>>280450839Well, in the real history, the uprising was done by minor local nobles using peasants who most often worked part-time as mercenaries, so they were all trained in the art of war.
In this story, the peasants did train in Italy before they started the rebellion to explain their training.
It was not a merepeasant rabble uprising where untrained mobs of angry famished mountain folks committed random acts of violence and brigantry.