Options when defending a settlement

[Peasant Phill]

there will be (a) free unit(s) of militia for every settlement/city/castle. So they won't be unguarded unless the A.I. is unable to handle it, which I doubt.

[Hobot]

Well this is great news that they actually already have these features! Once again I'm more psyched than ever

[spong]

I think there should be the options to negotiate as someone mentioned earlier. I understand it might overcomplicate things though but it would be nice to negotiate terms rather than just fight or flee. Having said that it sounds as though the options they have implemented are very nice - I hated having to manually sally out of a settlement.