Re: [OT] CrossbowRe: [FT] (LONG) The Balance of Power -- Fighters and a Defense

--- David Brewer <david@brewer.to> wrote:

> I honestly can't think of *any* time or place when
> this holds
> true, that it was seen as desirable to recruit and
> equip a vast
> number of untrained oafs as crossbowmen. Indeed I

If you expect your troops to hold the line in the face
of a shock cavalry attack, you damn well better not
have untrained oafs.  They tend to fire one volley and
run.

John

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