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Process of undermining a castle's walls illustrated (lemmy.world)
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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tunneler: "Is this safe?"

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

[–] thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

"And light a big fire down there!"

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months 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.