You have to avoid getting stuck on any one battle, and make sure you're ready to exploit any possible chance to take to opposition by suprise. Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies. I've always wanted to fight a desperate battle against incredible odds. Easy - you just don't lead 'em as much.
Absolute power is kind of neat.
And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight where ignorant armies clash by night. An army marches on it's stomach. The essence of war is destruction. Moderation in war is imbecility. For the law is the bond which secures our privileges in the commonwealth, the foundation of our liberty, the fountainhead of justice.