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It seemed to be the enemy's belief that their artillery would so reduce the effectiveness of the walls at so many points that it would be pointless to risk the hazards of a scaling attack, in which the advantages would be so clearly on the side of the defenders. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 41, Sentence #37)

In passing, it might also be mentioned that the heavy blocks used as ammunition, striking at the walls, or falling within the walls, particularly given their size and shape, were useful, in filling and repairing breaches. Carts were used to move them, and inclined planes and levers, to fit and place them. As of now, the twentieth day of the siege, no major assault, with a massed infantry, had been made on the walls. It seemed to be the enemy's belief that their artillery would so reduce the effectiveness of the walls at so many points that it would be pointless to risk the hazards of a scaling attack, in which the advantages would be so clearly on the side of the defenders. One also supposes that the enemy, which largely consisted of mercenaries, knew enough of the facts of warfare to be disinclined to participate in so perilous an endeavor. Such men prefer situations in which there is minimum risk and the prospect of maximum gain. The generalship of such troops must always, in their decisions, weigh the possibility not only of noncompliance but of mutiny. - (Avengers of Gor)