Numbers of the enemy units? Distance? Terrain? Experience and moral in both armies? Do we carry a baggage train? Does the enemy? What are the atmospheric conditions? What time of the day is it?
Numbers of the enemy units? Distance? Terrain? Experience and moral in both armies? Do we carry a baggage train? Does the enemy? What are the atmospheric conditions? What time of the day is it?
The art of war, then, is governed by five constant
factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations,
when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.
These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth;
(4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.
Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
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