Oh no, Al. I am a very dangerous and sneaky Hanoverian Colonel, who will resort to any means possible to dethrone the Corsican Imp so that I may replace him in the seat of all power. Bwaaa Haaa Haaa Haaa!
I was thinking about this today, and remembered the following two scenes from an old, American Western:
Scene #1:
A cowboy is walking toward another cowboy, holstering his smoking pistol as he travels. The second cowboy stares at him incredulously and says, “You shot him in the back”. Never breaking stride, the first cowboy replies, “Yeah”. The second cowboy is still standing there slack jawed and repeats, “You shot him in the back!” The first cowboy glances back at a the body of his recent victim and replies, “Yeah, so?” The second cowboy gets animated now and says, “Why did you shoot him in the back?!” to which the first cowboy calmly replies, “Because that was what was facing me.”
Scene #2:
Two cowboys are squared off facing each other in a fighting crouch, both armed with long, sharp hunting knives. The smaller of the two suddenly says to his much larger opponent, “Wait a minute. Before we do this, we need to discuss the rules.” Taken completely by surprise at this statement, the larger man straightens and extends both hands to his side in amazement as he indignantly says, “This is a knife fight. Their ain’t no stinkin’ rules in a knife fight!” Seizing his momentary advantage, the smaller cowboy rears back and cold cocks the larger man with a single punch to the jaw. Kicking the knife safely away from his now prostrate and unconscious opponent, the smaller cowboy looks down upon him and says, “Exactly!”
I think if Napoleon Bonaparte were alive today, he would wholeheartedly support the two scenes from American cinematography as well as my posting above. After all, I have been told that in some of the older versions of our games, it is possible to capture an entire enemy staff corps with a single supply wagon, if they are so careless as to forgo their escorts. My post above simply demonstrates one method by which this might have possibly been accomplished. Remember, gentlemen, it is your duty in these games to protect your officers and supply lines. Your opponent, if he is capable, will certainly not do that for you. To the contrary, he should always be actively seeking to take advantage of your indiscretions.
