Vote tally - Italian Quest: A Mercenary Boot
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[X] Plan Options
-[X] Resupply (Gain 978 Coin)
--[X] Arms -450
--[X] Food (-30% cost)- 100
--[X] Support -150
-[X] Preparations for the Duke's meeting
--[X] Inform the Duke that Cesare's army numbers between 4 and 5 thousand, a small number of heavy cavalry but no artillery or light cavalry. Whether in a siege/battle we would be outnumbered. Should we prepare for a siege the enemy has no way of breaching the wall but this same lack of ability to breach the wall might push the enemy to assault the city. Their lack of light cavalry robs them of mobility and speed.
--[X] Should the Duke decide to endure a siege arms, food, and support should be stockpiled from the surrounding area so as to deny them to the enemy.
---[X] Advise against a siege, we would be outnumbered and we don't have the ability to properly fortify the city with earthwork and ditches. The lack of defenses would only serve to make an enemy assault more likely and effective.
--[X] A better alterative would be to use our advantages, our light cavalry and smaller army gives us more mobility and speed. A raid on their camp with the regiment of light cavalry would be possible, they wouldn't have anything to counter, their heavy cavalry would be to slow to react, and the dukes men should have intimate knowledge of the terrain.
---[X] If the Duke is receptive to the idea of a raid then go even further, and propose luring the enemy into a battle, our allies in Pesaro are a short distance away. We can link up the 2 forces while the light cavalry raids their camp and if the enemy pursue we can ambush them with the combined forces. If they don't we can still proceed to the camp, the enemy wouldn't be expecting an attack so soon after a raid. Tell the Duke he has good commanders in Johannes(tactics/terrain specialty) and ourselves. The Duke also has intimate knowledge of the terrain and knowledge of where an ambush/battle would most favor us.
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