By holding out baits, he keeps him on the march; then with a body of
picked men he lies in wait for him.
This would appear to be the meaning if we retain 卒, which Mei
Yao-ch‘ên explains as 精卒 “men of spirit.” The _T‘u Shu_ reads 本,
an emendation suggested by 李靖 Li Ching. The meaning then would
be, “He lies in wait with the main body of his troops.”