More than a company of soldiers? (6)
I believe the answer is:
cohort
'soldiers?' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Roman soldiers' mean 'cohort' so perhaps 'soldiers' could also mean 'cohort')
'more than a company of' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'company' could be 'co' (abbreviation) and 'co' is found within the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cohort that I've seen before include "Band of fighters" , "Fighting band; part of Roman legion" , "Ancient Roman military unit" , "troops" , "Warrior band (orig. legion section)" .)