Timeline for Feasibility of mute Soldiers on a medieval battlefield
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| Jan 10, 2020 at 10:36 | comment | added | Li Jun | @KaiGuyMBK speech or scream also help to give attention or to inform the general or the commander is death or captured during battle either to enemy or friend even if you wave them around the majority troop may not notice unless other troop that can speak is nearby. it can help in disrupt the battle or the chain of command or end the battle/war quickly. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 23:51 | comment | added | user535733 | Speech can be very helpful at times to make your fighting more effective: "Hey, I'm out of ammo. Gimme a couple arrows, will ya?" or "Move your shield to the RIGHT, ya dope." | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 23:32 | comment | added | Li Jun | @KaiGuyMBK whispering definitely the worst to give command during battle though, assuming the enemy create a lot of noise including your horse and depend on the helmet your cavalry already hard to hear, it may end up misheard the command which can end up fatal and not effective to give command/order to big troops especially with a lot of chain of command, and since you allowed music instrument that at least make it viable to give order or telling something to this mute cavalry since its not just to pump morale but also as an easier way to give order to the troops far away. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 13:10 | comment | added | KaiGuyMBK | I should have mentioned this in my original question, but I actually like the idea of whispering soldiers. What I want is soldiers who don't speak "normally". The stipulation isn't so much that they can't form words (which cutting their tongues would do), but that they don't have normal voices. I would imagine whispering soldiers sound ominous and deathly. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 11:55 | comment | added | Gustavo | Your point 4- Mute Monks, really sells the idea. Add some incense by your Bishop and you got loyal troops with the auspices from "above". Teach them Sign Language and make them also scholars. The image of holy silent chevaliers is really eavocative. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 11:27 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2020 at 11:19 | history | answered | AlexP | CC BY-SA 4.0 |