It's been ages since I played a Sweboz campaign, but what do you mean by "hobbled"? If you keep moving your generals to the end if their movement-range, they will gain the "forced marching"-trait. Do it repeatedly and it turns into "exhausted", and that really cripples movements speed. This applies to all factions, but it's more of a problem for the Sweboz, since their generals are on foot.