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<v Speaker 1>Chapter six of the Art of War. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>The Art of War by Swindsor Chapter six, Weak Points

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<v Speaker 1>and strong One. Swinzer said, whoever is first in the

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<v Speaker 1>field and awakes the coming of the enemy will be

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<v Speaker 1>fresh for the fight. Whoever is second in the field

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<v Speaker 1>and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted. Two. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but

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<v Speaker 1>does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him. Three.

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<v Speaker 1>By holding out advantages to him, he can cause the

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<v Speaker 1>enemy to approach of his own accord. Or by inflicting damage,

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<v Speaker 1>he can make it impossible for the enemy to draw near. Four.

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<v Speaker 1>If the enemy is taking his ease, he can harass him.

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<v Speaker 1>If well supplied with food, he can starve him out.

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<v Speaker 1>If quietly encamped, he can force him to move. Five.

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<v Speaker 1>Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend.

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<v Speaker 1>March swiftly to places where you are not expected. Six.

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<v Speaker 1>An army may march great distances without distress. If it

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<v Speaker 1>march through country where the enemy is not. Seven, you

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<v Speaker 1>can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you

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<v Speaker 1>only attack places which are undefended. You can ensure the

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<v Speaker 1>safety of your defense if you only hold positions that

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<v Speaker 1>cannot be attacked. Eight. Hence, that general is skillful in

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<v Speaker 1>attack whose opponent does not know what to defend, and

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<v Speaker 1>he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know

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<v Speaker 1>what to attack. Nine, Oh, divine art of subtlety and secrecy.

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<v Speaker 1>Through you, we learn to be invincible through you inaudible,

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<v Speaker 1>and hence we can hold the enemy's faith in our hands. Ten.

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<v Speaker 1>You may advance and be absolutely irresistible. If you make

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<v Speaker 1>for the enemy's weak pawts. You may retire and be

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<v Speaker 1>saved from pursuit if your movements are more rapid than

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<v Speaker 1>those of the enemy. Eleven. If we wish to fight,

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<v Speaker 1>the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though

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<v Speaker 1>he be sheltered behind a high rampart at a deep ditch.

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<v Speaker 1>All we need do is attack some other place that

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<v Speaker 1>he will be obliged to relieve. Twelve. If we do

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<v Speaker 1>not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from

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<v Speaker 1>engaging us, even though the lines of our encampment be

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<v Speaker 1>merely traced out on the ground. All we need do

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<v Speaker 1>is to throw something odd and unaccountable in his way. Thirteen.

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<v Speaker 1>By discovering the enemy's dispositions and remaining invisible ourselves, we

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<v Speaker 1>can keep our forces concentrated, while the enemies must be divided. Fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>We can form a single united body, while the enemy

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<v Speaker 1>must split up into fractions. Hence there will be a

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<v Speaker 1>hole pitted against separate parts of a whole, which means

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<v Speaker 1>that we shall be many to the enemy's fuel. Fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>If we are able thus to attack an inferior force

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<v Speaker 1>with a superior one, our opponents will be in dire strects. Sixteen.

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<v Speaker 1>The spot where we intend to fight must not be

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<v Speaker 1>made known, for then the enemy will have to prepare

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<v Speaker 1>against a possible attack at several different points, and his

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<v Speaker 1>forces being thus distributed in many directions, the numbers we

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<v Speaker 1>shall have to face at any given point will be

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<v Speaker 1>proportionately fuel Seventeen. For should the enemy strengthen his van,

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<v Speaker 1>he will weaken his rear. Should he strengthen his rear,

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<v Speaker 1>he will weaken his van. Should he strengthen his left,

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<v Speaker 1>he will weaken his right. Should he strengthen his right,

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<v Speaker 1>he will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere,

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<v Speaker 1>he will everywhere be weak. Eighteen. Numerical weakness comes from

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<v Speaker 1>having to prepare against possible attacks. Numerical strength from compelling

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<v Speaker 1>our adversary to make these preparations against us. Nineteen. Knowing

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<v Speaker 1>the place and the time of the coming battle, we

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<v Speaker 1>may concentrate from the greatest distances in order to fight.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty But if neither time nor place be known, then

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<v Speaker 1>the left wing will be impotent to succor to right,

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<v Speaker 1>the right equally impotent to succor the left. The van

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<v Speaker 1>unable to relieve the rear, or the rear to support

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<v Speaker 1>the van. How much more so if the furthest portions

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<v Speaker 1>of the army are anything under a hundred lee apart,

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<v Speaker 1>and even the nearest are separated by several lee twenty One.

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<v Speaker 1>Though according to my estimate, the soldiers of Yeux exceed

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<v Speaker 1>our only number, that shall advantage them nothing in the

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<v Speaker 1>matter of victory, I say then that victory can be achieved.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty two. Though the enemy be stronger in numbers, we

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<v Speaker 1>may prevent him from fighting scheme, so as to discover

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<v Speaker 1>his plans and the likelihood of their success. Twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>rouse him and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity.

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<v Speaker 1>Force him to reveal himself so as to find out

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<v Speaker 1>his vulnerable spots. Twenty four. Carefully compare the opposing army

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<v Speaker 1>with your own, so that you may know where strength

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<v Speaker 1>is superabundant and where it is deficient. Twenty five. In

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<v Speaker 1>making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is

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<v Speaker 1>to conceal them. Conceal your dispositions, and you will be

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<v Speaker 1>safe from the prying of the subtlest spies from the

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<v Speaker 1>machinations of the wisest brains. Twenty six. How victory may

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<v Speaker 1>be produced for them out of the enemy's own tactics,

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<v Speaker 1>That is what the multitude cannot comprehend. Twenty seven. All

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<v Speaker 1>men can see the tactics whereby I conquer, but what

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<v Speaker 1>none can see is the strategy out of which victory

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<v Speaker 1>is evolved. Twenty eight. Do not repeat the tactics which

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<v Speaker 1>have gained you one victory, but let your methods be

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<v Speaker 1>regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances. Twenty nine. Military

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<v Speaker 1>tactics are like unto water, For water its natural course

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<v Speaker 1>runs away from high places and hazens downwards thirty So

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<v Speaker 1>in war the way is to avoid what is strong

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<v Speaker 1>and to strike what is weak. Thirty one. Water shapes

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<v Speaker 1>its course according to the nature of the ground over

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<v Speaker 1>which it flows. The soldier works out his victory in

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<v Speaker 1>relation to the foe whom he is facing thirty two. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare

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<v Speaker 1>there are no constant conditions. Thirty three. He who can

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<v Speaker 1>modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby

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<v Speaker 1>succeed in winning, may be called a heaven born captain.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty four. The five elements water, fire, wood, metal, earth

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<v Speaker 1>are not always equally predominant. The four seasons make way

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<v Speaker 1>for each other. In turn. There are short days and

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<v Speaker 1>long The moon has its periods of waning and waxing.

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<v Speaker 1>End of Chapter six