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Casualties don’t get bad until a retreat. You hold that fucking line.
You also hold that fucking line even if your enemy appears to be running away. So many ancient battles were lost by over-pursuing a broken foe in the center and then getting annihilated in the flanks.
sun tzu recommend you back your soldiers into a corner to avoid both situations :3
Cortés burned his ships.