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[helmacon]

Let's be honest here, power hungry is exactly what we are.

A

[Tiruin]

Let's be honest here, power hungry is exactly what we are.

A

Not really. We can just say 'we're not tyrants' as that's what I'd like us to say.
And they're paranoid because of years of D:< Eistians. "A" is pretty much the pressurizing option--and at a time like this, Independence won't help a lot at all. We can bring them all under our banner anyway.

[Haspen]

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This is for when I'm back from work ;v

[Tiruin]

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This is for when I'm back from work ;v

Please respond well current Duke whose name starts with "E" that I forgot the spelling of. :<
We're rolling charisma aren't we?
Should've got that necklace.

[omada]

Should've got that necklace.

Never too late to ask them again for it? Maybe after the looting of caravans we will get more wealth.

[Haspen]

You threaten to starve the city if it does not surrender.

2

"Then we would rather starve!" Negotiations broken, the envoy is escorted to the gates and the siege continues.

969 AD, Midsummer

Messengers bring news from north and scouts bring report about the south.

In the north, King Tinwulf II has begun the siege of the capital city of Eist, Eisf, founded a mere century ago. Meanwhile, his two sons are leading two different armies to besiege two nearby fortresses.

The scouts report that a large army of Kashite and Dwarven mercenaries is coming! There are about three hundred heavily armored and armed dwarves; eight times that of Kashite swordsmen and light cavalry, if scouts did the counting right. Amidst mostly dwarven and eastern banners, the flag of Eist flutters wildly, carried by few local noblemen.

You host a council of war and during it decide to...

A) Split your Army in half and send one part to fight the incoming reinforcements.
B) Take most Army with you and personally strike against the incoming mercenaries.
C) Fortify your position and continue the siege in full force.

[Swordstar]

B

[Harry Baldman]

B - I feel like if we're running interference, we might as well commit fully to it

[Criptfeind]

Wait, how many dudes do we have? We seem like we're outnumbered and probably have lower quality. We should probably be retreating.

[NUKE9.13]

Good thing we took what we could get from this city ahead of time, eh?
...
We will need most of our army to face the oncoming force. If that means the city's defenders manage to break the siege, well, good for them.

B

[Harry Baldman]

I think we have about as many as they do, or at least it feels like Army 4 should mean something approximately like it. It ought to be an even fight, more or less - they have dwarfantry, we have Martial.

[Criptfeind]

Good thing we took what we could get from this city ahead of time, eh?

Ah, that good old 20/20 hindsight, so clear, so fresh. Besides, since we have to fight them apparently it seems like we're not actually any worse off. We'd not exactly be in a better position if we had left the city behind, then they'd be able to also restock and and gather forces at it, and we'd be even worse off probably. >.> At least if we're between them and the city we can at least try to keep the city from reinforcing with them.

[Chevaleresse]

B. Dwarves wreak havoc on encampments.

[Tiruin]

You threaten to starve the city if it does not surrender.

2

"Then we would rather starve!" Negotiations broken, the envoy is escorted to the gates and the siege continues.

969 AD, Midsummer

Messengers bring news from north and scouts bring report about the south.

In the north, King Tinwulf II has begun the siege of the capital city of Eist, Eisf, founded a mere century ago. Meanwhile, his two sons are leading two different armies to besiege two nearby fortresses.

The scouts report that a large army of Kashite and Dwarven mercenaries is coming! There are about three hundred heavily armored and armed dwarves; eight times that of Kashite swordsmen and light cavalry, if scouts did the counting right. Amidst mostly dwarven and eastern banners, the flag of Eist flutters wildly, carried by few local noblemen.

You host a council of war and during it decide to...

A) Split your Army in half and send one part to fight the incoming reinforcements.
B) Take most Army with you and personally strike against the incoming mercenaries.
C) Fortify your position and continue the siege in full force.

OH sure, where were the Dwarves when WE needed THAT kind of military power >_>
"Just extremely expensive spellcasters". [/Totallybiased]
~300 Heavy Infantry Dwarves
~2,400 Kashite Infantry/Light cavalry
And STOOPID EIST.
Wow. Seriously. We're facing our [tiny] vassal force versus this kinda stuff. :^
Eist is seriously one big power, or we've been playing bigger game as Luathbas and never noticed.

B

[NUKE9.13]

~300 Heavy Infantry Dwarves
~2,400 Kashite Infantry/Light cavalry
And STOOPID EIST.
Wow. Seriously. We're facing our [tiny] vassal force versus this kinda stuff. :^
Eist is seriously one big power, or we've been playing bigger game as Luathbas and never noticed.

I think that 1 point of army ~= 1000 troops, so we should have enough to beat them, assuming that Heavy Dwarves provide no more than a +1 bonus.

But yeah, Eist must be sitting on several gold mines to be able to afford this many mercenaries given the size of their kingdom.