3.9

Chapter: Attack by Stratagem

3.9

Translation:

If equally matched, we can offer battle; if slightly inferior in numbers, we can avoid the enemy; if quite unequal in every way, we can flee from him.

Commentary

If your men are better trained, better equipped and more motivated, then hand-to-hand combat should succeed.

If you are weaker, then it is better to flee and fight another day when you have built advantage in other ways.