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Enemy Injury Oneself Jì Pretending One's Inflict Win

Anteriore Inflict injury on oneself to win the enemy's trust (苦肉計, Kǔ ròu jì)
Indietro Pretending to be injured has two advantages: first, the enemy is lulled into lowering their guard since as they no longer consider one to be an immediate threat. Second, ingratiating oneself with the enemy by pretending the injury was caused by a mutual enemy conserves one's strength while one's enemies fight each other.

Chapter 6: Desperate Stratagems (敗戰計, Bài zhàn jì)

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