Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.12.9

7.12.9

tatrāpi "bahukuṇṭhālpaśūrayoḥ alpaśūraṃ śreyaḥ, śūreṣu hi yuddham, alpāḥ śūrā bahūn aśūrān bhañjanti, te bhagnāḥ svasainyāvaghātino bhavanti" ity ācāryāḥ //

My teacher says that of the two countries, one with a large number of effete persons, and another with a small number of brave persons, the latter is better inasmuch as, a few brave persons can destroy a large mass of effete persons whose slaughter brings about the destruction of the entire army of their master.