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In this way, a single defender, or two or three, is a match for as many as the besiegers can place on a single ladder. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 44, Sentence #8)

The walls of Mytilene, a town on Chios, were far from the high, thick walls of an Ar or Turia, but the dangers and principles of this form of warfare were quite similar. The defenders not only have height and can strike both downward and horizontally, and are protected by the wall, but they can fight side by side. The climber may be frustrated by one defender alone, but, commonly, will encounter two or three. In this way, a single defender, or two or three, is a match for as many as the besiegers can place on a single ladder. It is similar to defending a bridge or narrow pass, in which a single man, or a handful of men, may slow or stop the advance of far greater numbers, save that the defender of the wall has the additional advantage of, so to speak, a higher ground. Walls reduce the advantage of numbers. Let us suppose the besiegers outnumber the defenders ten to one. - (Avengers of Gor)