A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy.

There are five kinds of incendiary attack: The first is called setting fire to personnel; the second, to stores; the third, to transport vehicles and equipment; the fourth, to munitions; the fifth, to supply installations...In all cases an army must understand the changes induced by the five kinds of incendiary attack, and make use of logistical calculations to address them.

Knowledge of the enemy's dispositions can only be obtained from other men.

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

Do not press an enemy at bay.

Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow...they have form but are formless. They are skilled in both planning and adapting and need not fear the result of a thousand battles: for they win in advance, defeating those that have already lost.

Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuvering for advantageous positions.