Chapter 765: Both sides are in place
Although these Norweeds have a lot of servant troops, William doesn't take these to heart, and he also knows which servant troops are what they are, and they can be defeated with just one charge.
"Dear vassals, are our troops assembled?" William stood in the middle of the palace hall, where all his vassals were gathered.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the army has been assembled, and we are waiting for your orders at any time!"
Hearing what the vassals said, William nodded with satisfaction and stood up from the chair, and then said loudly: "Everyone! Now, it's time for you to fulfill the vow you made to me! ”
"The enemy has invaded the edge of our land, and they may enter our land at any time to destroy and plunder, and as the king of the kingdom of Lorik, I don't think they can do so!"
"I must protect my people, protect my vassals!" William pointed to his vassals and said, "I must be responsible for you!" I can't let your realm and rights be encroached upon by those infidels! ”
William said loudly: "Now, not only us, but the entire Holy Sect Continent is in dire straits, we are not only protecting ourselves, but also helping the entire Holy Sect World!" If we turn the tide of the battle, the entire Holy Sect world will thank us! ”
William said with a little subtlety: "Now there are so many ruins on the road, so many borderless lands waiting for us to occupy, after the victory of this battle, the Rhodesan Empire may lose its status as the first power!" I promise to bring you to a higher position! ”
"I will make you and your family even more glorious! So this battle! We have to win! ”
After hearing these words, William's vassals were also enthusiastic in their hearts, the first power in the mainland, what a glorious reputation.
If Your Majesty becomes emperor at that time, what kind of status will he be? Earl? Duke? Even the position that I couldn't even think of.
"Rest assured, Your Majesty! We will obey your orders, and the direction of your sword is what we are fighting for! The vassals said loudly.
William nodded with satisfaction, since the policy has been decided, it should be prepared as soon as possible, the Kingdom of Lorik is a big agricultural country, and last year's autumn harvest grain was not sold because of the appearance of the Norwid people, so now the entire Kingdom of Lorik has almost too much food to eat.
There is a large amount of grain in the granary of Dellenburg, and there is a large grain warehouse belonging to the royal family outside the contract, where a large amount of grain is stored.
In just three days, William mobilized enough food for 100,000 troops from the warehouse to eat for two months, of course, more than that, this is just military food, and the militia transporting food also needs to eat.
Although the economy was depressed due to the inability of foreign merchants to enter, there were still a lot of domestic merchants, and in this way, under the pull of domestic demand, the commerce of the Kingdom of Lorik was still developing, but the speed of development was almost like a turtle.
Soon, on the morning of February 21, 1240 A.D., the kingdom of Lorik gathered an army of 100,000 troops outside Denlenburg and marched in the direction of the Norvidians.
"On the morning of February 21, 1240 in the Holy Calendar, our wise Majesty William embarked on the road of fighting against the infidels with his own army and the army of the vassals, and His Majesty said a lot to the vassals, and I will write these words in detail in the notes of His Majesty at this level, and the vassals walked out of the tall walls of Denlenburg with His Majesty, and I stood on top of the castle and looked at the huge army below, please forgive my ignorance, I really don't know what kind of enemy can compete with such a terrible army!"
William's historians wrote truthfully on his parchment that they had written as much parchment as they could fill a room, detailing and easily understanding all the decisions and events of William from the beginning of 1217 A.D. to the present.
While there may be some distortions in this, at least it is the only official revised history of the Kingdom of Lorik that guarantees that there are no errors in the chronology and other major events.
William led the army in this way, Charlemagne, the crown prince of the Kingdom of Lorik, also went to battle with the army, and only Queen Wella, the crown princess Illya, and some of William's courtiers were left in Denlenburg to preside over the overall situation.
A month later, they marched to the border area of the Kingdom of Lorik, during which time the Norvids had gradually relented and began to gradually cross the border to explore the terrain of the Kingdom of Lorik.
Most of them were annihilated by the light cavalry sentries sent by William.
This time, William really went to war, and a total of 12 infantry divisions were dispatched, with more than 43,000 people, that is, four integrated guards.
William has already launched the army establishment at the level of Wei, and it took three months to reorganize, and the run-in has basically been completed.
In addition, there are more than 5,000 light cavalry, more than 4,000 Iron Cross Knights, more than 20,000 ranged troops, and 2,000 Golden Lion Guards with potion enhancement.
In this battle, William's army alone brought 64,000 men, and counting the army of his vassals, it was nearly 100,000 people out of production standing regular army.
He did not believe that such a force could not defeat the Norvid army of more than 80,000 men.
William didn't make much other arrangements, he just asked the soldiers to camp in place and rest for a few days before engaging the enemy head-on.
In this kind of plain terrain, the arrays of cavalry and infantry are the best places to play, and it just so happens that the Norweed army does not have both of these things.
Three days later, William ordered his soldiers to go out of the country and attack the Norweeds.
The mighty 100,000 men marched like this for half a day, and then set up a position in front of the enemy and advanced slowly.
Of course, William would not give up this opportunity, the enemy had not yet assembled, and they did not understand what it was to send out a sentry fifteen kilometers away.
Therefore, when the Knights of the Iron Cross and the light cavalry rushed to them, they knew what they were about to meet, and in a hurry they could not assemble at all.
In this way, the Knights of the Iron Cross and the light cavalry roamed the enemy, reaping the lives of each other.
The Knights of the Iron Cross struck the enemy with their spears and swords in front, while the light cavalry followed closely behind, reaping their lives with their sabers.
The Norwids, who had not yet assembled, fled in panic, feeling that they were surrounded by enemies riding huge monsters, and it seemed that there were no more comrades.
Needless to say, the impact of the Iron Cross Knights was needless to say, even the army with a tight formation and high morale was confident that they would break through head-on, not to mention these Norweeds who had not even assembled.