User blog comment:Leolab/User Siege Tourney, Round 39 of 50: Leolab (Lloyd) v Redkite (Markus)/@comment-4661256-20140121235935/@comment-422690-20140130204352

Well this'll be point-by-point.

1) "Trebuchets won't do shit"
 * Markus's trebuchets don't need to hit bunches of men to do damage. They can just as easily (and farm more effectively) target Lloyd's siege engines, limiting him to ladders, which aren't going to be too effective, and the sappers. The sappers are the ones most likely to succeed, and even in those the main danger lies in the initial surprise. If Markus's men survive that, (and I think they will) they simply have to put some guards around the hole to stab people trying to get through.
 * Side note: you say Markus's 12 trebuchets won't be enough, but that Lloyd's one in conjunction with his two cannons can "raze the damn fort to the ground". Make up your mind.

2) Lloyd's not an idiot
 * Neither is Markus.

3) Pikes ad shields aren't maneuverable enough to defend a hallway
 * A 5-8 man squad can, bar immense stupidity, hold back waves from two sides, because multiple people can face multiple directions. The Greeks at Thermopolye lost against far more overwhelming numbers than here. The point I was making about it - that positioning is paramount and fighting on defense is far simpler than fighting on offense - still stands. The Greeks may have lost, but they held out for several days against longer odds than Markus is facing.

4) Lloyd can intercept supply lines and starve him out
 * For one, the maps he has only shows him friendly supply routes. His cavalry needs to search out and intercept Markus's supply routes multiple times before he can set up a working interception. He's not trying to find a stream of supplies and divert it to his army, he's trying to find a route of small supply caravans to intercept. At best, this would happen after the fourth month.

5) Blah blah Long Run blah
 * We're looking at a timescale of 4 months here. This is short to mid term.

6)"But with a destroyed fort ... capitulate." (snipped for space reasons to point you to that section)
 * This being your last point, it bears mentioning that all of this is one possibility. Lloyd could catch a lucky break and intercept both of Markus's supply lines in the first week and level the castle like you said. Markus could also catch a lucky break and have his trebuchets crush Lloyd's tent the first night. Arguing stuff that's outside the realm of reasonable possibility isn't going to get you any traction.

And last but not least:
 * Cfp, you really need to learn how to debate a point.