"Please rest assured, Your Royal Highness the Prince, the soldiers and knights I brought with me are battle-hardened warriors who can kill the enemy on the battlefield at any time!"

Norwen listened to Arthur's reminder and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

At this time, in the garrison of the Denglenburg infantry, they wore a military uniform customized for them by William, and maintained their equipment.

A team of ten soldiers and an officer gathered together, each with a whetstone, as they polished their weapons.

Although their equipment was usually well maintained, polishing their weapons before odd battles was a long-standing habit of the Dellenburg army.

Soldiers will sharpen their weapons before the battle, clearly aware of the environment they are in, and be vigilant and prepared for the upcoming battle.

A recruit who had been in the army for less than two months said to a veteran next to him, "Brother Drey, what do you think our enemy should be?" ”

The man who was called Drego by the recruits looked to be about thirty years old, not too old, his formal physical fitness was at the peak of his age, and his battlefield experience was also extremely rich.

Such a soldier was rare even in the entire army of Denlenburg, and if it had not been for this expedition, he would have had a good chance of being promoted to officer.

The veteran touched the prickly beard on his chin and smiled, "Don't be scared, you kid?" Tell you, the more scared you are on the battlefield, the sooner you die! ”

The young soldier was a little embarrassed, he looked less than twenty years old, only eighteen or nineteen years old, quite young and immature.

He said, "I'm not afraid!" The Earl has given us such good equipment on this expedition, how could I be afraid? ”

Indeed, William gave them the standard equipment of the Denlenburg infantry in advance before he set out for the battle, otherwise they would not have been able to get the armor while they were still in the training period.

The recruits were also very excited to be assigned armor, having seen heavily armed Denglenburg infantry when they were training as militiamen.

At that time, he was extremely envious of these mighty and domineering troops, the armor they wore was not only expensive, but also looked very heroic and handsome.

So he had long wanted to serve in the army and become a glorious Denglenburg infantryman, wearing this expensive and beautiful armor.

The veteran looked at the recruit's appearance and smiled even more presumptuously, and after laughing, he patted the recruit's shoulder and said: "It's nothing to be afraid, it's all a normal thing, I think I was a recruit for the first time on the battlefield, but I was more nervous than you!" ”

As he spoke, the veteran's face showed a look of nostalgia, as if he was nostalgic for that time.

"At that time, we didn't have the good equipment we have now, even if we were hit by the enemy with spears and swords, we wouldn't be harmed!"

"The Earl wasn't a Count at that time!" The old soldier looked at the clouds that kept drifting in the sky, and said, "At that time, the Earl was only a baron, and the territory was just a manor!" ”

"Our group of soldiers, we can only wear a not too good chain armor, ordinary attacks are fine, if the enemy's attack is too strong, then we will be fatally damaged!"

"Serving under Lord Earl was much more dangerous back then than it is now!" The veteran continued, "But I'm all right, the first batch of soldiers of Lord Earl seem to have all died now, right?" I remember telling me that in the beginning, the Earl could only afford leather armor, so the veterans had a leather armor for everyone! ”

"That's a long time ago!" The old soldier waved his hand and said, "I seem to be younger than you at that time!" I'm only about sixteen or seventeen years old! ”

The veteran looked at the recruit with an encouraging expression, patted him on the shoulder and said, "So, it's okay, it's much safer now than before, not to mention that there are still our veterans?" ”

The veteran pointed to a few people around him, patted the recruit's back vigorously, and said.

About half of the soldiers that Norwin brought to the Kingdom of Camelot this time were recruits who had been trained for less than two months, and William hoped that they would be trained enough on the battlefield to quickly transform into veterans.

Otherwise, with the current ratio of new and old soldiers in William's army, how could it be that a veteran leads a new soldier?

He was afraid that there would be too many recruits in the team and it would not be safe to fight, so he deliberately increased the ratio of recruits to veterans.

During this time, Arthur had already written a declaration of war, or a covenant, and sent it to the Duke of Valral, who was in Camelot.

He did not say much else in his letter, nor did he list many high-sounding reasons, but the Duke of Jovalral fought a final battle on the 24th day of June in the year 1233 A.H., a month later, on a plain forty kilometers north of the city of Carmellot.

Arthur did not implement other strategies and tactics, but the world set a date for the decisive battle, and prepared to carry out waves of tactics.

When the Duke of Valral received this news in the city of Carmellot, he let out a long sigh and muttered in his study, "My dear nephew, why do you come to provoke me? ”

His tone was quite kind at first, like the tone of a real uncle to his nephew, but in the end, his tone and expression became hideous: "Since you don't know each other so well, then don't blame me for not caring about the feelings of both of us uncles and nephews!" ”

In this way, the Duke of Valral's order to transfer troops was passed on to the nobles everywhere, and the nobles loyal to the Duke of Valral sent troops to gather around the city of Carmellot.

However, there are also some nobles who oppose the Duke of Vallar, although they have not made any resistance before, but in this situation, even if they do not make a move, the Duke of Valar is powerless to clean them up.

Therefore, some nobles simply cowered in their castles, with no intention of sending troops at all.

The mercenaries hired by the Duke of Vallar quickly gathered outside the city of Carmellot, and three groups of mercenaries and 2,500 people quickly set up three camps and stood by in place.

There are still about 4,000 people in the direct army of the Duke of Vallar, which are the troops of the previous Duke of Vallar, plus the selection of some of the original royal troops available, which adds up to 4,000 people.

In order to feed them, he did not hesitate to impose heavy taxes, which made the people of King Carmellot boil.

These direct troops were stationed in the city, and there were about 600 knights under his command, and he could now be said to be completely unbridled.

It is less than a quarter of the territory of the Tskma Kingdom at the time of King Brolin, but the army has reached half of the Tskma Kingdom at that time, which is such a burden for the low-level civilians!