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When the King beyond the wall attacked the wall why did he only send around a 1000 men if he had a 100,000?

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The King beyond the wall had a large number of followers, but they were wildlings, not soldiers. Sending a horde of badly armed unarmoured "civilian" wildlings at a well defended gate would have blocked it with dead in no time.

A much better strategy is to pick your best fighters (and giants) and let them open the gate and clear the defenders. Then bring through the masses.

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Remember, Mance was likely expecting the raid on Castle Black from south of the wall to be successful. The giants / mammoths were likely a distraction, or backup plan at worse.

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  • Probably true, but could you add some information from the show to support this? Perhaps from transcripts, or just description?
    – Adamant
    Oct 13, 2016 at 19:04

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