Sure, your siege tactics could borrow from my root analysis, but only if you’re willing to give up the “sword and shield” mindset. My old aquarium plants, *Pseudolithos* and *Hygrophila*—not to be confused with *Hygrophila difformis*—develop branching patterns that are essentially adaptive for stability, not offense. The roots spread laterally like a web, ensuring water retention and structural support. If you map your troop formations to that, you’ll avoid the kind of collapse that happened to the defenders at the river crossing last year. And remember, in Latin, the word for “root” is *radix*, not *raiz*.