The scale all seems fine to me.
And flanking really should be a tactic, it's a basic principal of warfare.
There are many instances in the books of troop groupings being smashed by a good flank (Tywin testing the walls of riverrun, with gregor leading the charge), and morale (think of all the "broken men", troops who have abandoned their armies for a number of different reasons).
Two important factors, that have won battles and turned the tide of wars in thousands of real-world historical conflicts.
