Sun Tzu's Art of War - Combat

Sun Tzu said: Whoever uses the method of soldiers, a thousand horses in a car, a thousand times a leather car, a hundred thousand armor, and a thousand miles to feed grain, then the cost of inside and outside, the use of guests, the material of glue paint, the worship of car armor, the daily cost of thousands of gold, and then the division of one hundred thousand.

Its use of war is also victorious, long is blunt and frustrated, siege is weak, and long violent division is insufficient for the country. If the blunt soldiers are frustrated and the forces are bent, then the princes take advantage of their shortcomings, and although there are wise people, they cannot take advantage of the aftermath. The soldiers heard the clumsiness and did not see the coincidence for a long time. Those who have been soldiers for a long time and have benefited from the country have not yet been there. Therefore, those who do not fully know the harm of using soldiers cannot fully know the benefits of using soldiers.

Those who make good use of soldiers are no longer registered in service, and their grain is not three years; they are used for the country, because the grain is in the enemy, so the army can have enough food. The poor of the country are far from losing to the teachers, and if they are far away, the people are poor. Those who are close to the teacher are expensive to sell, and if they are expensive, the people are exhausted, and those who are exhausted are anxious to serve. Force, wealth, the Central Plains in the void of home. The fees of the people, seven of the ten; the expenses of the public, the wagons and horses, the armor and crossbows. Halberds cover the bridge, hills and cattle carts, six of the ten.

Therefore, Wisdom will eat the enemy. One bell for the enemy, twenty for me; one stone for the stalk, twenty stones for me.

Therefore, those who kill the enemy are angry; those who take advantage of the enemy are also goods. Therefore, in a car war, if you get ten times the car, you will reward the one who gets it first, and even more its flag, and the car will take advantage of it, and the pawn will be good and nurture it, which is to win the enemy and become stronger.

Therefore, the soldiers are expensive, not expensive. Therefore, the general of the soldiers, the commander of the people, and the lord of the security of the country.