The defenses set up around most Japanese castles were so sturdy that the vast majority of
them were never even tested in battle. By building such ingenious and deadly structures as
those described in this section, castle designers ensured that any attacker would be
discouraged from trying to break these defenses. The most common form of castle warfare
was in fact the seige, where the attacking army would try to starve those inside the castle.
In the rare cases that castles were put under direct attack, the defenders almost always
emerged victorious.
Of course, before the days of automation and robotics, these defensive structures were
meaningless without soldiers to man them. With the combination of a guard of well-trained
warriors and a solid network of buildings, a castle's defenses could stop virtually any
attack. Follow the links below to learn about these structures and soldiers:
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