You lead your men northwards, to the forested areas of Tiftit!
Five days later, as your Army is marching through a forest tall and dark, suddenly Hurthlings attack from both sides! Your Army's formation and the thickness of the forest forbid any useful deployment and use of Fireblood machines, not that your engineers have the time! And the Hurthlings picked best moment for ambush, too - what are your scouts doing??
2*
Your Army fights back chaotically as the forest clearly gives the Hurthlings a home field advantage, their javelineers and bowmen popping up from behind or on the top of the trees. Your Army is still numerous, so by numbers alone they have time to regroup and counterattack.
5*
And that some time to regroup is all that your Army needs; the soldiers run into the thicket en masse, pursuing and cutting down any and every armed Hurthling they find. The battle is won, but this time some three hundred Methiantese soldiers won't be coming home. Bodies of Hurthlings are twice that in numbers.
Fortunately, after a week of trek total, your Army emerges into highly populated farmlands area. Some initial resistance is squashed but before your soldiers can 'teach' the little peoples a lesson, a group of Hurthlings clad in chainmail and pink cloaks hurries toward your position, wearing the white scarves of truce.
They kneel in front of you and smooch the dirt, crying aloud.
"Oh grate Hooman King, spare our lives, we will be nice agiin! We swear to never hurt a big man again, and we will be nice, but pliis stop with the killings!!" You decide to...
A) Satisfy yourself with this promise and return home.
B) Add their bodies to the pile, as the final day of Hurthling race is at hand!!
C) Demand they return the stolen supplies and money.
D) Demand they kiss your royal signet and begin their lives anew as your vassals!