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To want to crush them in one fell swoop and eradicate them—such an approach seems to greatly underestimate the opponent.
Yet taking advantage of this great war to successively eliminate tens of thousands, or even a hundred thousand soldiers from Ning Country, and cause their morale to plummet for a period of time, in the short term causing fear at the mention of Chu—this was still achievable.
And as long as that was achieved, then on the main battlefield, the gap in strength between Chu and Ning would gradually close from its original disparity, trending toward balance.
Balance meant equality; equality meant stalemate.
At that time, on the main battlefield, Chu State and Ning Country would be in a situation where neither could overcome the other, ultimately leading to a boring game of attrition and a contest of underlying strength.
However, achieving balance on the main battlefield would seem like neither side had suffered any losses.
But do not forget.
