Strategy 4Await the Exhausted Enemy at Your EaseIt is an advantage to choose the time and place for battle. In this way you know when and where the battle will take place, while your enemy does not. Encourage your enemy to expend his energy in futile quests while you conserve your strength. When he is exhausted and confused, you attack with energy and purpose. Chinese Folk TaleThe emperor Xuan of Zhou loved to gamble on cock fights and kept a stable of specially bred fighting roosters. Although they were strong and fierce they would nevertheless lose against the roosters trained by Ji Xing Ze. The emperor therefore hired Ji to train his roosters. Ten days had passed when the emperor went to the stables to ask if they
were ready to fight. After another ten days passed the emperor returned to enquire again. After another ten days the emperor again asked the question. After yet another ten days the emperor again asked if the roosters were
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