siege: the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
Mining: In the middle ages as a weapon they used a thing called mining the used it to weakin castle wall to wear they would fall and so they can attack the people within the castle.
In this picture there showing us a picture of mining it usally took about 2 to 3
Credits:
Created with images by Dave Stokes - "Castle" • Hans - "painting knight battle" • Taken - "mining middle ages fire" • BigMikeSndTech - "Mining" • Scott Clark - "Strip Mining" • swampa - "Opal Mine"