User blog comment:Leolab/User Siege Tourney, Round 4 of 91: ShaolinTiger86 (Yao Long) vs MilitaryBrat (James Evans)/@comment-5232784-20130320022100

Okay well lets have a gander

1. The fortress has what you would need to defend it successfully: strong walls, hot oil and flaming arrows (1500 bowmen), and of course cannons, including some that shoot grapeshot (good for mowing down large numbers of troops at once). Yao's forces have no major siege equipment like catapults or a siege tower, so this will be a pretty tough fight for them. Their only proper attack they have on the fortified position is their 4,000 bowmen, capable of raining down on the defenders hard. Yet the technological advanced (Comparitively) Cannons should outdistance them, and combined with the Scots inside having flaiming arrows that could spread panic and fire all over the enemy position, and you have a terrible recipe for a world of hurt on Yao's army.

James's defenses simply outpreform Yao's offensive capabilities

EDGE: James Evans/Military Brat

2. General to General, Yao could have the advantage: James Evan's has several large and very bulky weapons: An Alabarda (Like a pike), a Scottish warhammer (I believe is a large weapon) and of course, the legendary Claymore. To wield a large blade like the Claymore, you need to be significantly taller than the blade: a 5 feet 7 in blade would work well with a 6 feet 4 or 6 feet 6 in tall person. James must have this extra size or more to wield this weaponry all together: a claymore in one hand, a scottish warhammer in another, you need to be big enough to wield them both (perhaps well over 7 feet high, maybe 300-400 lbs or heavier) or just go home. Yao has more efficient, lighter combo of weaponry. I do doubt the effective nature of the so-called flying Guillotine, so the Yumi has an advantage probavly in this regard, but otherwise the Scottish weapons of this general are clumsy, large and bulky, and we have not mentioned the extra weight of his armor: Yao has the advantage in speed and all around lighter yet effective combo of weapons. He may lack in girth and physical strength, and his armor won't be as effective no doubt, but his speed and better weapons combination will win him the day

EDGE: YAO-Long/Shaolin Tiger

Overall, James I believe will win this war: A battle of champions will not be very likely, considering that this siege will no doubt last a short time. In a few days the defenders will have ransacked the greater legions of Yao with their fire arrows, cannons and hot oils, and their armor will better defend themselves from the enemy arrows than the Ming/Mongol armor will from Jame's fire arrows and cannons. I think the enemy will witness such loss of life and carnage after a few days or weeks that they will turn and ride off, perhaps to gather greater numbers for a future siege; yet by doing this the defenders attain a victory, for the enemy retreated. The only way for Yao to win is by a battle of generals or champions, but James will most likely rely on his very reliable and technologicallly superior defenses to win the day...

James Evans drives back the hordes of Yao Long/ShaolinTiger86!