Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25531876-20141229215535/@comment-69.123.217.197-20150221033404

One leader who has some grasp of basic strategy and a large army does not a good substitute for a trained and well equipped army make. Better than an unorganized rabble yes, but not even comparable to a drilled and disciplined military a la the Imperial Legion. Those ex-Skaal at Thirsk were very few in number, and hardly constituted an organized fighting force. My points have outlined rather extensively above: ancient/medieval armies with shrewd tactics, discipline, and leadership were able to defeat enemy armies many times their size, yet the difference in training quality or equipment quality between these armies was often negligible: had they been fighting blind, dumb savages rather than trained and well equipped soldiers, the numerical disparity in casualties would be even greater.