A frontal assault won't work, we can only outwit them.
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Famously the title of Chapter 16 of 《水浒传》 (Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn, Water Margin): 《智取生辰纲》 ('Outwitting the Birthday Convoy'), where Wu Yong and the Liangshan heroes drug a convoy of birthday gifts with knockout wine and steal them, a classic of Chinese strategic literature.
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Often paired in contrast with 强攻 (qiánggōng, frontal assault) or 力取 (lìqǔ, to take by force). The compound 智 (zhì, wisdom) + 取 (qǔ, to take) makes the strategy explicit.
