1.Loyalty requires reciprosity does it not?
2.The Art of War and its subtleties is indeed an excellent book of strategy.
However the Chinese have been studying it and know its in and outs far better than westerners do.
The long game is all good for certain things.
However The Book of Five Rings is a much more relevant book of strategy when its a one on one fight to the death.
Above all else CUT.
There is an old saying.
He who hesitates is lost.
Godspeed.