War Alone

A lone Mongol warrior stands on top of a mountain and shouts down to the Chinese army below:

“Send your men! I’m alone!”

The Chinese general sends 1,000 soldiers up the mountain. There’s the sound of swords clashing, men screaming… then silence. No one returns.

The Mongol appears again and yells: “Send more! I’m still alone!”

Another 1,000 soldiers go up. More chaos, more noise… then silence again.

The Mongol shouts a third time: “Come on! I’m still alone!”

This time, furious, the general sends 2,000 of his best men. The mountain erupts in the sounds of a huge battle. Finally, it goes quiet.

A single wounded Chinese soldier crawls back down and whispers:

“He lied… there were TWO of them.”