and gone, so that six-tenths of the Government’s income is spent.
Therefore the intelligent general strives to feed on the enemy; one bale of the enemy's rice counts as twenty from our own waggons; one bundle of the enemy’s forage is better than twenty of our own.
Incitement must be given to vanquish the enemy.
They who take advantage of the enemy should be rewarded.
They who are the first to lay their hands on more than ten of the enemy’s chariots should be rewarded; the enemy’s standard on the chariots exchanged for our own; the captured chariots mixed with our own chariots and taken into use.
The accompanying warriors must be treated well, so that, while the enemy is beaten, our side increases in strength,
Now the object of war is victory; not lengthy operations, even skilfully conducted.
The good general is the lord of the people’s lives, the guardian of the country’s welfare.
