Li Mu
Feigned Retreat treats survival and timing as forms of strength. By making an enemy attack lose its target, the card rewards keeping a way out.
FEIGNED RETREAT
Once per battle, when an enemy declares an attack, before combat reveals: move its target one space without combat. Cancel the attack. If no legal move exists, you cannot use this ability.
What it means in play
Once per battle, after an enemy declares an attack but before combat reveals, move its target one legal space without combat and cancel the attack. You cannot use the ability if the target has no legal move.
The historical lens
The Shiji presents Li Mu as a frontier commander and defender against Qin. It also recounts his removal through court intrigue. The card’s retreat power is an interpretation of adaptable command, not a recorded manoeuvre from one identified battle.
Reading the illustration
The source direction places an alert commander beside a horse against grassland and distant cavalry.