The runts of any mediaeval armed force, Peasant Levy are basically rustics with the lowest common denominator in equipment and marching orders shoved into their hands. Sometimes, they are so pitifully starved that the marching orders are eaten before they've actually read them. The only benefit from using them is the fact that they are cheap and replaceable — but not necessarily dependable. In large numbers, peasant levymen are adept as a fighting force against soft targets, being capable of swarming smaller forces — but pit them against heavily mailed knights or pikemen or even Asian Suicide Soldiers, and 9 times out of 10, the fight will become a rout, and the rout a massacre.