368.3 entry
- Enemy induced to give up siege by making it look as if the besieged have got reinforcement · K2368.4 entry