Talk:Sima Yi (Reines)/@comment-4802891-20190503101310/@comment-4802891-20190506044225

Thanks for the extra examples.

To be fair, when I said what I said, I already knew the answer. Wars were won by those with the best tactics, not those with the strongest men (or most annoying tricks). Even if Sima Yi's formation was used historically, it probably would have failed as it is practically impossible to fool a good tactician with the advantage of the terrain. A novice maybe, but what leader would send a newcomer to do anything important outside of fantasy??