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[Kilojoule Proton]

A!

[Haspen]

You announce that you accept their oath of fealty.

The gathered mayors and nobles gasp in a mix of relief and joy. After the emotions subside, their leader speaks again.

"We have a thousand of able-bodied men and few men capable of leading who agreed to join forces with you to ensure your victory against those who abandoned us, my liege! Would you agree to have them amongst your ranks?"

A) "Of course! United we will destroy our enemies!"
B) "I'm pretty sure my army can win on its own. Your men should garrison the cities and protect the roads in the meanwhile!"

[King Zultan]

A

[Fluffe9911]

This better not be a 4d chess backstab plan. Anyway A

[Ixarys]

A!

[Kashyyk]

A - Lends some legitimacy to our further Conquest, although we'll have to make sure our troops don't try to settle any grudges from the recent battle

[Kilojoule Proton]

A

[Prophet]

A

[Haspen]

You accept the arms and men of the southern cities. From there, you march a bit more northernly.

807 AD, Next week

An opportunity for the combined forces to test their skills! A young nobleman, not willing to listen to offer of surrender and good treatment, is challenging the 'vile invaders from the filthy east'.

He has two thousand men, half militia, half well-trained axemen and archers. However, only a handful of horsemen, definitely his bodyguards. You therefore apply the same flanking attack you did before, as the enemy cannot counter it.

5*

Be it difference in dialects, untested chain of command or simply arguments between commanders from two kingdoms, its obvious that the initial stage of battle could've went better.

Still, the enemy is massacred and only a handful have escaped! The young nobleman's body was recovered after he perished during a last-ditch charge that failed just miserably.

807 AD, Summer

Little towns and farming hamlets surrender to your combined army, until you finally reach the walled city of Consiert, one of the biggest in Kingdom of Gon. Its governor refused to surrender, and the towers and walls are bristling with archers. No doubt hundreds or maybe thousands more defenders are within the city itself.

Further north, lies the central territory of Gon, with its capital of Gunnieva.

A) Let's split our forces, leaving some of it to besiege Consiert.
B) Let's besiege the city. We have supplies and access to more - they do not!
C) Maybe we can take the city using less honorable methods?
D) Maybe our new allies can help? Surely they have friends inside that would listen to reason?
E) This is not the city we're looking for - let's bypass it!

[Kashyyk]

There's a rebel mob assaulting the capital whilst the King fled North, and potentially a pretender raising an army in the West.

I think we should do A. We cover our supply lines and let us advance on and destroy the peasant uprising. Seeing us save the capital, with Southern banners and having their King abandon them, I think the Capital should surrender.

[Glass]

There's a rebel mob assaulting the capital whilst the King fled North, and potentially a pretender raising an army in the West.

I think we should do A. We cover our supply lines and let us advance on and destroy the peasant uprising. Seeing us save the capital, with Southern banners and having their King abandon them, I think the Capital should surrender.

+1, A

[Fluffe9911]

A

[Haspen]

You split your forces; two thousand shall encircle the city of Consiert, while the remaining - totalling three thousand - will march with you northwards.

807 AD, Few days later

Your army doesn't even cover quarter of the distance between Consiert and capital city, when the scouts sent northwards return in a hurry.

"My liege! My liege! The King of Gon has saved Gunnieva from the peasant mob! Hearing about our invasion, he has already garrisoned the capital and is marching south!" Your commanders, both Bailemarrian and south-Gonian, grimace and murmur.

"How many troops does he have?"

"We weren't able to ascertain, but our humble estimations would place his numbers at equal or larger than what is with Your Highness at the moment. We saw a lot of mounted soldiers, as well, at least a thousand." Your officers sit down around you for a much needed war council.

A) "A splendid opportunity! Imagine the chaos if we personally kill King of Gon and disperse his main army! Onwards, lets meet him in field battle!"
B) "We ought to return to the besieged city of Consiert - I would rather have at least slight number advantage when the banners of Gon show up."

[Kashyyk]

Oof. Let's hope the Southern Gon troops remember their new loyalties. They could tip the balance if they flip.

B - Best to reconvene. Worst case we can pull back the whole army in good order rather than be defeated piecemeal

[Glass]

B
Best to be smart about this. We’re no brilliant tactician, so I don’t trust a head-on engagement without a superior force to have any better than even odds.