Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 30 | View more quotes about open">Open formations will try to let them pass, and attack them from behind. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 27 | Draft tharlarion, of which variety these were, are normally driven slowly, and with care. |
| 19 | 28 | War tharlarion, often larger than draft tharlarion, can be, and are, used in charges. |
| 19 | 29 | There is little defense against them if encountered on unprepared, level ground. |
| 19 | 30 | Open formations will try to let them pass, and attack them from behind. |
| 19 | 31 | Closed formations seek uneven ground, use ditches, diagonally anchored, sharpened stakes, and such. |
| 19 | 32 | If they become slowed, or are milling, they can be attacked by special troops, with broad-bladed axes, designed to disable or sever a leg. |
| 19 | 33 | I have never much favored tharlarion in combat, as, if they are confused, or wounded, they become uncontrollable, and are as likely to turn about and plunge into their own troops as those of the enemy, thereby, indiscriminately, wherever they trod or roll, whether amongst friends or foes, spreading disorder and death. |
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Draft tharlarion, of which variety these were, are normally driven slowly, and with care.
War tharlarion, often larger than draft tharlarion, can be, and are, used in charges.
There is little defense against them if encountered on unprepared, level ground.
Open formations will try to let them pass, and attack them from behind.
Closed formations seek uneven ground, use ditches, diagonally anchored, sharpened stakes, and such.
If they become slowed, or are milling, they can be attacked by special troops, with broad-bladed axes, designed to disable or sever a leg.
I have never much favored tharlarion in combat, as, if they are confused, or wounded, they become uncontrollable, and are as likely to turn about and plunge into their own troops as those of the enemy, thereby, indiscriminately, wherever they trod or roll, whether amongst friends or foes, spreading disorder and death.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)