[Gondring]

A small number of very intelligent individuals commanding unlimited hordes of fierce, loyal, primitive, idiots is a formidable force.

So is "unlimited hordes of fierce, loyal, primitive, idiots ignoring the intelligent."

[mamelukesabre]

Not so much. If they don’t have the intelligence to improve weapons and tactics, and other non warfare techs related to economy and agriculture, they are easy pickins to a nation that does have the intelligent ones doing these things for them.