Passage 3-6
將不勝其忿, 而蟻附之, 殺士三分之一, 而城不拔者, 此攻之災也.
If a general, unable to contain his anger, sends his troops swarming up the walls like ants, one-third will die without taking the fortress—this is the calamity of siege warfare.
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