Which risk increased most after gunpowder's introduction to Song Dynasty siege warfare?

💡 Explanation

The risk of fire increased significantly due to the inherent instability of early gunpowder mixtures; this introduced a *thermal runaway* chain reaction because a single spark within siege engines could lead to immediate, devastating fires, rather than slow burns.

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