Claymores were used in this respect, have guys swinging the bloody things in wide arcs under the pikes to cut the legs out from anything just out of reach of the tips of the pikes.
I could totally see children being used like this. The reality of children in warfare is chilling.
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Claymores were used in this respect, have guys swinging the bloody things in wide arcs under the pikes to cut the legs out from anything just out of reach of the tips of the pikes.
I could totally see children being used like this. The reality of children in warfare is chilling.