I'm glad that the "The bowed head doesn't get cut by the sword" strategy worked well for them and led to survival for a lot of people in the region. Sometimes,

I'm glad that the "The bowed head doesn't get cut by the sword" strategy worked well for them and led to survival for a lot of people in the region. Sometimes, though, the bowed head gets cut anyway, and surrendering in response to a promise of mercy leads to genocide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre I guess I'd say it's a strat that probably works more often than it doesn't, but your own mileage may vary.