![]() It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him if five to one, to attack him if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.ĩ. This is the method of attacking by stratagem.Ĩ. With his forces intact he will dispute the mastery of the empire, and thus, without losing a man, his triumph will be complete. Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting he captures their cities without laying siege to them he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.ħ. Such are the disastrous effects of a siege.Ħ. The general, unable to control his irritation, will launch his men to the assault like swarming ants, with the result that one-third of his men are slain, while the town still remains untaken.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |