One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.

To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

Be where your enemy is not.

‘Hide your knowledge beneath a cloak of ignorance; aim to achieve truth with the arrows of deceitfulness; camouflaged your leonine powers behind a hide of meekness, keep your giant intentions, underneath a carpet of carelessness; make dazzling preparation in the secrecy of darkness ; deliver a venomous truth, wrapped in humorous low tone, bide your time on a mountain of patience, till an opportunity seizes you forcefully and confer a glory’, thus spake Sun Tzu

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.