Yeah, long-term, the side with the best growth wins. Better economy usually decides that.
Saying you're stronger than the maid, but easily gets pushed back by her.
Siege weapons at front is a great opportunity to destroy them, but unless it was a very fast attack, the engineers should've been able to escape.
Lead by example, even in battle. Well, not exactly the same, since it's so easy being OP like that compared to the regular soldiers.