All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
To maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished.
Victory is the main object in war.
Attack the enemy's strategy.
It is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; upright and just, and thus maintain order.
If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.