Before attacking an army, capturing a city or killing key men, learn the names of the enemy’s commander, aides, messengers, gate guards and attendants. Send our spies to find out all details.
Detect enemy spies sent to infiltrate us. Bribe and guide them, then let them go – thus we gain double agents.
With information from double agents, we can employ native and internal spies. We can send doomed spies to deliver false tales, and ensure surviving spies return on schedule.
The ruler must oversee all five types of spies. Since the whole system relies on double agents, they deserve the most generous rewards.
Note
Before assaults, spy out enemy officials’ identities. Turn captured enemy spies into double agents, the core of all intelligence work. They support other four spy types and deserve lavish rewards under royal supervision.
A great military strategist and thinker in ancient China, who lived in the late Spring and Autumn Period. He authored The Art of War, the world’s earliest and most influential military classic. His strategic thoughts have been widely applied in military, politics and management worldwide.
Key personnel investigation
Gather information about the enemy’s core staff beforehand.
Double agent as core
Double agents are the pivot of all spy operations.
Linked spy network
Five kinds of spies cooperate based on intelligence from double agents.
凡軍之所欲擊，城之所欲攻，人之所欲殺；必先知其守將，左右，謁者，門者，舍人之姓名，令吾間必索知之。必索敵間之來間我者，因而利之，導而舍之，故反間可得而使也。因是而知之，故鄉間內間可得而使也；因是而知之，故死間為誑事，可使告敵；因是而知之，故生間可使如期。五間之事，主必知之，知之必在于反間，故反間不可不厚也。
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