Kingdoms Anniversary - Daily Quiz!

[Ysbeer13]

Well, I'd rather do it quickly, and get on to do some other stuff. You know, like laying siege to the next castle.

[DelEast]

I guess I would just quickly siege. I will not wait for them to instruct their people what to do or to make plans for any countermeasures. Also, there is always a chance that reinforcements will arrive for them. Also I would not want to leave a fortress intact for the enemy to use. If I can't hold it, I'll leave. Hit and Run!

"That's it. Classic, guerrilla tactics, that's what we like."

[T.Culbert]

Time is money... I would go for it... The sooner its over, the better and quicker the final outcome will be

[ibrahimovic10]

i would surround the castle and just wait but also i would attack with catapults and other stuff inside the cit.. cus if i wait too long i would need excellent supply route, beacouse my troops also have to eat.....

[Lord Darko900]

it depends ...sometimes siege the castle right away or surrounded till the castle surrender to you if the castle has resources to stay for a very long time then you should attack the castle straight away without giving enemy time to get ready or get reinforcement

if the castle is far away from main area ( where reinforcement is ) and not much resources to survive then surround the castle till they surrender and lose their resources and block their water sources to make them surrender faster before any reinforcement get there also this should be done if you have enough resources for your own army to feed them

[russianboss123]

Depends on your wealth, if you don't mind loosing troops and have other wars to fight then you want to attack and get it over with quickly. However if you want to make your opponent suffer then a siege does the trick.

[Juris931]

The question is not easy, we must consider first of all the possibilities that may or may not act in aid of defender other armies
If the defender probably can not count on additional troops and its castle is well defended, defended well to this point that one brilliant strategist is not able to find weaknesses in the enemy defense, the best choice is to build a real camp outside the enemy walls, obviously not in the colder seasons , and depriving him of supplies, keep the siege for long periods , threw infected carcasses and incendiary bullets with trebuchets, breaking down the morale of the defenders up to take them to physical and mental exhaustion because of continuous stress and lack of food
Before resorting to siege I would use spies and corruption as maintain a siege leads to an enormous waste of money and deprives the country from a very high number of men, which it favors an increase in crime and discontent

[SpoolMeister]

It depends on many factors, but generally speaking its best to rush a castle if at all possible. If the initial attacks fail it might be better to move on and continue an attack elsewhere.

Prolonged sieges tie down the attacking army, and require a disproportionate amount of force relative to the defender. The length of time it takes to successfully besiege a castle can easily use up all of the fighting season (typically spring to early autumn in Europe). Attacking armies can suffer from severe attrition due to disease, desertion, sallies from the defenders etc.

In addition the prolonged period of immobility during a siege allows the enemy to gather a relief army at their leisure, as they know exactly where the attacking army is (besieging one of their castles). A relief army could trap an besieging force between the hammer (the relief army) and the anvil (the castle). Never a good place to be.

[DontBeaWuss]

I would surround a castle with my army and wait it out because, after a long march to a designated castle, the last thing one wants is to just charge in….all that carnage! ewwww

As my army settles in for the long wait, the best way we'd beat boredom would be to come up with creative ideas regarding what forms of intimidation and bribery we could do in order to entice the enemy to leave the castle. Gone are the days when we threw diseased carcasses, rotten food and soiled underwear into the castle in order to demoralise the enemy. I’d like to think my armies are more compassionate.

Our forms of intimidation are anything from synchronised nagging to baking big batches of sweet buns with smells that make the enemy salivate for hours on end. If these tictacs weren’t working (although by the 2nd week, most of the enemy were on their knees begging to come out!) we would resort to some sort of sponsored activity in order to gather funds to bribe the enemy to leave. Sponsored muck throwing, aka paintballing, and rolling logs into peasants, aka 10 pin bowling, were the favourites!

Generally, the best way to end sieges was through negotiation and bribery, however, if that didn’t work, at the very least my army would be well rested and ready for a hard day’s killing in the end.

[Jsax09]

I would wait for a bit. Maybe send arrows and stuff at times to bother them. Blow horns through the night for psych warfare. Then attack and with draw then attack full force. Wear them out over time