"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death."
- Sun Tzu, 'Art of War'
"Will the Ibrahim Pasha then allow his exhausted worn out soldiers to close their eyes and get some quality rest?"
The captains all nodded slightly thinking about their admiral's words.
"With this, we launch a surprise attack on them laying siege in a time when biologically speaking a man should be in a state of deep sleep, and then we shatter their ears when they are still in their dreams making all of these quick for us, instead of doing it in a stupid way assaulting the walls in a traditional warfare, we might have even more lives lost."
"Yes, my admiral." The men below acknowledged Antonius' idea and bowed.