[My liege, William says there is no time to think about useless things, let the masters around to get ready for defensive battle]
"This brat!" The king fumed in rage for one second, as he didn't like the fact that someone else was able to read his mind and thoughts. Then in the next second, he couldn't help himself from laughing, "My daughter has keen eyes indeed, just like her mother, hahahaha!"
The king wasn't insulted or irritated by what William said at all. He laughed, before turning to spread his orders to his trusted followers.
The next few hours were quite hectic everywhere. The batches sent out to scout the enemy faced deadly encounters, all ended up killed!
They didn't take one path but threaded through the narrow and twisted paths in between the mountains. At the same time, they also climbed the mountains, trying to surprise the enemy and test their defences against such tactics.