Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-30888250-20161229162012/@comment-5014364-20161229181821

I'm fairly sure the TV writers did this just to show off the characters, without internal logic.

But really, even when you outnumber the enemy two to one, you try to outmaneuver them and lose as few men as possible; just because you have more men doesn't mean you want to waste them, you need them long term.