lay siege vs zerg

lay siege

verb
  • To attack continually over a long period. 

  • Chiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege. 

zerg

verb
  • To attack an opponent with a large swarm of units before they have been able to build sufficient defences. 

noun
  • A very large group of units or players. 

How often have the words lay siege and zerg occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )