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The disciplined capacity to change strategy and tactics by using different units against different enemies.
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flexibility
The disciplined capacity to change strategy and tactics by using different units against different enemies.
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Philip's army became dangerous because discipline enabled flexibility: different units such as archers, shield bearers, phalanx, and cavalry could be recombined against different enemies.
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Jiang calls shield bearers the secret sauce of the Macedonian army because their mobility let them resolve battlefield problems and protect threatened parts of the phalanx.
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"...And with coordination, you can also have the idea of coordination. Flexibility. Okay? So remember the Greeks fought using the hoplite phalanx and that's..."
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"Remember, they were lighter. They could move around faster. And they had longer spears. Okay? So they could maintain distance from you a lot..."
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"...you understand how this works? Okay? Okay. But you have the flexibility because this is a very short term. These are extremely disciplined and..."
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