Preserve Strength

Preserve Strength was a Rank 2 water shūji which taught that a general who won a battle but lost a war was a failure, and the fewer casualties that became fatalities, the better their army would fare over the course of a campaign. Thus, wise generals always found skilled healers, charging them with keeping their forces in fighting shape and preserving throughout the course of the war the core of experienced warriors necessary for winning battles. Fields of Victory, p. 102
Category:Water Shūji