the most crazyest solution for a tactic/strategic problem
the year is 586 bce - the babylonian king nebuchadnezar II is standing with his army (from 10,000 to 50,000 soldiers) at the foots of jerusalem walls , but there is a chanel full of water between his army and the walls , what he is going to do ? yes , he commands his soldiers to drink the water.........
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Honestly, thats a waste. In 385 BC the Spartan King Agesilaus II found himself in a fairly similar situation when sieging Mantinea. But instead of wasting this beautiful chance to win the battle with minimal losses, he ordered his men to set up a blockade to block the river and redirect it towards the city's walls, tearing them down with the intense pressure of the water.
Now THAT is a great solution to a large problem.
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lol yes
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Re: the most crazyest solution for a tactic/strategic problem
the spartan one is good,
but my favorite is the Persian King Cyrus' temporary diversion of the euphrates river at the entrance of babylon and his army's march through the dried riverbed directly into the heart of the city (539 BC?)
circumventing the impediment of the legendary walls
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Burgundian duke in the battle of Nocopolis 1396
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The man who conquered the Aztecs, Hernan Cortez, ordered his soldiers that they must not loot from defeated tribes. This was punishable by death.
A tribe of his Mexican allies, the Zempoalans, began looting from the Cingapacinga. Cortez ordered all that was taken be given back, and gained another ally in the form of the Cingapacinga.
But then something adverse happened, one of his Spanish soldiers was caught looting! How could he deal with this? If he didn't hang the man then the Zempoalans would see his laws as unfair, and he would lose the support of 2000 Mexican tribesman. If he did hang the man, then he would lose one of his valuable conquistadors, and the support of his 500 Spaniards. How could he win?
His solution was to tie the man to a tree by a rope, and when his army marched into the distance, cut him down before he strangled to death. Thus the natives were convinced the man was dead but infact he had been saved, to the appreciation of the Spanish troops present. Clever eh?
" 's a ruaig e dhachaidh, air chaochladh smaoin "
" And sent him homeward, Tae think again "
(translation by John Angus Macleod)
Re: the most crazyest solution for a tactic/strategic problem
well ?Originally Posted by Magister Pediyum
tell us
"The essence of philosophy is to ask the eternal question that has no answer" (Aristotel) . "Yes !!!" (me) .
"Its time we stop worrying, and get angry you know? But not angry and pick up a gun, but angry and open our minds." (Tupac Amaru Shakur)
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