"Encircle Wei to Save Zhao," these four words...
are quite easy to understand.
It's roughly like saying Xiang Zhuang Performs the Sword Dance, but his real intent is on the Duke of Pei.
The "Scumbag's Thirty-Six Strategies" clearly states that when a woman is stalling and dragging her feet with you, this tactic is very appropriate.
The specific operation is to create a third party, pretend to be pursuing that third person, and make the woman who is pulling at you feel a sense of crisis.
Women are creatures with a strong sense of crisis and possessiveness, once you make them feel threatened, they will start to become disorganized, and their rational thinking will quickly diminish...
This is also why, when many a simp ladles out adoration to a goddess, the goddess could not care less, but as soon as the simp decides to stop and finds a decent girl to have a serious relationship with, she will come back, acting as if she's cheap.
But this tactic is a double-edged sword.
