Kitabı oku: «Искусство войны. Уровень 2 / The Art of War», sayfa 5
6. Therefore the skillful leader master the enemy’s army without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without long operations in the field.
7. With his forces untouched he will take down the mastery of the Empire, and thus, without losing a man, his triumph will be complete. This is the method of attacking by strategy.
8. 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.
9. If we are equal, we can offer battle; if slightly different in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can run away from him.
10. Through a small force may fight hard but in the end it must be captured by the larger force.
11. Now the general is thebulwark4 of the State: if the bulwark is complete at all points; the State will be strong; if the bulwark is defective, the State will be weak.
12. There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune upon his army:-
13. (1)By commanding the army to go forward or to go back, not knowing the fact that it cannot obey. This is called limiting abilities of the army.
14. (2) By attempting to control an army in the same way as he controls a state, not knowing the conditions of an army. This causes chaos among the soldiers.
15. (3) By employing people who cannot adapt to the military circumstances as the officers of his army. This shakes the confidence of the soldiers.
16. The chaos and distrust among the soldiers brings anarchy into the army, and pushes victory away.
17. Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory:
(1) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
