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Process of undermining a castle's walls illustrated (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wonder how many commanders had their diggers... just keep digging until collapse.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Tunneler: "Is this safe?"

Very Brave Commander, yelling down the tunnel from the surface: "Probably! Just keep going!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

"And light a big fire down there!"

[–] Saledovil 3 points 3 weeks ago

You sort of need to know when the wall collapses. If it collapses too early, you can't press your advantage, and if it collapses too late, then your troops will be under enemy fire for quite some time while they wait for the wall to collapse.