will be made successful by cooperation. 11.4 But if it should happen that these are pursued by the enemy, it is necessary to go out to meet them with the forty remaining to him, and to either kill the captives who have been taken or send them on ahead, to depart more quickly and seize the stronghold. And he, fighting skillfully and resisting the enemy, at one time turning back against them, and at another retreating, will provoke them to pursuit. 11.5 And if they pursue as far as the places in which the infantry are hidden, and some of the enemy pass by them, then the infantry, coming out of the ambushes, will stand against the pursuing enemy and will push them back. But the enemy who passed the infantry will fall into the ambush of the cavalry and all of them will be utterly destroyed; for the infantry, aided by the terrain, will not allow the pursuers to pass through, but they will abandon the pursuit and will certainly return unsuccessful, having lost those of their own who had already been captured. 12.t Concerning a sudden sortie of the enemy before the Roman armies can be assembled 12.1 But if a sudden and swift sortie of the enemy should occur, such as they are often accustomed to make, before the imperial armies have been gathered, but only that of the general, and he himself has not been able, on account of the swiftness of their sortie, to gather the entire populace of his own theme, but has a small and easily-counted force, and he sees the enemy hastening and hurrying for plunder, and he recognizes that the country into which they are making their attack has not yet been evacuated to caves and driven for refuge into the forts or strongholds, it is necessary to send either the tourmarch or other commanders of such a country with great haste and to get ahead of the enemy and, as much as they are able, to both drive to refuge and evacuate to caves the inhabitants of the villages and their livestock. 12.2 But the general, seeing the enemy about to attack the villages at daybreak, following behind them as we have said above, must show himself to the enemy on that same night, ostensibly preparing for battle, so that by this he might be able to check their attack and keep the country unharmed. 12.3 And if there is a river difficult to cross on the route, and the enemy are about to cross it, or a narrow pass or a difficult place on the route, when the greater part of them cross the river or enter the narrow pass, he should send men against their rear guard, and the general himself should arrive with select commanders and well-mounted men and show himself to the enemy and ostensibly prepare to join battle against them, separating the lightly-armed and those in the baggage train from his force and sending them to strongholds or a fort, if one happens to be nearby. 12.4 But if there is no river nor a difficult place on the route, he must likewise take a little risk and rush to battle, until he is even pursued by them in the night, so that the enemy, clearly perceiving that the general is following, may be checked and in no way dare to ride out and make the attack against the villages. And when this is done, he will rescue and free them from the raid and captivity that was about to happen in the villages. 12.5 But let him make the demonstration and the sally against them with great accuracy and deliberation, through a few and select horsemen, as we said, and let them immediately return fleeing to the general and the stronghold, and let them not charge against the enemy immoderately and more than is necessary; for if perhaps a hostile force beyond their strength should be brought against them, they will more quickly become an object of destruction, and especially if it happens to be a full moon night. 12.6 But if it is moonless and dark, they will perform such an action without harm and they would clearly have accomplished one of two things in any case: either having caused the enemy not to ride out for plunder at all, or, if they do sally forth at all, until daybreak

