Scotland could always punch above its weight, no matter how many foes they were challenged to. There was a rich tradition of raising armies. To think that they beat the English on more than one occasion, where England had upwards from five times the Scottish population at the time. The English after feuding with the Scots for hundreds of years, they soon came to the realisation that these people were tough and hardy, so they employed them with a measly sum to fight on their own front lines. The old guard of clansmen had died with their culture and the new young men would not know what being in a clan meant. Scotland was mainly a regional area, so you can imagine the people would be poor, and if tempted with reward, would lay down their life for a cause.
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