1. The food is the treasure of the country, and the soldiers are the claws of the country.
2. Those who kill the enemy are angry; those who take advantage of the enemy are goods.
3. It is as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as aggressive as fire, as motionless as a mountain, as unpredictable as the clouds, and as moving as thunder.
4. Those who are good at defending hide under the Nine Earths; those who are good at attacking move above the Nine Heavens.
5. Soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the path to survival. We must pay attention to them.
6. Therefore, the first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the third is to attack the city. The method of siege is a last resort.
7. All warriors rely on the right combination to win by surprise.
8. At the beginning, you are like a virgin, and the enemy opens an account. Later, you are like a rabbit, and you are unable to resist the enemy.
9. Treat the near with the distant, the empty with the tired, the full with the hungry.
10. The battle situation cannot be better than Qi Zheng. Changes from Qi Zheng to Qi Zheng will make it impossible to win.
11. Go where you will, and go where you don’t expect.
12. Therefore, a wise ruler should be cautious and a good general should warn him. This is the way to secure the country and the entire army.
13. The one who subjugates the enemy without fighting is a good person.
14. Therefore, the soldiers know how to be clumsy and quick, but they don’t see how long it takes to be clever.
15. If you can, show that you can’t. Use it and show it is not used. Take it when you are in chaos, prepare it when it is practical, scratch it when you are angry.
16. Those who are in the battlefield first and wait for the enemy are lost, and those who are in the battlefield behind and rush to fight are tired.
17. If you are good at using troops, you will no longer serve in the army, and you will not have enough food for three years. If you use it for the country, because the food is given to the enemy, the army will have enough food.
18. If there is no battle but the temple is considered the winner, it must be counted as more; if there is no battle but the temple is not the winner, it must be counted as less. More counts will win, less counts will not win, and what’s more, nothing will count!
19. Those who are good at fighting are in an invincible position without losing the enemy.
20. Soldiers are crafty. Therefore, when it is possible, it is shown that it cannot be used, when it is used, it is shown that it is not used, when it is close, it is shown that it is far, and when it is far, it is shown that it is close. Lure them with profit, take them with chaos, prepare them with reality, avoid them with strength, disturb them with anger, be humble and arrogant with them, work with them by losing them, get close with them and leave them. Attack the unprepared and take them by surprise. The victory of this military strategist cannot be passed down first.
21, Therefore, victory is more important than victory, but longevity is not. Therefore, we know that the general of the army is the commander of the people. The master of national security.
22. Therefore, the victorious soldier wins first and then goes to war, and the defeated soldier fights first and then goes to war.
23. As the ancient saying goes, those who are good at fighting are better than those who are easy to win.
24. The chariots are miscellaneous and taken advantage of, and the soldiers are good and nourished. This is to say that defeating the enemy will make you stronger.
25. Those who are good at fighting seek power and do not take responsibility for others, so they can choose people and use their power.
26. The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the third is to attack the city.
27. The method of using troops is to encircle it if it is ten, to attack it if it is five, to divide it if it is doubled, to fight the enemy if it is small, to escape if it is small, and to avoid it if it is weak.