Guide of Bait Tactics

[Maltz]

Four. Keep Ranged Power Ratio (you/enemy) < 2

"My lord, in response to our move to the open, Shimazu rotated their army to face us. But they did not move."
"Shimazu is hoping us to attack them on the hill. They can wait all day, as the sun seems still in the sky. "
"I heard that sometimes the enemy actively attacks us even if they are the defender. It does not happen here."
"Really. Oh, here is a related quote:"

6. The enemy actively attacks you if your ranged power is more than twice as powerful as theirs. Do not carry too many ranged units to the battlefield if you want to use Bait Tactics.

"We have 9 ranged units. Shimazu has 5, but some of them are samurai. Obviously, our ranged power is less than twice as powerful as theirs. Is that why they did not come to us?"
"At least Mao-tsu wrote so. Somehow I am compelled to say he is correct. There is another quote:"

7. If your ranged power is less than twice as strong as the enemy's, bait and destroy ranged units until the ratio goes up to almost 2. This makes subsequent baiting easier.

"Since Shimazu has bow samurai, maybe we can get away with killing off one of their bow ashigaru units."
"Worth a try... OK."
"OK."
"OK."
"OK... er.. but how?"


Note: The exact composition of the ranged units of two armies can be found in a screenshot above. To save you the trouble here it is.