[m3047]

Interesting. Have you seen the movie Braveheart? That's the leadup to the later humiliation of the king in battle, there's a movie / drama about this one too. Saw it recently, don't remember the name.

Basically the insurgents choose terrain they know well, because they live there. They choose a swamp / mire in an open field between two hills. They build fortifications. They obscure the true nature of the ground they're standing on, out in the open. They goad the king's army into finishing them then and there. They fight on foot against knights on horseback. It's a mess. They win.