This is Jocco Podcast number 57 with Echo Charles and me, Jocco Willink.

If the outcome of the battle is favorable, one should not be satisfied with merely driving

the enemy back.

This is a mistake made by inexperienced leaders who do not know how to take advantage of

an opportunity, and who like to hear the saying, be victorious, but do not press your victory

too hard.

By not seizing the opportunity, these people only cause themselves more trouble and place

the ultimate results in doubt.

There can be no rest until the enemy is completely destroyed.

If they seek refuge behind fortifications, apply pressure by direct force or by preventing

them from getting more supplies for men and horses until they are annihilated.

Or else, agree to a treaty to our advantage.

One should not slacken after driving them back just a short distance, nor after so much

hard work and the dangers of war should one jeopardize the success of the whole campaign

because of lack of persistence.

Good evening, Echo.

Now that's some direction there on how to pursue your enemy until they are completely destroyed.

And that direction comes from a book called Strategicon, a book that's normally accredited

to a guy by the name of Flavius, Mauricius, Tiberius Augustus, or as he is more commonly

called Maurius.

He was the emperor of Eastern Rome, which is what we now call Byzantine, a term that

wasn't even created until the 16th century.

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