Knavston Black, Grand Master of the Order of the Burning Circle stood in front of the other Lords and Generals of the Royal Army. “My Lords, it is clear that we must come to a consensus on how to continue. The city of Preston has been abandoned for the safety of the walls, but there is still danger to our forces. Prince Karl and the remainder of his routed forces are in retreat towards the Fortress. We must engage these forces before they are able to rally and link up with the main forces defending their walls.”
“His men are most likely tired and disorganized but we should not discount their will to fight. They fight in their home land, in their capital no less. My plan is to move our Army into the city and engage cut them off from reaching the Castle. The city's streets are hard to manoeuvre and full of blind alleys, but that should work to our advantage when it comes to their Calvary forces. Our main goal should be the capture of Prince Karl. With King Philip's son as our hostage, I doubt he would try any drastic. With any luck, he will bend his knee to King Erik and swear an oath of allegiance to save his Son and his town from torches.”
“God is with us in this fight and wishes us to show the people of Preston the true word of Cyclism. But, I am not so full of pride that I know when to accept the input and comments from my brethren. I would humbly ask for your thoughts on the matter or ways to improve my plan.”
Barring objections or improvements from the other Lords, move the Royal Army to catch up with the disorganized remnants of Prince Karl's forces and attempt to cut off their escape to the Fort and Capture the Prince.