Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree (李代桃僵, Lǐ dài táo jiāng)
There are circumstances where short-term objectives must be sacrificed in order to gain the long-term goal. This is the scapegoat strategy where someone suffers the consequences so that the rest do not.
Sun Tzu stratagem at work:
Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree (李代桃僵, Lǐ dài táo jiāng)
There are circumstances where short-term objectives must be sacrificed in order to gain the long-term goal. This is the scapegoat strategy where someone suffers the consequences so that the rest do not.