As we all know, dynasties under ancient feudal society have prospered and declined, and no matter how rich a dynasty is, it will be defeated for a day. For example, the tang dynasty was famously strong in history, but it eventually perished. There are often wars in ancient times, and we often see pictures of wars in costume TV series. However, in ancient times, when fighting wars, why did the defenders prefer to smash them with stones rather than push down ladders? Soldier: Fools push! It's not that they don't push, it's that it's useless to push.
Siege warfare in history, belongs to a very common war, attack a city, then the city's materials, all belong to the attacking side. After the city was breached, the territory belonged to the attacking side, including everything in the city. However, when attacking the city, everyone knows that the attacking side will use ladders to climb the city wall to fight, while the defenders can only use stones to smash, but no one will push down the ladder. The ancients were actually very clever, and although the siege used ladders, it was not an ordinary ladder.
The siege ladder invented by the ancients, called the cloud ladder, it is very different from the ordinary ladder, the ordinary ladder, is a simple ladder, leaning against the wall to climb. But the siege ladder is different, it will have a relatively hard base, is a triangle, after the ladder is leaned against the city wall, it is difficult for the enemy to push the ladder down, can only choose to use stones, throw down to block the enemy's attack. The attacking side also needs the cover of comrades-in-arms to successfully climb the city wall.
Ancient people fought wars, using cold weapons, generally bows and arrows and bows, and siege soldiers would also hold defensive equipment when attacking. Therefore, the defending soldiers directly smashed down with stones and smashed the siege soldiers down with gravity. Some defenders of the city will also use oil or boiling water to splash downwards, as long as it can prevent the enemy from attacking the city wall, all useful methods will be used, but there is no way to push to the ladder. Moreover, the weight of the ladder is not something that a few soldiers can push, so instead of wasting time pushing the ladder, it is better to quickly smash the stone.
The wisdom of the ancients is not something that we modern people can say clearly in one or two sentences, and there were often wars in ancient times, which are all experiences they have summed up. The ladder was the weapon of war invented by people at that time, and had to be praised, and the wisdom of the ancients was really clever. Now everyone knows why the defenders of the city did not push down the ladder, not that they did not want to push, or that there was no way to push it down.