Fort Besieging Tips

In LOTR minecraft servers and multiplayer you will defend forts ( see Fort Defense Tips ) but also attack them so you will need a numerous amount of tricks up your sleeve to get yourself and your army into an enemies fort. It is also advisable to look through history at the many other successful sieges and the tactics they employed to take the castle. Online there are many tips, advice and tricks which have been carried out successfully in vanilla minecraft. This page deals with sieging forts with hireable mobs, blocks, armour and items from the LOTR Mod. Feel free to add your own input!
 * Guerrilla Warfare - The objective of guerrilla warfare is to confuse,disorient and wear down the larger traditional army. This can work for castle based troops as well, not just armies on the move. The tactics that you can use are sabotage, assassination, raids and hit and run tactics. Irregular use of all these tactics can be extremely successful. It is best if you attack the fort with all of your military strength before they even know that you are in the area, if they are strong enough to repel you, destroy and steal as much as you can before running away. Two attackers are needed for this to be truly successful and much easier.
 * Probing - The objective of probing is to test the strength of the defences and to find any weaknesses in the defence. You may need to attack several times in different places to find it. Unfortunately you will lose some of your troops in each attack.
 * Defence - You must always think of your own defence in case of counter attacks or any allied army coming behind to rescue the besieged. It is best that you build an encircling wall around the castle made of wood or stone so the enemy cannot escape. Your own camp maybe part of the wall or you may include a ditch in front of the wall. If you wish to hide your camp from the enemy you should put it a fair distance  away behind a mountain or underneath some trees.