he will station squads behind the three pairs of scouts, the first squad to watch the third pair of scouts, and the second squad likewise to watch the first; the third squad following the second should have six men, so that two of them may report what is signalled by the pair of scouts to the tourmarch, and the tourmarch to the general. 9.5 For if the enemy march more quickly, the first pair of scouts ought to report this, so that both the tourmarch and the general may themselves also march more quickly and not get too far away from the enemy, but if the enemy again march more slowly, both the tourmarch and the general should likewise proceed more slowly, so that neither by getting close are they discovered, nor by getting too far away do they fail to learn the disposition of those they are following or be discovered by them, which brings no ordinary harm. 9.6 And moreover, when the enemy make camp to feed their horses and the general is informed of this, let him also make camp in a suitable place to feed the horses, sending out pickets for his own protection. And when the movement of the enemy is again reported, he will also immediately move and follow, sending out thirty horsemen on either side of him, not far off but nearby, listening for the sounds of his own army. And behind him let him have an officer following with horsemen, whom they call the rear guard. 9.7 And let the general march at a distance and take every precaution not to be discovered that he is following behind them; but to proceed securely and to order those following close to the enemy to scout carefully, lest the enemy leave behind some companies for an ambush of those following them and of the general himself, which has often been done by the men of Tarsus. And when the tourmarch follows them and does not carefully scout the ravines ahead and the places capable of hiding troops, they have unexpectedly fallen into their ambush. For these reasons, he who follows needs great sagacity and precision, so that nothing of the sort may happen. 9.8 But before it grows light, when the general knows in what places and regions the enemy intend to raid, he must incline either to their right or to their left, where a more defensible place appears to him; and having marched more quickly and come upon their flank at about two miles' distance, before the day—as has been said—grows light, so that the enemy, seeing the dust, might not recognize the presence of the general, and the general, occupying the strong position, should hide his own army. 9.9 And he with a few horsemen should get nearer to the enemy and, going up to a high lookout point, let him hasten to see the enemy clearly. And as they set out on their raid and scatter for plunder, let the general wait in that place until the third or even the fourth hour of the day, watching the battle line of the emir and accurately estimating the size of his army. 9.10 When those who are about to raid have gone somewhere far from the emir's battle line, so that it is not possible for them to return again or to learn of the attack started against the emir's battle line, with each man hurrying to seize the villages and get as much plunder as possible, having drawn up his own battle formations as is necessary, let him make the attack against the emir's battle line, which will be short of men, and if with God's cooperation he gains the victory, he will work complete and utter destruction on the enemy. 9.11 But if he does not dare to attack the battle line, seeing in it a large and considerable force greater than his own, then let him hasten from the flank and from afar by a hidden and suitable road, with a fitting charge to catch the scattered part of the enemy's army. And for the whole day he will strive to run them down, since they are scattered, and with God's alliance he will accomplish a considerable deed. Therefore he ought also a capable officer with a few men

