You order your horsemen to fight the assailants!
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And this attack was repelled! Few dozen horsemen and their mounts were killed, however.
"Our army is bleeding out." Says one officer, only to be rebunked by other: "And so is theirs!"
As the morning comes, and a council is ready to be held, miraculous news arrive - the envoy has returned! He looks a bit bruised up, but he is alive and can even walk and speak on his own. He quickly explains that he was captured and dragged to their camp and kept prisoner so he couldn't relay news that the Cydwyl are preparing a surprise night attack.
"Now that they've been beaten, Princess Dogethe, leader of the Cydwyl army, has decided to give us a chance. She offers to meet in a glade with you, and you're allowed to bring up to fifty guards if you so desire. She will bring fifty of hers, and then you can talk." Your officers murmur and talk about this, some even bringing up ideas. In the end, you decide to...
A) Go with few trusted men to the place of meeting.
B) Arrive at the glade with fifty guards, just to be sure.
C) Send a hundred best riders to assault the meeting place and capture Princess Dogethe!
D) Ignore this and prepare your Army for combat.