Chapter 209: Confrontation

Such a difference in strength seems to be a bit different, but in fact, the strength of both sides is about the same, although there are not many nobles on William's side, but he has many soldiers of his own.

As a professional infantry, the Manders infantry far surpassed the armed infantry of other nobles in combat effectiveness, and even in terms of quantity, it was several times more than that of other nobles.

So it's not certain who will lose and who will win this war.

However, just as William was making arrangements, Viscount Imojo suddenly made a decision and was ready to support Viscount Winston.

Although his territory had lost a lot of people in the previous battle of Lomi Valley, it was still a very powerful force.

A serf unit of more than 1,000 men was dispatched, and 200 armed infantry were already fighting.

Therefore, the addition of Sir Imojo directly shrouded the hearts of the nobles on William's side with a layer of gloom.

"Damn it!" A nobleman slammed his hand on the table, and all the nobles who supported William gathered at Mandes Manor with their troops.

"What a curse, I thought that Sir Imojo had not made a decision for so long, and that he was going to remain neutral on this matter! I didn't expect him to dare to do this! ”

Another nobleman slammed the table in front of him, causing the honey water in the cups on the table to splash out.

All the nobles expressed great anger, their unwarranted anger was actually very ridiculous, they had begun to fear the enemy, and wanted to hide their fear of the enemy's strength in this way of venting their anger.

William, on the other hand, sat at the top of the table, listening to what they were saying, silently tapping his thumb on the wooden tabletop.

In fact, he had long been prepared for Viscount Imojo to think of Viscount Winston, after all, for a long time, he had been inexplicably hostile to Viscount Imojo, so it was normal to be targeted.

He had already thought carefully before declaring war, and if he hadn't thought about it, how could he rashly provoke a war.

And at the same time that William's side was angry, Viscount Winston was happy about it, and their side was originally dominant in his opinion.

Now another Viscount Imojo has joined, which is simply like a tiger with wings, and in his opinion, defeating William is already a sure thing.

He laughed desperately at William in his heart at this time: "Damn Baron William, tell you to frame me, this time it's a miscalculation, what a fox in Denlenburg, it's simply a pig in Denlenburg!" Obviously, you started this war yourself, and the rumors you spread, now it's better to shoot yourself in the foot! ”

And the other nobles who gathered around him also kept complimenting him.

"Dear Viscount, it seems that the day is not far off when you agree to Denlenburg and inherit the will of the Count!"

"Baron William is really stupid to shoot himself in the foot, and now your strength is enough to crush them, Lord Viscount!"

The atmosphere between them was quite warm, they were holding a banquet, and in order to welcome Viscount Imojo to join, they raised their glasses and shouted a welcome speech.

There was a variety of rich food during the banquet, and the male and female servants were constantly shuttling between the dishes.

They cheered on their side, but William's side was gloomy and gloomy, and William couldn't stand it looking at this low morale.

Looking at this, if the enemy accepts to surrender, then they will definitely not have half a reason, and immediately choose to kneel and beg for mercy.

"There's no way, they really don't have much confidence in you now, after all, the gap in strength is too big!" Baron Bayer said.

Probably thinking that his words were not too explicit, he quickly changed his words and said: "But don't worry, I will be on your side, after all, I was also the hottest of their gang before, if I really surrender, I will definitely not have a good life!" ”

After hearing this, William felt a little moved in his heart, he didn't expect Baron Bayer to be able to support him so resolutely.

Then, he came up with his killer idea, and he asked Lolisa, the former mercenary leader, to regain his former connections and help him hire mercenaries.

After all, William's biggest advantage is still that he has money, and if he wasn't rich, he wouldn't have been able to organize such a large professional army.

He couldn't build a castle at all, let alone develop so quickly, so his current strength was all due to money.

Therefore, mercenaries are his best choice now, and two thousand silver coins can hire a mercenary group of more than 200 people for two months.

And William plans to take out fifteen thousand silver coins this time, and he can probably recruit about a thousand people, after all, he can't recruit so many mercenaries every time.

Soon, ten days later, Lolita returned to the territory with the mercenaries he had recruited, numbering more than 1,100 people.

Although they did not belong to the same mercenary group, they were gathered together, looking like a large mess, constantly fighting, waving their weapons to demonstrate to the others.

The military records of these mercenaries were even worse than those of Lolitsa's men that William had seen before, and if the people that William had taken over at that time were all of this virtue, there would be no need to train at all, and they would be executed on the spot.

Even if this kind of person is dismissed, it is a cancer of society and a scourge of the territory, and when it comes to the territory, they habitually burn, kill and loot, and the ** captivity will bring unbearable damage to the territory.

Looking at the chaotic group of mercenaries with a frown, William walked over to the captain of the mercenaries.

"Everyone, I am now your employer, and you have seen that my territory is very prosperous, but the military discipline of your subordinates makes me suspicious!"

"Huh? Don't my boys look strong enough? Regardless of bravery? ”

A mercenary captain with a long beard and wearing an iron scale armor asked with some dissatisfaction, in his opinion, it seemed to be a cross-country barbarian, the more undisciplined the troops, the more domineering.

On the contrary, William's army, which had an iron will and unparalleled execution, turned out to be a lack of morale and a manifestation of sharpness in their eyes.

William didn't bother to explain their contempt, and said directly: "My territory is very prosperous, so I don't want your subordinates to plunder my territory again, I will pay one-fifth of the commission for this, but you must restrain your own people!" ”

With that, William glanced at them and took them to visit the training grounds of the Manders infantry, heavy infantry and heavy cavalry.

After watching the training of these soldiers, this group of mercenary captains obviously did not dare to be as arrogant as before, orderly, and with the tacit understanding of the Manders infantry surprised them, and their physique and physical fitness generally surpassed that of the group of mercenaries who seemed to be alive.

As for the heavy infantry and the Golden Lion Guards, needless to say, there are also heavy infantry and knights, which are more deterrent arms.

For a while, they suddenly stepped up their ass and behaved, and they didn't dare to have any presumptuousness in front of William.

At the same time, under William's orders, the militia began to patrol around the territory under the leadership of their instructors to prevent the enemy from sneaking in.