Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-14359537-20130919124004

Very true. Guerilla warfare requires great knowledge of terrain. And I know the terrain of High rock: forested and hilly, quite similar to the tropical rainforests of Valenwood and the hilly Elsweyr, so I predict that they will adapt quickly. And yes, Guerilla warfare is generally better performed when you're on defense. However, the fact that you're on a foreign land doesn't stop you from defending. You may take over a city, wait for the enemy to come, and destroy them by any means possible, wether it be burning them down, or just sneakily hide in buildings and shoot them down (really, not everyone in high rock knows the ins and outs of every area or city). And even on the offense, we have the best spies in Tamriel: the Khajiit. They may give reports of enemy numbers, fortifications, terrain, etc etc, which allows for decoys, strategic attacks, sabotages and general sneak attacks, ie, guerilla warfare. And really, most of the orcs they will encounter is part of the legion, they're not tribal:P. I mean seriously, I don't even need to note the terrain, count the enemy numbers etc to take out a bandit camp completely unnoticed the whole way. Also, a real life example: Che Guevara. He took over cuba with guerilla warfare, and he was central american :P

And no, I didn't expect the imperials to send an awful lot of troops. Just a small amount will open a gate for invasion. And now, let me show you that splitting the army does work, and that you're the one who'se mistaken.

Say the whole empire has 1250 troops, and the dominion has 1000 troops. Now look at this:

Direct frontal assault at Cyrodiil or high rock: 1250 vs 1000 (AD lose)

If my plan would work, it'll look like this:

Initially, in High rock:

250 (Thalmor) vs 300-500 (Empire) (Thalmor winning, due to their employment of guerilla warfare.

And then:

High rock: 250 thalmor vs 750 empire (phyrric empire victory)

Cyrodiil: 750 thalmor vs 500 empire (Thalmor victory)

So really, if you face too much enemies, distract them. Feign an attack, and then exploit the tiny weakness they left behind.

Alright, fine, screw the argonians :P.