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Originally Posted by Ramero
Think about history of Alexander the Great which only bring 70k troop while Persia got around one Million. Outnumbered almost 15 to 1 but he can slip them and aims directly at the Supreme Commander, forcing the Persians to routed.
Basically there is only one formation to counter archers, the turtle defense formation when dealing against archer while keep moving forward, unless they got backattacked by cavalry or infantry the formation is going to keep archers think twice before hitting them while they're covered with shield and attacking. It's also useful to defend the front at sides, not from rear which was total vulnerable.
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I am pretty the whole a million thing were historians inflating numbers to prop Alexander to god like levels. Because frankly @ 1 million you wouldn't able able to logistically support your troops. (disease, starvation, dehydration, etc)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaugamela
Yup, it was a top 34-100K, so at very most it was a barely 30% increase.