Under the light of the oil lamp, Viscount Lausas's face was illuminated uncertainly, and asked, "Do you know the number of enemies and who the commander-in-chief of the army is?" ”

"Uh...... The number of the enemy was about five or six hundred, and the commander-in-chief of the enemy was ...... I don't know, but many of their knights carry iron crosses with white backgrounds on their rifles! ”

"Iron Cross on a white background......" Viscount Lausas narrowed his eyes, as if remembering who used this coat of arms.

"Clerk, take out your information and find out who is in Den Lenburg with an iron cross on a white background!" He said to one of the people beside him.

After a while, the clerk came up with an answer, and took the parchment and said: The iron cross on a white background in the Denlenburg region is used by only one person, and his name is Wilhelm. Wallace, who is said to have been the second son of a baron, later became a robber, then as a knight allegiance to a baron named Comos in Dülenburg, and later played a role in Dülenburg's war against the Checkels, was canonized a baron by the Count of Loire and granted Mandes Manor! ”

"William. Wallace...... I seem to have heard the name! Viscount Lausas said.

"This William. Wallace once participated in this year's Kingdom Athletic Conference, and won the title of Champion Knight, and he also traded with the Chekel people to send war horses to the royal capital, you didn't go to the Athletic Conference, I don't know it's normal! The clerk explained in detail to Viscount Lausas.

"Champion Knight......" Viscount Lausas muttered thoughtfully.

night

In Sutton Castle, William smiled and said to Baron Bayer: "Now the enemy's losses are large, the army in the hands of Viscount Lausas is estimated to be more than 2,000 people, plus the number of troops that can be used by speculators is estimated to be 2,500 people, it is easier for us to defend!" ”

"Yes, this time, the credit is yours!" Baron Bayer said.

William didn't answer, and continued: "But since their troops have already arrived, it means that Viscount Lausas's army is not far from here, and they have to be prepared, starting tomorrow to double the number of soldiers on the city wall, and then let the light infantry process the felled trees and make arrows, so as to prevent the arrows from being consumed too quickly."

"Well, just do as you say, if you can hold it, Sutton Town must not fall!" Baron Nair said.

The geographical location of Sutton Town is quite important, don't look at it as a small castle, or commerce as the main industry, but the location here is in the northernmost part of Denlenburg, and if you hold here, you can really blockade the northern part of Denlenburg and prevent the enemy from entering the hinterland of Denlenburg.

And if Denlenburg is taken by the enemy, then Denlenburg will face the enemy's harassment at any time, and can provide a stable rear for the enemy, so that he can concentrate on fighting Denlenburg.

And there were no other fortifications within eighty kilometers of Denglenburg, not even a small wooden barracks, so whoever was in the hands of Sutton Town had the initiative.

The next morning, it was clear that the atmosphere in the castle had become more tense, and the light infantry had sped up their efforts to make arrows, and the two blacksmiths in the castle and their apprentices were desperately trying to make arrowhead spearheads and swords to supplement the battle.

Originally, there was a shortage of iron in Denlenburg, and the iron that could be used to make weapons in the castle was even scarcer, so William had to ask the soldiers to find all the iron products in the castle, and then melt them down to make weapons, which finally seemed to be enough.

The Manders infantry were not on the city walls, and there were more than a hundred armed infantry under the command of Baron Shubail on the city walls, and the Manders infantry were wearing iron armor, which was too heavy, and the iron armor lost heat, so they would only go out when the enemy was attacking the city.

These soldiers are now constantly maintaining their equipment in the castle, wiping their armor and weapons, and the more than 2,000 enemies have put too much pressure on them, although they will not be afraid, but the tension will definitely be there.

William sat in the castle and followed Baron Baier to deal with the dispatch of various supplies, in short, there were indeed a lot of chores before the war.

Snowflakes were fluttering in the sky again, the weather was very gloomy, and something could be seen on the wall of more than four meters, when suddenly a soldier shouted: "Look below! There are enemies! Report it! ”

Three or four thousand people swaggered down the castle and began to cook in pots, not paying any attention to the soldiers on the city walls.

Receiving the news, William and Baron Bair walked up to the city wall, and through the peephole of his helmet, he observed the situation below, the enemy soldiers were eating, and the upper officers, as if they were gathering together as if discussing something.

William did not go down the wall, but transferred the Mendean infantry to the wall, and let the heavy infantry and the Golden Lion Guards wear equipment ready to support at any time, and the archers carried enough arrows to the city wall to prepare fire support, and the task of more than 20 knights was to lead the Mendean infantry to deal with the coming war.

The heavy cavalry could not participate in the battle at this time, although they had also been trained by the infantry, but they had been rusty after a long time without training, and they had not experienced any follow-up training, and William did not plan to let them participate in the war unless it was absolutely necessary.

The walls were already in full swing, and they had dried meat and black bread with them, and the melted snow filled their bellies.

The enemy's stock was running low, and it was impossible to engage in that kind of siege tactics, and William estimated that they would immediately attack the city after eating and resting.

Sure enough, when the sun was setting in the west, in the afternoon, the enemy set up a formation and began to prepare for the siege.

You don't need a siege tower trebuchet to attack such a castle, you can just use a simple ladder.

Viscount Lausas rode his horse to the phalanxes and said to the infantry commander, Captain Senkos: "Captain Senkos, you take fifty armed infantry and two hundred light infantry to test the enemy's defense, and let those speculators follow, and say that after the victory, I will give the people who participate in the battle two percent of the spoils!" ”

In this way, fifty armed infantrymen, two hundred light infantry, and more than five hundred speculators approached the city wall with ladders.

The soldiers on the walls are already in full array, "Archers prepare!" "William's hand is raised high, and the archers round their recurved bows, and when William's hand is lowered, they will make the arrows a nightmare for their enemies.

At this time, the enemy was still more than 150 meters away from the city wall, and some of them had shields in their hands, some of them wore armor, but there were also many speculators who only had a short sword, or a wooden stick or a chopping axe.

"Put!" William shouted angrily, and the archers released their fingers at the same time, allowing the arrows to be fired.

One hundred and fifty arrows made a sound of breaking through the air, although it could not be called a rain of arrows, but the power was definitely not small, after all, it was a recurve compound bow, and the enemy could still shoot at a distance of one hundred and fifty meters.

These one hundred and fifty arrows directly caused a small group of people to fall, and it seemed that there were about thirty or forty people, most of whom lost to the speculators who did not have armor and shields, because at this distance, even the recurve compound bow could not penetrate the leather armor.