συνεργίᾳ εὐοδωθήσεται. 11.4 Εἰ δὲ συμβῇ τούτους ἐπιδιωχθῆναι παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων, δέον προαπαντῆσαι αὐτοῖς μετὰ τῶν ὑπολειφθέντων αὐτῷ τεσσαράκοντα, καὶ τοὺς μὲν κατασχεθέντας δεσμώτας ἢ ἀναιρῆσαι ἢ ἔμπροσθεν ἀποστεῖλαι, ἀπελθεῖν τάχιον καὶ τὸ ὀχύρωμα καταλαβεῖν. Κἀκεῖνος ἐμπείρως μαχόμενος καὶ ἀνθιστάμενος τοῖς πολεμίοις καὶ ποτὲ μὲν ὑποστρέφων κατ' αὐτῶν, ποτὲ δὲ ὑποφεύγων, ἐρεθίσει αὐτοὺς πρὸς δίωξιν. 11.5 Καὶ εἰ ἄχρι τῶν τόπων καταδιώξουσιν ἐν οἷς οἱ πεζοὶ ἀποκρύπτονται, καὶ τούτους τινὲς τῶν πολεμίων διέλθωσι, τότε οἱ πεζοὶ τῶν ἐγκρυμμάτων ἐξερχόμενοι ἀντιστήσονται τοῖς διώκουσι πολεμίοις καὶ ἀπωθήσονται. Οἱ δὲ τοὺς πεζοὺς διελθόντες πολέμιοι ἐμπεσοῦνται τῷ ἐγκρύμματι τῶν ἱππέων καὶ ἄρδην ἅπαντες ἀπολοῦνται· ὑπὸ γὰρ τοῦ τόπου οἱ πεζοὶ βοηθούμενοι οὐκ ἐάσουσι τοὺς διώκοντας διελθεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὴν δίωξιν καταλείψουσι καὶ ἄπρακτοι πάντως ὑποστρέψουσι, τοὺς ἤδη προκατασχεθέντας τῶν οἰκείων ἀπολέσαντες. 12.τ Περὶ ἀθρόας ἐξελεύσεως τῶν πολεμίων πρὸ τοῦ τὰ ῥωμαϊκὰ ἐπισυναχθῆναι στρατεύματα 12.1 Εἰ δέ γε τῶν πολεμίων ἐξέλευσις ἀθρόα καὶ σύντομος γένηται, οἷα πολλάκις παρ' αὐτῶν εἰώθει γίνεσθαι, μήπω τῶν βασιλικῶν στρατευμάτων ἐπισωρευθέντων, ἀλλὰ μόνου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ, μηδὲ αὐτοῦ δυνηθέντος διὰ τὸ σύντομον τῆς αὐτῶν ἐξελεύσεως τὸν ὅλον λαὸν τοῦ ἰδίου θέματος ἐπισυναγαγεῖν, ἀλλ' ὀλίγον ἔχει καὶ εὐαρίθμητον, ὁρᾷ δὲ τοὺς πολεμίους πρὸς λείαν σπεύδοντας καὶ ἐπειγομένους, ἐπιγνῷ δὲ τὴν χώραν ἐν ᾗ τὴν ὁρμὴν ποιοῦνται μήπω ἐκσπηλευθεῖσαν καὶ εἰς τὰ κάστρα ἢ εἰς τὰ ὀχυρώματα φυγαδευθεῖσαν, χρὴ τῆς τοιαύτης χώρας εἴτε τὸν τουρμάρχην εἴτε ἑτέρους ἄρχοντας σπουδῇ πολλῇ ἀποστεῖλαι καὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν πολεμίων γενέσθαι καί, ὡς οἷόν τε ὦσι, καὶ τοὺς τῶν χωρίων οἰκήτορας καὶ τὰ τούτων κτήνη καὶ φυγαδεῦσαι καὶ ἐκσπηλεῦσαι. 12.2 Ὁρῶντα δὲ τὸν στρατηγὸν τοὺς πολεμίους ἤδη μέλλοντας πρὸς τὸ τῆς ἡμέρας διάφαυμα τοῖς χωρίοις ἐπιθέσθαι, ὄπισθεν αὐτῶν ἐπακολουθοῦντα καθὼς ἀνωτέρω εἰρήκαμεν, τῇ αὐτῇ νυκτὶ δεῖ ἐμφανισθῆναι τοῖς πολεμίοις, πρὸς πόλεμον δῆθεν παρασκευαζόμενος, ἵν' ὡς ἐκ τούτου δυνηθῇ τὴν ὁρμὴν αὐτῶν ἀναστεῖλαι καὶ ἀβλαβῆ τὴν χώραν διατηρῆσαι. 12.3 Καὶ εἰ μὲν ποταμός ἐστιν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ δυσπέρατος, καὶ μέλλουσι τοῦτον διαπερᾶν οἱ πολέμιοι, ἢ στένωμα ἢ δυσχωρία ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ἡνίκα τὸν ποταμὸν οἱ πλείους διαπεράσουσιν ἢ εἰς τὸ στένωμα χωρηθῶσιν, εἰς τὸν ὄπισθεν λαὸν αὐτῶν ἀποστεῖλαι, καὶ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον τὸν στρατηγὸν παραγενέσθαι μετὰ ἐκλεκτῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ καλοϊππαράτων καὶ ἐμφανισθῆναι τοῖς πολεμίοις καὶ πρὸς μάχην δῆθεν κατ' αὐτῶν παρασκευασθῆναι τοῦ συμβαλεῖν πόλεμον, τοὺς παριππαράτους καὶ ἐνταγιστράτους διαχωρίζων ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς ὀχυρώματα εἴτε κάστρον ἀποστέλλων, εἰ τύχῃ πλησίον. 12.4 Εἰ δὲ ποταμὸς οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲ δυσχωρία ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, καὶ ὡσαύτως δεῖ μικρόν τι παραβουλεύσασθαι καὶ πρὸς μάχην ὁρμῆσαι, ἕως οὗ καὶ ἐπιδιωχθῇ παρ' αὐτῶν τῇ νυκτί, ἵνα διαγινώσκοντες σαφῶς οἱ πολέμιοι τὸν στρατηγὸν ἐπακολουθοῦντα συσταλῶσι καὶ μηδαμῶς ἐξελάσαι τολμήσωσι καὶ τὴν ἐπίθεσιν κατὰ τῶν χωρίων ποιήσωνται. Καὶ τούτου γενομένου τῆς μελλούσης γενέσθαι ἐπιδρομῆς ἐν τοῖς χωρίοις καὶ αἰχμαλωσίας ῥύσεται αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐλευθερώσει. 12.5 Μετὰ πολλῆς δὲ ἀκριβείας καὶ διασκέψεως ποιείτω τὴν ἔνδειξιν καὶ κατ' αὐτῶν προβολὴν δι' ὀλίγων καὶ ἐκλεκτῶν, ὡς ἔφημεν, ἱππέων, καὶ εὐθέως ὑποστρεφέσθωσαν φεύγοντες πρὸς τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ τὸ ὀχύρωμα, καὶ μὴ ἀμέτρως καὶ παρὰ τὸ δέον ἐφορμάτωσαν κατὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν· λαοῦ γὰρ ἴσως παρὰ τὴν αὐτῶν δύναμιν αὐτοῖς ἐπιφορτισθέντος πολεμίας χειρὸς θᾶττον γενήσονται παρανάλωμα, καὶ μάλιστα εἰ τύχῃ πανσέληνον εἶναι τὴν νύκτα. 12.6 Εἰ δὲ ἀφεγγής ἐστι καὶ ζοφώδης, ἀβλαβῶς τὴν τοιαύτην πρᾶξιν ἐργάσονται καὶ δυοῖν θάτερον πάντως φανεῖεν κατωρθωκότες· ἢ μηδόλως ἐξελάσαι πρὸς λείαν τοὺς πολεμίους παρασκευάσαντες ἤ, εἴπερ καὶ ὅλως ἐκδράμωσιν, ἄχρι τοῦ αὐγάσαι τὴν ἡμέραν