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Manoeuvring 344

Sun Tzǔ said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign. 345

Having collected an army and concentrated his forces, he must blend and harmonize the different elements thereof before pitching his camp. 346

After that, comes tactical manoeuvring, than which there is nothing more difficult. 347 The difficulty of tactical manoeuvring consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. 348

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