When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
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It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.
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For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
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Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
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