Talk:Brothers In Arms: Nilfgaard/@comment-33947700-20180118231831/@comment-27237080-20200211000841

Emhyr is no dumb man, neither is Geralt. The moment Emhyr's army is placed under his own chosen supervision/command, it means that if they have the upper hand they can take Kaer Morhen and try to arrest everyone, and take Ciri at whatever the cost, and he wont give his soldiers to Geralt because otherwise they might be simply sacrificed without higher gain, such as getting Ciri with force back to Emhyr.

So no, it's not stupid nor dumb, you simply don't understand both characters, their influences, and their motives, neither you understand strategy. I do think that Geralt should've persuaded him by saying, that if he really wants his daughter to be safe, he should send his help to have higher chances of survival and rescuing, but since that option wasn't available, and neither automatic dialogue wasn't applied, then the previously mentioned possibilty or similar is the reason for both parties to disagree with other's proposition or way of doing things.