Manoeuvering & Deploying of Troops-Sun Tzu
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Manoeuvering & Deploying of Troops-Sun Tzu
English: Thus the art of applying military maneuvers includes the following:
- Do not advance against an enemy who is encamped on high grounds.
- Do not engage an enemy who is assaulting downwards from high ridges.
- Do not pursue an enemy who pretends to retreat in desperation.
- Do not attack the agile and motivated elite force of the enemy.
- Do not fall for bait offered by the enemy.
- Do not intercept an enemy who is returning to his home country.
- In surrounding an enemy, always leave him an escape route.
- Do not pursue a desperate enemy relentlessly.
These are the ways and art of maneuvering and deploying troops.
Modern: 用兵之方法是： 敌人在高处，不可攻击；不要迎战背后有高地依恃的敌人；不要追击假装撤退的敌人；不要攻击气势正盛的敌人；不要捡拾敌人以利诱我的饵食；不要截阻或追击想回家的敌军；包围敌人时，应该留一个逃生活口；敌人被困时，不可过度施压。
Original: 故用兵之法，高陵勿向，背丘勿逆，佯北勿从，锐卒勿攻， 饵兵勿食，归师勿遏， 围师必阙，穷寇勿追，此用兵之法也。
Business Application:
From: Sun Tzu Art of War Chapter 7