William's trick worked, and he succeeded in forcing these old nobles into rebellion.

There were only seventy or eighty of the old nobles of the kingdom left, and there were still some timid cabinets that did not participate in the rebellion.

Therefore, the rebels did not raise many troops, their regular army was only five or six thousand, but if you count the serf conscripts they mobilized, it was quite a lot.

The serf conscripts they pulled out totaled more than 10,000 people and nearly 20,000 people, and this was when their territory withered due to the war.

If William mobilized all the serfs, it would not be difficult to raise an army of more than 100,000 people.

The problem was that the current situation was not enough to make such a move for William, who could defeat the enemy with the help of the regular army alone.

The conscription of serf soldiers is only done by these low-level nobles, and the higher-ranking nobles will not recruit serfs unless it is a last resort.

The recruitment of serfs does not increase the combat effectiveness so much, but increases the pressure on logistics, and it is even easy to become a gap in the enemy's strategy to receive a sneak attack.

Therefore, the conscription of serfs was only the pleasure of the petty nobles, who did not know how ridiculous their behavior was, but were complacent about the size of their army.

Overnight, a fifth of William's kingdom of Lorik was out of control, and all of them rebelled.

When William learned of this, he was immediately outraged, and declared to the people of the whole country and other nobles that these people were rebels and thieves who had betrayed their feudal king in such a way.

And with the propaganda department's drama of scandalizing the rebellious aristocracy, the whole country knows how happy it is to live under William, and on the contrary, how miserable it is for those who live under the old aristocracy.

Under this overwhelming propaganda, the inhabitants of the whole country believed that William was absolutely right, and that any rebellious nobles were despicable betrayers.

This is what William wants, so he is very satisfied with domestic public opinion.

On the day he received the news, he ordered Norwin to lead seven of the twelve wings of the Iron Cross Knights, as well as two divisions of more than 8,000 royal infantry, as well as fifteen hundred archers and 800 crossbowmen.

In addition, he was accompanied by 3,600 light cavalry, all of whom William himself had selected from among the Chekers and expanded into the army.

Norwen was the main general, and Hu Limu was the deputy general, and they led an army of more than 15,000 to go on the expedition, in addition, William also recruited his vassals, as well as some of the blood nobles who were canonized as vassals by him, and the old nobles who did not rebel were also in the scope of William's conscription.

William intended to show them what would happen to the rebels.

William mobilized his vassals quickly, and none of them took a month or two at a time like the nobles of other countries.

In less than ten days, William's vassals all gathered in Denlenburg to report to William.

William had already prepared a large amount of food, and the army brought by these vassals to William was more than 15,000 people.

With the addition of William's army, there will be 30,000 regular troops on this expedition.

30,000 people is 30,000 mouths, these 30,000 mouths are not easy to feed, if it weren't for William's lot of food, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to make up so much food.

You must know that with the level of agriculture in Denlenburg, there will be no shortage of food, and there has never been a year in the past, which is the stock of grain that all the residents of Denlenburg cannot eat for four years.

After William unified the country, not only money, but also the two rooms actually had a tense situation.

One million people ate it for four years, and now it has been distributed to the whole country, so that only four million people can eat it for one year.

And if it weren't for the fact that the inhabitants of Denlenburg had food and didn't need William's relief, William would not have started this war at all, and he would not have been able to afford food alone.

However, since the autumn harvest is not far away, and it is now more than May, as long as the grain can be harvested around October, William is not worried.

The counterinsurgency war of the Kingdom of Lorik spread throughout the surrounding kingdoms, and these countries even wondered in their hearts whether they could take advantage of this time to get a piece of the pie.

After all, the Kingdom of Lorik had just been established, and it was certainly not too strong in terms of foundation, and at this time they sent most of their troops out to quell the rebellion, which also showed that they were empty at this time.

As a result, they are somewhat eyeing the current kingdom of Lorik.

In just a few days, the Lillard Kingdom, the White Rose Kingdom, and the Sals Kingdom were all ready to move on the border.

On the contrary, the kingdom of Ribone did not come because it was controlled by the church.

And those countries that have thoughts about the Kingdom of Lorik are because the great temptation exceeds the deterrent power of the Kingdom of Lorik and the Church, after all, the Church only controls the Kingdom of Ribon, not them.

That's why William didn't send all his troops.

He knew that although his strength seemed to be very strong, if he really didn't beat them, they would keep provoking him.

So William planned to give them a head-on blow as long as they dared to cross the border.

Anyway, William still had a division of troops in hand at this time, as well as five wings of the Iron Cross Knights, half of the archers and crossbowmen remained, and the light cavalry had 1,200 people, so it was a big deal that he would recruit all the militia that had been trained in Dengrenberg for more than ten years.

It's a big deal that the two sides will fight to the death, compared to the war potential, William has never been afraid of anyone, the entire Denglenburg two or three hundred thousand skilled militia, take up arms is a qualified army, what is he afraid of.

William had been prepared for a long time, and although the situation was a little critical at the moment, it had not yet made William feel extremely threatened.

It's a big deal, he will delay, and wait for the troops to come back before counterattacking, anyway, he started with military and farming, and he is not afraid of anyone in terms of strength.

Even the mighty Rodland Empire could not make William feel invincible.

It's not that William is complacent or arrogant, his strength has indeed reached this point.

By this time, the army had been away from Denlenburg for five days, and the stone roads of Denlenburg and Issamdenburg allowed them to march very quickly.

In just five days, they left the Denlenburg area.

However, after leaving the Denlenburg area, there were basically no stone roads, so the marching speed was much worse.

They marched for more than ten days before approaching the position where the rebels had gathered.

At this moment, the rebels are also ready for the enemy to attack, and they are entrenched in castles and fortresses, waiting for the arrival of the counterinsurgency army.

They plundered the surrounding villages and estates, and some of the nobles were besieged by these rebellious nobles before they could even be called upon by William.