I mean, he's not the best when it comes to ideas. He seems to know the temperament of the guards well though.

They would have shot you quite accurately if you didn't tele away. That's the thing about crossbows, very accurate but takes a time to reload. That's why militias adopted them. Least, Alvion did.

The gates are not where they can't see, previously where you all were standing were where they can't but not now. :>.