The Struggle

A military force is established by the deception of sense
That you deceive enemies, so that they do not know your real condition;
And that they can establish supremacy.
It is mobilized by a great game in a sense that it goes into action,
when it sees an advantage.
Dividing and recombining is done to confuse opponents,
And observe how they react to you, so that they can adapt
And situate and seize victory.
Therefore, when it moves swiftly it is like the ramp,
When it goes slowly it is like the force.
It is rapacious as fire and immovable as mountains,
And as swift as the wind in that it goes without a trace,
And withdraws like lightning.
And it is like a force in that its whirling
And is rapacious as fire across a plain,
Not leaving a single blade of grass.
But as immovable as a mountain, it is dark all around.
It is hard to know how as the dark ends up killing thunder.
To ponder a locality to line up your troops,
To expand your territory divide the spoils.
The rule for military operations is to feed of the enemy as much as possible.
However, the localities where people do not have very much,
It is necessary to divide up the troops into smaller groups,
To take what they need here and there.
For when then and there, there will be enough.
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