Warfare in Rings of Power Season 1

[Aldarion]

Warfare in Rings of Power Season 1

As in everything else, Rings of Power have chosen to go for brainless “epicness” in their depiction of warfare as well. Not many good things can be said about this “epic” TV…

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As in everything else, Rings of Power have chosen to go for brainless “epicness” in their depiction of warfare as well. Not many good things can be said about this “epic” TV show, and warfare in it is no exception.

 

[d4rk3lf]

There are many ways to do warfare in movie adaptations.
But for you, I will keep it strong, and simple:
- stab
- twist
- gut

 

[Hisoka Morrow]

I will have to note here how stupid the chain attack is. Firstly, it would easily lead to injury. Horses may not be able to maintain exact distance over rought ground – heavy cavalry could, would and did ride “knee to knee”, but this was done specifically for the purposes of charge. Second, chain is held in hands, which means that it would likely be ripped out of soldiers’ hands by the force of the impact. Even if it isn’t, possibility of a hand injury is significant, as is the likelyhood of soldier being ripped out of the saddle by impact.

Correct me if I'm mistaken, I remmember Jurchen Cataphracts called 鐵浮圖 truly got chained together in order to smash infantries targets during their military operations against the Song Dynasty.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I assume you're talking about the "Iron Pagoda" heavy horse units. Song references are to "three horses tied together with ropes", but anything of the kind makes no sense, and likely due to some misunderstanding or rumor. Later Qing historians refuted the idea, as outlined in this article:

Guaizi Ma - Wikipedia

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