Master

must send supplies to distant fields. Wherefore the cost at home and in the field, the entertainment of guests, glue and lacquer for repairs, and necessities for the upkeep of wagg

, and the soldiers' ardour decreases, the weapons become

are worn out, weapons blunted, strength gone and funds spent, neighbouring princes aris

ve the victory to the unskilful, the skilful general

en a country which has bene

antage thereby. He who is skilful in war does not make

home, but food sufficient for the arm

s the chief drain on the resources of a state: if

he strength of the army is dissipated, money is spent, the citizen's home swept bare: in all, seven-tenths of his income is forfeited. Again, as regards State property, chariots are b

e bale of the enemy's rice counts as twenty from our own waggons;

be given to va

ntage of the enemy

riots should be rewarded; the enemy's standard on the chariots exchanged for

ted well, so that, while the enemy is

ctory; not lengthy operatio

f the people's lives, the guar