by The Comrade » Mon Jan 13, 2014 2:10 pm
no one said feudal levies couldn't be trained, but they were still farmers and blacksmiths and whatever else playing soldier with the knights and nobles. that' why the crossbow was a godsend because of how little training it required. give it to any idiot and tell him to point and shoot and he was lethal. no need to teach a peasant boy the necessity of holding a shield up so his head isn't sliced off.