τετράδια ὄπισθεν τῶν τριῶν ζευκτῶν ἀποκαταστήσει, ὁρᾶν τὸ πρῶτον τετράδιον τὸ τρίτον ζευκτόν, τὸ δὲ δεύτερον τετράδιον ὡσαύτως ὁρᾶν τὸ πρῶτον· τὸ δὲ τρίτον τετράδιον τὸ ἀκόλουθον τοῦ δευτέρου ἓξ ἐχέτω ἄνδρας, ἵνα οἱ ἐξ αὐτῶν δύο τὰ ὑπὸ ζευκτοῦ μηνυόμενα ἀποκομίζωσι τῷ τουρμάρχῃ, ὁ δὲ τουρμάρχης τῷ στρατηγῷ. 9.5 Ἐὰν γὰρ ὀξύτερον βαδίζωσιν οἱ πολέμιοι, ὀφείλει μηνύειν τὸ πρῶτον ζευκτὸν περὶ τούτου, ἵνα καὶ ὁ τουρμάρχης καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς ὀξύτερον καὶ αὐτοὶ βαδίζωσι καὶ μὴ ἐπὶ πολὺ μακρύνωσι τῶν πολεμίων, εἰ δὲ σχολαιότερον πάλιν βαδίζουσιν οἱ πολέμιοι, καὶ ὁ τουρμάρχης καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς ὡσαύτως σχολαιότερον περιπατείτωσαν, ἵνα μήτε πλησίον γινόμενοι διαγινώσκωνται, μήτε μακρυνόμενοι οὔτε τὴν τῶν ἐπακολουθούντων διοίκησιν ἐπιγινώσκωσιν οὔτε παρ' ἐκείνων ἐπιγινώσκωνται, ὅπερ οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν ἐπάγει βλάβην. 9.6 Ἄλλως τε δὲ καὶ τῶν πολεμίων ἀπληκευόντων πρὸς τὸ ταγίσαι τοὺς ἵππους καὶ περὶ τούτου καταμηνυόμενος ὁ στρατηγός, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ἐπιτηδείῳ τόπῳ ἀπληκευέτω πρὸς τὸ τοὺς ἵππους ταγίσαι, ἐξώβιγλα ἀποστέλλων εἰς φυλακὴν ἑαυτοῦ. Καὶ ἡνίκα πάλιν τὴν κίνησιν τῶν πολεμίων καταμηνυθῇ, παραυτίκα καὶ αὐτὸς κινήσει ἐπακολουθῶν, ἔνθεν κἀκεῖθεν ἑαυτοῦ ἀποστέλλων ἀνὰ τριάκοντα ἱππεῖς, μὴ πόρρω ἀλλὰ σύνεγγυς, τὰς τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ φωνὰς ἐνωτιζομένους. Καὶ ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ ἐπακολουθοῦντα ἄρχοντα ἐχέτω μεθ' ἱππέων, οὓς δὴ σάκα ὀνομάζουσι. 9.7 Μήκοθεν δὲ ὁδοιπορείτω ὁ στρατηγὸς καὶ πᾶσαν ποιείτω ἀσφάλειαν τοῦ μὴ διαγνωσθῆναι ὡς ὄπισθεν αὐτοῖς ἐπακολουθεῖ· ἀλλ' ἀσφαλῶς μὲν περιπατεῖν καὶ τοὺς πλησίον τῶν πολεμίων ἀκολουθοῦντας παραγγέλλειν τοῦ ἀκριβῶς ἀποσκοπεῖν, μὴ λόχους τινὰς οἱ πολέμιοι καταλείψωσιν εἰς ἐνέδραν τῶν ἐπακολουθούντων αὐτοῖς καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ, ὅπερ παρὰ τῶν Ταρσιτῶν πολλάκις γέγονε. Καὶ ἐπακολουθοῦντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ τουρμάρχου καὶ μὴ ἀκριβῶς τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν σκοποῦντος ῥύακας καὶ τοὺς τόπους τοὺς δυναμένους λαὸν ἀποκρύπτειν, ἀπροόπτως τῇ ἐνέδρᾳ τούτων περιπεπτώκασι. ∆ιὰ ταῦτα πολλῆς δεῖται ἀγχινοίας καὶ ἀκριβείας ὁ ἐπακολουθῶν, ἵνα μὴ τοιοῦτόν τι συμβῇ γενέσθαι. 9.8 Πρὸ δὲ τοῦ διαυγάσαι δεῖ τὸν στρατηγόν, ἐπειδὴ ἔγνω τὸ ἐν ποίοις τόποις καὶ χωρίοις ἐξελάσαι μέλλουσιν οἱ πολέμιοι, εἴτε δεξιὰ εἴτε εὐώνυμα αὐτῶν ἐπικλῖναι, ἐν οἷς ὀχυρώτερος αὐτῷ τόπος καθορᾶται· καὶ ὀξύτερον βαδίσας καὶ ἐκ πλαγίου αὐτῶν γενόμενος ὡς ἀπὸ μιλίων δύο, πρὸ τοῦ τὴν ἡμέρανὡς λέλεκταιδιαυγάσαι, ἵνα μὴ τὸν κονιορτὸν θεασάμενοι οἱ πολέμιοι τὴν παρουσίαν τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ἐπιγνώσωσι, τὸν δὲ ὀχυρὸν τόπον ὁ στρατηγὸς καταλαμβάνων τὸν ἴδιον ἀποκρυψάτω λαόν. 9.9 Κἀκεῖνος μετ' ὀλίγων ἱππέων πλησιέστερον γενέσθω τῶν πολεμίων καὶ εἰς ὑψηλὴν περιωπὴν ἀνερχόμενος καθαρῶς ὁρᾶν τοὺς πολεμίους σπευσάτω. Καὶ τούτων εἰς ἐξέλευσιν ὁρμώντων καὶ διασκορπιζομένων πρὸς λείαν, καρτερησάτω ὁ στρατηγὸς ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ τόπῳ ἄχρι τρίτης ἢ καὶ τετάρτης τῆς ἡμέρας, καὶ τὴν παράταξιν τοῦ ἀμηρᾶ θεωρῶν καὶ ἀκριβῶς τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ στοχαζόμενος. 9.10 Ἐπεὶ οἱ μέλλοντες ἐξελάσαι πόρρω που τῆς παρατάξεως τοῦ ἀμηρᾶ γεγόνασιν, ὡς μὴ δυνατόν ἐστι πάλιν τούτους ὑποστρέφειν ἢ ἐπιγνῶναι τὸν κατὰ τῆς παρατάξεως τοῦ ἀμηρᾶ ἀναφθέντα πόλεμον, ἕκαστον σπεύδοντα τὰ χωρία καταλαβεῖν καὶ λείαν ὅτι πλείστην πορίσασθαι, τὰς ἰδίας παραταγὰς ὡς δεῖ εὐτρεπίσας, κατὰ τῆς τοῦ ἀμηρᾶ παρατάξεως ὀλιγανδρούσης τὴν ἐπέλευσιν ποιησάτω, καὶ εἰ Θεοῦ συνεργίᾳ τῆς νίκης κρατήσει, τελείαν πανωλεθρίαν τοῖς πολεμίοις ἐργάσεται. 9.11 Εἰ δὲ κατὰ τῆς παρατάξεως ἐπελθεῖν οὐ θαρρήσει, πολλὴν καὶ ἀξιόλογον δύναμιν ὁρῶν ἐν αὐτῇ ὑπὲρ τὴν ἰδίαν, τότε ἐκ πλαγίου καὶ μακρόθεν διὰ κρυπτῆς καὶ ἐπιτηδείας ὁδοῦ ὁρμάτω σὺν ἐλασίᾳ τῇ προσηκούσῃ καταλαβεῖν τὸ σκόρπισμα τοῦ λαοῦ τῶν πολεμίων. Καὶ δι' ὅλης τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπιδραμεῖν αὐτοῖς ἀγωνίσεται, διεσκεδασμένοις οὖσι, καὶ ἀξιόλογον ἔργον Θεοῦ συμμαχίᾳ ἐπιτελέσει. Ὀφείλει οὖν καὶ ἄρχοντα τῶν χρησίμων μετ' ὀλιγοστῶν