This chapter answers Qin Guli’s questions on countering earthen siege mounds, covering beacon signals, ration standards, scorched-earth rules, hostage systems, equipment management and five fatal flaws for city defense.
This chapter details defenses against suicidal ant-like swarming assaults. It covers pulley-hung shields, incendiary carts, wall stakes, boiling liquids, plus midnight ambushes and white-cloaked night troops to rout enemy waves.