06-15-2015, 12:06 PM
(06-15-2015, 11:29 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: Historically, foot soldiers could do quite well against mounted soldiers... if they had pole-arms or pikes and formed squares (i.e. Swiss Pikemen during the Middle Ages). Horses tend to shy away from running into a wall of pointy things. Didn't see any of that on Stannis' side, though. They formed in nice lines and, although there appeared to be a few halberds, they seemed to be sorely lacking in really long pole-arms.
All of his cavalry he had during the fight with the Wildlings must have been mercenaries, eh.
I dont know where Stannis is at in the show but if your talking about his potential battle with the boltons outside of Winterfell.
Most of the horses he had died due to the massive amounts of snow either getting hurt or becoming food for his troops.
In the books they were pretty much buried under snow outside of winterfell. Hope that helps... Not sure what other battle it would be if the wildlings are already on the south side of the wall via john. Any of the Ironborn held forts fell quickly to stannis on his march south.
