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With your baggage train proper and the siege engines loaded off the ships. You decided it was time for you to march upon the castle of Nilsborg. Which you had bypassed earlier while you had decided to take the harbour first and foremost.
Nilsborg itself was an unimpressive sight, a towerhouse-type castle surrounded by a wooden palisade reinforced by earthwork. It was erected out of fieldstone and had clearly seen better days, with cracks visible in the walls and signs of decay throughout the structure. Despite its appearance, you knew that taking control of Nilsborg would mean that at least part of the island would come into your hands.
<span class="mu-i"> ''Breaching the palisade will be the easy part. I don't think they have the men to fully man them. The only question is whether we want to spend men taking the tower house or simply destroy it all together.'' </span> someone pointed out while you were briefing your commanders.
To destroy it, you would need castles or other forts to exert control over the island once you had completed your campaign here, but you were not certain whether Nilsborg should be preserved. Its design was dated; you would irrevocably destroy the palisade were you to take the castle by storm. Starving them out would be risky, as you knew that the enemy force upon the island would most certainly come to the relief of Nilsborg.
Nilsborg isn't near a population centre and wouldn't help you with controlling the countryside. Destroying it would be a strategic decision that could potentially weaken the enemy's hold on the island. However, it would deprive you of a stronghold on the island.
Still, you were here with fewer men than usual. Wasting them on assaulting or taking this castle could be a tad bit too costly for your tastes.
For now, the encirclement of the castle would begin. The palisade was indeed unmanned, and a few breaches were made, which gave you access to the outer courtyard. What to do next was up to you.
The Svengalian army will march to the relief of Nilsborg in about 7 turns.
The garrison has provisions for about 9 turns.
As of right now, the morale of the defenders is normal.
The outer defences are breached.
The inner defences are undamaged.
Would you mind destroying Nilsborg?
>Yes
>No, but if we do, I wouldn't mind.
>No.
Orders, sir?
>Have Sophia scare them with some magic.
>Have Sophia destroy part of the castle.
>Have the artillery
>Do nothing.
