Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 4 | 50 | When the Alars ride View more quotes about forth">forth to do battle they normally have their laager behind them, to which, in the case of defeat, they swiftly retire. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 4 | 47 | Their saddles, however, have stirrups, and thus make possible the use of the couched shock lance. |
| 4 | 48 | Some cities use Alars in their tharlarion cavalries. |
| 4 | 49 | Others, perhaps wisely, do not enlist them in their own forces, either as regulars or auxiliaries. |
| 4 | 50 | When the Alars ride forth to do battle they normally have their laager behind them, to which, in the case of defeat, they swiftly retire. |
| 4 | 51 | They are fierce and redoubtable warriors in the open field. |
| 4 | 52 | They know little, however, of politics, or of siege work and the taking of cities. |
| 4 | 53 | In the cities, normally one needs only to close the gates and wait for them to go away, compelled eventually to do so by the needs of their animals. |
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Their saddles, however, have stirrups, and thus make possible the use of the couched shock lance.
Some cities use Alars in their tharlarion cavalries.
Others, perhaps wisely, do not enlist them in their own forces, either as regulars or auxiliaries.
When the Alars ride forth to do battle they normally have their laager behind them, to which, in the case of defeat, they swiftly retire.
They are fierce and redoubtable warriors in the open field.
They know little, however, of politics, or of siege work and the taking of cities.
In the cities, normally one needs only to close the gates and wait for them to go away, compelled eventually to do so by the needs of their animals.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)