Victory! Now that's what I'm (hoping that I was) talking about.

And that arrogant Hugh...Stephen would do well to sponsor a force to the Holy Land right after we have Gloucester's head on a spike. A "reward" and to send away such a potential troublemaker. An arrogant, bloodthirsty man who finds it amusing to sarcastically address the King in the midst of battle should not be allowed to move around in England. There might be a romantic (as in, warrior-knight thing, not "love") slant to his character, but that's neither here nor there. Let the Saracens have his head, or he theirs.

Now, the choices are terribly hard, since I have no clue where is where in ye olde England. However...

Number 2 is not our optimal choice. We escaped from the area in a risky trek for precisely the same reason we should not go back in now: it's isolated, far away, cut-off, and is out of the potential areas of heavy struggle. With Gloucester about, a second cut-off would be disastrous.

So it comes down to 1 or 3...

It really depends on how many troops we have. King Henry V, if it isn't too much trouble, would you elaborate on our current resources? And which area of England would most likely support Gloucester now--like, what is his current power base?