7. Maneuvering

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We may take it then that an army without its baggage train is lost; without provisions it is lost; without bases of supply it is lost.

I think Sun Tzu meant "stores accumulated in depots." But Tu Yu says "fodder and the like," Chang Yu says "Goods in general," and Wang Hsi says "fuel, salt, foodstuffs, etc."

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