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<blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 61374" data-attributes="member: 571">My Advice to the DragonsCheat. Hit 'em when they're unaware, hit 'em when they're asleep. Hit 'em on the march and when they're out foraging. Force 'em to fort up and then besiege them. Keep them from food and water, and be magnaminous in victory. Use your mobility to advantage. ¥ou can go places faster than the humans. Strike at his infrastructure -his farms, bridges, grain mills, etc. Get him to break up his army to hunt down your raiders, then concentrate to strike his detachments in turn. Let yourself be seen all over the place, give him the impression there are more of you than there are, and that you can do pretty much what you will. You don't fight wars for honor or glory, you fight wars to win. Your job is even easier, you have to _not lose_. So long as you have a force in being, you remain a threat to the humans. He has to defeat you, to eliminate the threat you pose to his kingdom. Either he defeats you, or he surrenders the land his ancestors took 5 centuries ago. Be patient. Humans have short lives, and the king who refuses to negotiate could have a son, grandson, or great grandson willing to deal. Above all, never play his game. Make him play yours. Nobody ever won playing the other guy's game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mythusmage, post: 61374, member: 571"] [b]My Advice to the Dragons[/b] Cheat. Hit 'em when they're unaware, hit 'em when they're asleep. Hit 'em on the march and when they're out foraging. Force 'em to fort up and then besiege them. Keep them from food and water, and be magnaminous in victory. Use your mobility to advantage. ¥ou can go places faster than the humans. Strike at his infrastructure -his farms, bridges, grain mills, etc. Get him to break up his army to hunt down your raiders, then concentrate to strike his detachments in turn. Let yourself be seen all over the place, give him the impression there are more of you than there are, and that you can do pretty much what you will. You don't fight wars for honor or glory, you fight wars to win. Your job is even easier, you have to _not lose_. So long as you have a force in being, you remain a threat to the humans. He has to defeat you, to eliminate the threat you pose to his kingdom. Either he defeats you, or he surrenders the land his ancestors took 5 centuries ago. Be patient. Humans have short lives, and the king who refuses to negotiate could have a son, grandson, or great grandson willing to deal. Above all, never play his game. Make him play yours. Nobody ever won playing the other guy's game. [/QUOTE]

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