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Perfect pairs like a square dance at the honky tonk
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Likewise, how "few" casualties there were in actual battle. Fiction shows both sides duking it out until they're both effectively wiped out. In real life, if 10% of an army was dead or incapacitated, the battle was over. There would be a rout, a retreat, and depending on the details, another battle a few days or weeks later.
And if you were a knight of nobility you would surrender with the expectation to be ransomed.
Remember limited warfare? That was awesome.
Yeah turns out seeing your buddies get stabbed isn't great for morale.