Browse reusable Agent Skills, each with a clear purpose and practical guidance.
Use when leading during extreme crisis (siege, famine, disaster) and follower morale is collapsing due to resource disparity. Redistributes personal luxury resources to followers, enlists family members in support roles, forms elite volunteer units, and leads from the front to restore fighting spirit.
Use when responding to internal rebellion, coup attempts, or revolts against legitimate authority. Covers initial assessment of rebel forces and loyalist strength, response options (negotiation, military action, external intervention), and post-rebellion protocols for punishment, pardon, and institutional reform.
Use when a powerful subordinate has shown disloyalty but direct confrontation is too costly. Based on Emperor Wen's handling of Wu Wang, employs symbolic honors, face-saving exits, and indirect acknowledgment of grievances to reduce tensions.
Use when a small force encounters a much larger enemy and retreat means destruction. Employs psychological deception by advancing, dismounting, and displaying calm to convince the enemy of a hidden ambush, forcing withdrawal.
Use when commanding troops in a decisive battle requiring total commitment. Applies the 破釜沉舟 (break cauldrons, sink boats) technique to eliminate retreat, limit provisions to 3 days, and force maximum engagement. Based on Xiang Yu at Julu (钜鹿之战).
Use when planning rapid cavalry raids deep into enemy territory. Based on Huo Qubing's campaigns: select elite riders, travel light (约轻赍), live off enemy resources (取食於敌), strike symbolic targets like 狼居胥山, and return before enemy concentrates.
Use when defending against cavalry in open terrain with no natural cover. Deploys armored wagons (武刚车) in a circular formation to create a mobile fortification, enabling cavalry sorties and counterattack when conditions shift.
Use when facing a militarily superior enemy or planning attrition warfare. Employs deep fortification (深壁), supply line interdiction with light cavalry, and patient refusal of engagement to exhaust the enemy before launching a decisive counterattack during retreat.
Use when conducting diplomatic missions to foreign courts. Covers intelligence preparation, gift scaling (from 100 jin to 1000 yi gold), indirect negotiation through riddles and allusions, and crisis management when detained or rejected.
Use when negotiating with a stronger adversary who may act in bad faith. Covers establishing baselines, demonstrating resolve through credible threats, demanding reciprocal formality, and preparing escape routes.