Three notable generals who successfully implemented this strategy are Tariq ibn-Ziyad, Hurnan Cortez, and Xiang Yu. They managed to take on armies many times th

Three notable generals who successfully implemented this strategy are Tariq ibn-Ziyad, Hurnan Cortez, and Xiang Yu. They managed to take on armies many times their size by deliberately cutting off any channels of exit. Read more about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_ibn-Ziyad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_ibn-Ziyad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernan_Cortez http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernan_Cortez http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu