Quote Originally Posted by bamff
I have not encountered the enemy hiding in the forest thing in MTW. Sadly, I have also had relatively few opportunities to defend a castle in MTW - the AI rarely seems inclined to assault my fortifications (must be those scary gargoyles on my outer ramparts!).
There's a tip for that one. The comp likes to counter a sally with only the troops inside the castle, with a storming. That said, it won't always happen and in that case you cannot retreat back to the castle (losing the battle will still make you keep the castle if you still got men left iirc), but only to another province.