so I guess these squirrels are serious.
you guys ARE the army.
you only have pet squirrels, and members of the cult.
so you are the ones who would be attacking.
(aka you are the bodygaurds, if it's a pet squirrel, you can command it, if it's a robot, you control it, but there's a weakness to both of those, the robot is weaker, and the pet isn't you. You can't just have soldiers, unless they're actual people who joined your cult.)