User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Tiber's Hard Work Shall NOT Be Torn Asunder!/@comment-124.187.0.229-20111220045714/@comment-80.216.209.127-20111221062436

I would bet on hardened battle veterans with atleast one dragon and the Dragonborn on their side over soldiers with only training (rigorous as it may have been) as their recent combat experience.

These are Mer we are talking about, we have taken them before and we will do it again and again for as long as it takes,