Discussion
Who said, "Spies are the most important element in war because on them depends an army's ability to move ?"
Answer: C
The words are Sun Tzu's.
The closing chapter of The Art of War, on the use of spies, ends with the observation that spies are a most important element in war, because on them depends an army's ability to move. The chapter divides spies into five kinds (local, inward, converted, doomed and surviving) and argues that foreknowledge must be obtained from men, not from spirits or calculation.
Kautilya also valued espionage in the Arthashastra, but the quoted sentence is not his; Jomini and Fuller wrote on strategy and mechanised war, not this line.
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