@Kampfarsch If you do play 4k games you will fully understand how big of a massive fuck up they did. In the grand scheme of things the lives of 1 or 2 soldiers do not matter, the information they are scouting for worth so much more than their own lives. And you never let a scouting party engage in combat unless its self defense. Its a scouting party after all, its usually customized to be speedy and stealthy, and most of the time not prepared to deal with a "hero" unit.
So what did that newbie get for trying to "administer justice"? He lost all information that the party was supposed to be gathering, killed off his whole team, soured relations with a random 3rd party that had no hands in their current conflict, and possibly created new allies for the "witch" they were supposed to be hunting in the first place. It's nothing but fuck ups piled on fuck ups piled on fuck ups.
@monoreposo The MC is a bit lost right now, i do agree, though its somewhat more understandable if you think that he is a roleplaying. For his decision to create an alliance, its honestly not a bad decision. You are surrounded by late-game countries that will possibly start an attack on you at any moment, you really want to get an alliance going with factions of similar ideals so that you can at least get your country off the ground first before engaging in combat