SPOILER WARNING
I just managed to get gold on normal difficulty (and take the side quest, but that was by luck - the guy simply stumbled upon my forces). I lost one unit, but that was because of my clumsiness (I risked him though I didn't have to). No special forces selected, just the guys that were tagging along all the time. The trick was to avoid the huge army in the middle, by going right with my whole army, through the woods. The first two fortresses are child's play. The last one has a lot of knights, BUT as you approach from the other direction they never get a chance to scramble before I kick the guard out of the fortress and sneak a goblin inside.
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