It is yet another afternoon in your army camp. Having decided to march northwards, towards the city of Largo, your regiment was currently setting down their tents for the night after yet another day of walking - you were still over two days of travel before you were able to reach your target. You hoped that the fighting between these two rival cities had either defeated, or at the very least weakened, the forces of Largo. For all you knew, you would arrive at the town to find it under siege, or even already taken.

So you find yourself rather surprised when, rather late in the afternoon, you are called by Hugues to an emergency meeting. You find him in the war tent, as he often is, besides Captain Nestor, the one who had fended off an ambush not too long ago.

"You've a proposition?"

"Of sorts, sire." says Hugues. "Captain Nestor here says that his men were able to go as far as to spot Largo in their latest scouting run, and have some rather interesting things to say. Tell him, soldier."

Nestor clears his throat.

"Your lordship, my troop was clearing the way north when we were able to spot the city. Though we weren't so bold as to approach, we were able to tell that it was pretty vulnerable. They've no wall of stone, only a large palisade of wood. Wall wasn't even big enough to have men on them."

That is certainly good to hear - if worst comes to be, you'll have no challenge sieging them. However, the man does not seem to be done. "What proposition did you speak of, then, Captain?"

"To send a detachment to attack them, sire. If we go by it the normal way, they'll see our campfire smoke when we reach a day of distance. That might give some time for their men to prepare, flee the city, or warn their army, if they've got one in the field. If we were to send some cavalry ahead, we could use a quarter-barrel filled with gunpowder to blow open their gate. Would let us ride right in, take the city without challenge."

You turn to Hugues. "Is what this man says feasible?"

He nods his head. "I've seen more unlikely plans work, sire. If they've got pikemen guarding the city, it could turn ugly...but with our skirmishers, it could be dealt with. Of course, there's always the risk of them being more well-defended than expected...or of being attacked while we wait."

As always, risks and gains exist on both sides. You have come to be rather familiar with that...

CHOOSE YOUR OPTION
>We'll go forward with the plan, and I will lead it myself (If so, which units?)
>We'll go forward with the plan, but I'll let Hugues lead it. (If so, which units?)
>No, we're better off approaching them normally.
>Write-in