I have been watching a lot of ancient history shows on youtube about army tactics, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why a smaller army would every beat a larger army. To me, the larger army would square up against the opponents, and then simply flank the enemy, which would usually result in routing. How would an ancient era deal with the problem of getting flanked? Did it simply just all come down to terrain?
Edit: Thank you so much for your answers! I love learning about this kind of stuff, so this has been a lot of fun. Maybe I’m still confused about how an army would engage and disengage an army to remain mobile to avoid flanks, could anyone provide some insights into this?
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To provide a counter to your scenario OP, an opponent with superior mobility would simply pick away at your flanks using local superiority to win. If the rest of your very spread out army responded, they would run away before your army could regroup.
Alternatively, they could simply concentrate their mass and just smash a path straight through your center and head straight for your command position. Run or die, your army is leaderless and falls apart quickly as a result.
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