Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-97.81.240.58-20130603234626/@comment-24261859-20140404101310

Sun Tzu's admonition against sieges draws from the fact that you will be facing an enemy with the defender's advantage, that you will have to invest heavily in siege weaponry to overcome their walls and other defensive emplacements, and the aforementioned desparate enemy factor. Zhang Yu interpreted Master Sun's writings on this subject, "The siege of cities and butchering of towns not only ages the army and wastes resources, it also has a lot of casualties, so it is the lowest form of attack. When you besiege a city, your power will be used up in that, so you only do it if it is absolutely necessary, as a last resort."

Furthermore, "If the general cannot control his anger and has his army swarm over the Citadel, killing a third of his soldiers, and yet the citadel is not yet taken, this is a disastrous attack." Sounds like Lord Naarfin attacking the Imperial City, eh?