Sieges were patient systems: encircle, isolate, pressure, and adapt through engineering, logistics, and negotiation.
Some medieval sieges relied on rainwater harvesting to flood moats, turning dry earthworks into impossible-to-defend quagmires overnight.
Siege engines were scavenged from battlefield wreckage by rival engineers for weeks after surrender, accelerating counter-trebuchet design across regions.
Despite walls, many castles collapsed from internal rot and dry rot in timber galleries, more often than from direct artillery fire.
Constant siege rations caused mass desertions as starvation triggered coordinated surrenders even without breached defenses.
Sieges were patient systems: encircle, isolate, pressure, and adapt through engineering, logistics, and negotiation.
Some medieval sieges relied on rainwater harvesting to flood moats, turning dry earthworks into impossible-to-defend quagmires overnight.
Siege engines were scavenged from battlefield wreckage by rival engineers for weeks after surrender, accelerating counter-trebuchet design across regions.
Despite walls, many castles collapsed from internal rot and dry rot in timber galleries, more often than from direct artillery fire.
Constant siege rations caused mass desertions as starvation triggered coordinated surrenders even without breached defenses.
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