Crossbow or Longbow Whats better for defending your medieval tower

When you are hanging out in your medieval tower and get besieged, do you reach for a crossbow or a longbow In the hands of skilled archers which will allow you to shoot closer to the base of the tower And of course the opposite is true; how close should you get to be safe from overhead archers Joe Gibbs is back shooting his 140lbs longbow and Tod is back (well I am always here to be fair), shooting his 860lbs crossbow off the battlements of Harcourt House. I now have a Patreon page where you can sign up to see bonus films, build blogs, behind the scenes and loads more stuff For budget medieval replicas of fantastic accuracy and value For commissions and custom work For merch For those who enjoyed Arrows vs Armour