Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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Some had recourse to the lances, to fend them back, while others used their bows or Anangan darts.
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26
It was much like the tactics of the air, but employed upon the ground.
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27
Engage, if possible, only when it is to your advantage, I had cautioned them.
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28
When charged they melted away only to reform again in a circle of death, where the turning warrior, confused and frightened, could defend himself on only one side.
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Few of our fellows could have stood up singly to such an enemy but, like harrying pack sleen, could easily deal severally with him.
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30
Too, some of our fellows, still on tarnback, their tarns on the ground, used their arrows to advantage.
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If approached, they merely pulled on the one-strap and hovered in the air, to fire further.
Some had recourse to the lances, to fend them back, while others used their bows or Anangan darts.
It was much like the tactics of the air, but employed upon the ground.
Engage, if possible, only when it is to your advantage, I had cautioned them.
When charged they melted away only to reform again in a circle of death, where the turning warrior, confused and frightened, could defend himself on only one side.
Few of our fellows could have stood up singly to such an enemy but, like harrying pack sleen, could easily deal severally with him.
Too, some of our fellows, still on tarnback, their tarns on the ground, used their arrows to advantage.
If approached, they merely pulled on the one-strap and hovered in the air, to fire further.
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter )