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Are those actual flails, in an actual historical image?
That's a big surprise to me, I always thought those were mostly either improvised farm tools or extremely niche, and here they're being used by two people at the same time.
Edit: then again, maybe the Chinese were really fucking dumb, or this image is somewhat lax on historical accuracy. Crossbowmen in the open, basically unmanned walls...
Two-handed flails are attested to much more widely than the more RPG-popular one-handed flails. I'm not very familiar with Chinese history, but I believe the same applies in East Asia
The spikes on the ladder sweeper things also seems excessive, a fall from that height is going to do work by itself
I mean really they shouldn't have left those ladders sitting there, if they didn't want someone to use them. Always put your tools away when you're done with them. Saves a lot of trouble.
How are those even deployed? It looks like they would only work on ladders set right in front of them.
The crossbowmen are so close to the walls where they can only shoot at someone who sticks their head out to look down.