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CONTENTS
Introduction
Strategic Assessment
Doing Battle
Planning Siege
Formation
Force
Force Of Momentum
Emptiness and fullness
Armed Struggle
Adaptation
Maneuvering Armies
Terrain
Nine Grounds
Fire attack
On The Use of Spies
INTRODUCTION
The book has been written over two thousand years ago during a
period of prolonged civil warfare by mysterious Chinese warrior
philosopher.
STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT
Military action: is important to the all countries, it is the ground of death & life so it is necessary to
examine it carefully. You can measure it in term of 5 things the way, weather, terrain, leadership &
discipline any leader should use it to evaluate his side & the opponent side. Its better to do this
evaluation at home before any action. Mobilizing the troops based on the leader experience.
Mentioned a good assessment for comparison to find out the current conditions 7 questions
1-which political leadership has the way?
2-which general has ability?
3-who has the better climate & terrain?
4-whose discipline is effective?
5-whose troops are stronger?
6- Whose officers & soldiers are better trained?
7-whose system of rewards & punishments is clearer?
DOING BATTLE
After setting your plans, prepare your equipment to start the battle.
War is like a fire, if you do not put it out, it will burn itself out then
you should always follow up your troops & reinforce your army
whenever you can.
Anger kills the enemy & rewards make them proud & give them
extra power. Meanwhile, suitable reward & punishment always solid
factor to control your army.
PLANNING A SIEGE
If you r equal, fight if you r able (to motivate), if you r fewer, keep
away if you r able, if you r not as good, flee if you r able (to hide and
keep disturbing only by setting an ambush but you have to be able
also to bear anger and humiliation).
And that's why a good general has to employ the intelligent, the
brave, the greedy and the foolish. The intelligent will be glad to
establish their merit, the brave will be glad to cut off their ambitions,
the greedy will welcome to pursue profit and the foolish do not care if
they die.
FORMATION:
FORCE:
FORCE OF MOMENTUM
ARMED STRUGGLE
ADAPTATIONS
The general rule for military operations is that the military leadership receives the order from the
civilian leadership to gather armies.
Let there be no encampment on difficult terrain. Let diplomatic relations be established at borders.
Do not stay in barren or isolated territory.
There are routes not to be followed, armies not to be attacked, citadels not to be sieged, territory
not to be fought over, orders of civilian governments not to be obeyed.
Therefore generals who know all possible adaptations to take advantage of the ground know how
to use military forces. If generals do not know how to adapt advantageously, even if they know the
lay of the land they cannot take advantage of it.
If they rule armies without knowing the arts of complete adaptivity, even if they know what there
is to gain, they cannot get people to work for them.
Therefore the considerations of the intelligent always include both benefit and harm. As they
consider benefit, their work can expand; as they consider harm, their troubles can be resolved.
MANEUVERING ARMIES
Take care of physical health and stay where there are plenty of resources.
When there is no sickness in the army,its said to be invincible.
If soldiers are punished before personal attachment to leadership is
formed,they will not submit, and if they do not submit they are hard to
employ.
Therefore direct them through cultural arts, unify them through martial
arts, this means certain victory.
X.TERRAIN
Flight;
insubordination;
collapse;
ruin;
disorganization;
rout.
When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak,
the result is insubordination. When the officers are too strong and
the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse.
When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting
the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of
resentment, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or no he
is in a position to fight, the result is ruin.
When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are
not clear and distinct; when there are no fixes duties assigned to
officers and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard
manner, the result is utter disorganization.
NINE GROUNDS
FIRE ATTACK
There are five kinds of spy: The local spy, the inside spy, the reverse
spy, the dead spy, and the living spy. When the five kinds of spies are
all active, no one knows their routes - this is called organizational
genius, and is valuable to the leadership.
So only a brilliant ruler or a wise general who can use the highly
intelligent for espionage is sure of great success. This is essential for
military operations
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