Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
The fort didn't have soldiers or archers to attack from behind the wall. They basically had the 3 elite fighters and the general (and a bunch of fodder who let the MC go alone for some reason). If they let the enemy come close to the wall, the enemy can just burn it down.
That's not how a castle works, small castle were garrisoned by very few men and used to fend off armies of hundreds during medieval times simply by sitting things out.