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[somemildmanneredidiot]

But we have non-combatants, are taking fire from both sides, and aren't exactly in the best position to engage the enemy. That we've only lost 3 men is astonishing. Unless leaving now to strike later would be seen as a crippling sign of cowardness, it appears to be the safest option.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Yep. Make no attempts to repel them. They can't rout us on water. Lets back off and plan our attack.

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Plus this synches well with the Scout By Land as well, where we decide to come back within the year, unless you have something else in mind for that.

[Ghazkull]

you haven't lost three men they have.

[vkiNm]

Can we raze the bastards? Should we?

Maybe we should do what the romans did, have our men rest and eat and just sleep through the day on our boats away from their arrows. Then come night time, after our men woke up from a good resting and the enemies been up all day under the sun all unnerved and tired from fear of being attaked at any time, we attack the worn out and sleepy defenders.

[Aseaheru]

 Well, we dont really have a large force(Probably around 40, total. Using one of our large ships and cramming it with all our loyal troops would be bad, and you dont really need or want your largest ship for what we are doing), they probably have atleast tried to call their friends to help out, and we are sitting in what seems to be a narrow inlet, within bowshot in its entirety. We could try pulling out of range back into the bay and waiting, but I know I would just leave scouts and send everyone else back to rest up.

Least, thats what I am getting from scanty details, common sense, and a fair deal of conjecture.

[Ghazkull]

you are in a small inlet as said above, surrounded by thick foliage, both banks are relatively flat so you could charge if you wanted to. Further down the Inlet of the River gets ever more narrower. The Bay itself is large enough to be out of arrow range. About another 300 to 400 meters down lies the supposed village.

[vishdafish]

How many men do we have?

[Ghazkull]

40 excluding you and Odd. All the Huskarls, the Vikingr and the Rekkr

[vishdafish]

Whats the weather like?

[Ghazkull]

It's a beautifully sunny day with a few clouds. perfect weather for butchers business.

[vishdafish]

Hmm... Perhaps we could set fire to the foliage and advance to the village? We are better armed and better trained. Their archers only pose a threat if they ambush us from the flanks. They will be pretty weak in melee because they dont have steel weapons and armor.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Hmm... Perhaps we could set fire to the foliage

What?? Why?!

We shouldn't burn anything we intend to raid, and I doubt we could control a blaze that is hot enough to catch fresh living forest on fire.

[vishdafish]

Well, we dont really need to worry about trees and plants because we arent gonna live there. If the fire does spread to the village (which I doubt it will), when the villagers are trying to put it out they are easy targets. Also, if we raid at the right time, we can take slaves/valuables before the fire completely wrecks the village. I dont think its a good idea retreating straight away- they know we are here now, and if they find us, they may pose a threat to our loggers and farmers.

[vkiNm]

Well, would we want to control it? I mean, we could set fire on both edges and then row back to the relative safety of the zea and watch their world burn in amusement. They'd have to fight the fire to not lose their village, which means strength that should've been spent fighting us being spent fighting fire.

If the fire went out of control and burned them all, nothing's really lost to us. We can just come in after everything settled down and see if we can't pick through some metal stuff of theirs that didn't burn.