Yodotai Scout



Yodotai Scouts were primarily designed for outriders and pre-battle scouting, to get in, get information, and get away fast.

Duty
Their job was to carry messages, make high-speed assaults against sudden vulnerabilities, circle around the enemy to make quick attacks against their sahirs, and otherwise to hit and run.

Tactics
Their ideal tactic was to launch a long-range attack while closing, strike with a pole arm, javelin, or lance with their momentum behind it at the moment of impact, and switch to a sword for a brief exchange of blows as they moved through or past the enemy line and retreat from combat while heavier troops move in.