Kapitel 218: Insanity?

And so, the Red Feather forces finally arrived at the city of Shigeto by the following afternoon. It was a grand fortress, indeed. Fitting of belonging to the Daimyo. The river had been manipulated so that as well as flowing through the castle – as means of a trade route – it also surrounded it.

There were four bridges, so that this moat could be traversed, and by the looks of it they were permanent features. They did nothing to detract from the moat's usefulness as a defensive feature, however. The bridges were only just wide enough for ten men to cross at a time. It prevented the attacking forces from forming up into flat ranks, and attacking the walls in a solid line.