War, i wrote, is not won by superior might, but by subversion, deceit and trickery and considering i wrote a book called 'The Art of War', i am generally considered a reliable source on good War ideas and it has influenced military strategy ever since. Even over 2 millennia later, it is still being studied with even the American General Norman Schwarzkopf employing principles during the Gulf War and Afghan although i'm not sure about the bit about shooting your own side and bombing wedding parties, that was pure American philosophy, nothing to do with me.
My work focuses much more on alternatives to battle, such as strategy and alternatives to war itself, the usefulness of making allies and the use of subversion, deceit and trickery to overcome more powerful foes.
My skills of making anyone into a soldier was tested by the King of Wu who told me to train a harem of 360 of his concubines so i appointing his two favourite concubines into commanders and gave them a simple order infront of the other 358, to spin around.
When they stood there giggling i executed them and told the rest that if a soldiers understood their commands but did not obey, they were of no use to me and it worked because after that they were prefect, a tactic copied by the Roman Legion later to great effect.
Napoleon apparently studied my works in his campaigns and Ho Chi Minh translated the work for his Vietnamese officers to study and they kicked arse in their wars against France and America but though i handed out advice like sweeties, it wasn't always about winning, i said that a decent general will know when to fight and when not to fight and the truly wise warrior avoids the battle and if a battle cannot be won, don't fight it.
I also said if you find yourself fighting a war in a cold climate, pee in your pants and stay warm but that one doesn't get so much attention.
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