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And another question: is capturing an opponent's empty castle considered an attack? For example, if I'm playing as Red and have troops from the new weekly reinforcement on the first day of the week, can I use them to capture empty castles belonging to my opponent?

I think that regarding mines, it's definitely too much. But if we strictly adhere to the rules (without making any changes regarding this issue), then Red cannot attack and capture Blue's empty castle with the weekly reinforcement, because it's still an attack on Blue, which is prohibited by the rules.