When attempting to breach thick, ancient city walls with incendiary siege weapons, which risk fundamentally shortens the effective siege duration?

💡 Explanation

Heat dissipation via thermal conduction into the massive stone walls absorbs energy, reducing the temperature at the point of impact; therefore, the walls fail slowly because thermal inertia absorbs most of the energy influx, rather than reaching the ignition point for subsequent materials like wood reinforcements.

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