And even if her plans were logistically sound, they were centuries out of step with modern military doctrine. Sure, Equestrian doctrine hadn't been updated in generations either, but there was no way her cavalry charges would stand up to a spear wall. If she charged across the border, clad in her home-forged armor and fighting like a vandal, she'd be laughed off the battlefield!  He remembered his own teenage traumas all too well: public humiliation and mockery were a pain that lingered as long as any physical wound, and that was a fate he'd never wish on his little filly.