castles had walls, archers, and anything they can pour over the walls. moats & drawbridges as well-walls specially designed for archers hence the jagged pattern
William defended his castles by making several walls and towers. Archers were placed on the walls and towers so they could shoot enemies as they came in.
the archers had to attack from the bottem because if they climed to the top of the hill they will get tired and it will be easy to kill them.
Attackers used: Tunnels, Siege Towers, Archers, Trebuchet, A battering ram, Fireballs and Ladders
Medieval archers were employed by the kings and powerful lords during times of war. In peacetime, many of the lords, particularly those who owned castles or lived along borders, had some archers in their regular employ, but most of the archers were yeomen who worked their own farms and were required to practice regularly as one of the duties of a small land owner.
It's where the king/queen stays. Also, if a country is under attack, then the king or queen would stay in the castle, and ontop of the castles there would be archers etc. the castle would be there to defend the country i guess.
This is how I always do it on all of these i put them in order of when to deploy them. I also put how much gold you get. level 1: 10 archers and 1 cannon-4000 level 2: 30 archers and 1 cannon- 6000 level 3: 50 archers and 1 cannon-8000 level 4: 70 archers and 1 cannon-10000 level 5: 90 archers and 1 cannon-12000 level 6: 110 archers and 1 cannon-14000 and basically you keep going like this: buy archers until your money drops to 1000 then buy a cannon.
With towers, and by pouring boiling oil on the invaders. Archers would stand at the top of the castle and in towers and shoot.---- Castles were defended by moats, drawbridges, fortified walls, armed guards on patrol, fortified inner keeps.---- Some castles were defended with things called curtain walls which were known as 'walls within walls' . ----
To the best of my knowledge they are still called loopholes. Originally, medieval castles had them so that archers could shoot their arrows at besieging forces.
The slit windows or archers' windows of medieval castles were also called loopholes.
Castles had to defend themselves from attackers representing neighbouring lords or political rivals. These ground troops included mounted cavalry, archers, foot soldiers and later siege engines like trebuchets.
click archers.