作战第二 | 征戰之负担

善用兵者，役不再籍，粮不三载，取用于国，因粮于敌，故军食可足也。
国之贫于师者远输，远输则百姓贫；
近师者贵卖，贵卖则百姓财竭，财竭则急于丘役。
力屈中原、内虚于家，百姓之费，十去其七；
公家之费，破军罢马，甲胄矢弓，戟盾矛橹，丘牛大车，十去其六。

The skillful soldier does not raise a second levy, neither are his supply-wagons loaded more than twice. Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy. Thus the army will have food enough for its needs.

Poverty of the State exchequer causes an army to be maintained by contributions from a distance. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished.

On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people's substance to be drained away.
When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions.

With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated;

while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue.

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