Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26347028-20160404235546/@comment-26863727-20160410031835

The Indomitable wrote: Aramirtheranger wrote: The Indomitable wrote: "Undisciplined, no. Brutal, yes. Why let prisoners go to fight them again, when you can slit their throats, and be done with it? Why leave people to support your enemies when you can enslave them, and force them to support you? Why leave enemy lands full of villages, and filled with food, when you can burn the villages, and steal the food?" "It is a poor choice to destroy the land you take. Ideally, your people should be able to pick up the very tools that the defeated people had worked with. Killing prisoners is unwise; one can use them as bargaining chips later, or make them slaves. Some may even be willing to fight for you in exchange for freedom. You think yourself a great warrior; but fighting a war does not make one great. Ending the war as quickly as possible does. Prolonged war has never been good for a culture. Amateurs destroy many armies; experts make many armies surrender." He looks up from the book. "One, surrendering enemies are killed. They're a liability, they've been to war, and will fight us later. And two, we fight for our survival, and expansion. If you get in the way, so be it. As my ancestors drove yours from Hirakizyr, I drive these... Moredain from the Savannahs." (So, apparently they disagree with Sun Tzu...and WTF is Hirakizyr?)

"You know, someday you'll bite off far more than you can chew, overconfident in your own abilities. If you people had the brains to use strategy in war, you wouldn't have to worry about former enemy soldiers. Now, if you don't mind, I believe I am required by oath to kill thugs like you who raid the Empire's land." Remus had replaced his sarissa in the loop on his saddle, and now went for a loaded crossbow on the other side.