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