Second Post

Hey Readers,



Here is the second post by me. I would like to mention some things about sieges.

Once a castle was begun to be sieged, the defenders would settle in and prepare for the torrent of missles that would be fired by siege weapons like trebuchets, ballistas, and catapults. They would of course have several months worth of provisions stored throughout the castle, like in the base of towers or within the keep. Meanwhile, the attackers would also be preparing by cutting down trees for wood that would go towards fires and the making of siege weapons. Tunnelers would begin to dig tunnels that would try to go underneath castle walls and destroy the foundations. If the castle had a moat, it was a big deterent for tunnelers, as it would flood the tunnel once they try to dig. Another type of siege weapon was the wall scalers. These were ladders and siege towers; mobile towers of wood with multiple levels and a bridge onto which attackers could travel from the tower onto the wall once lowered. Both sides would settle in and battle it out for several months until the attackers gave up or until the defenders surrendered. The defenders would wait mainly for the reason of keeping the castle, but they also hoped that help would arrive from a friendly army and rout the attackers. Here is an example: