A great general has a saying:

I dare not act my troop's master
Rather I am their humble client
I dare not inch forward
Better to withdraw a foot

This is making a move without making a move;
Seizing with no forearm
Destroying with no hostility
Wielding with no armament

Nothing brings greater catastrophe than taking an enemy lightly
For an enemy taken lightly threatens everything I hold dear

So when two armies finally clash
The grave ones reign victorious

用兵有言

吾不敢為主而為客
不敢進寸而退尺

是謂行無行
攘無臂
扔無敵
執無兵

禍莫大於輕敵
輕敵幾喪吾寶

故抗兵相加
哀者勝矣