beowulf questions

hi
I was just a little confused with one of the questions in the packet. The Beowuf attacks the Dragon section at the end. #3 says what is his intention and #4 is what does he tell his warriors is his strategy? So would the Srategy be only fighting the dragon if he comes out of his barrow and onto the open ground to face Beowulf? And would his intention be vowing to fight? Cause i dont know if that makes sence.
And also in that section #5 What does he tell the warriors their role in the battle, and how does he justify it? Is their role just to stay behind? but then who are the compainions? Are they the same people, the 11, that go to investigate the sence earlier?
Sophie