Although the winter sun is shining, it does not bring a trace of warmth, and the snow on the streets of the city has become more slippery as it has been trampled by pedestrians.

After a night's rest, the next day Baron Byer gathered his troops early and appeared at the gates, while William was a little late.

He said apologetically to Baron Bayer: "I'm sorry, Baron Bayer, I'm getting up late, I'll go gather troops first, wait for me!" ”

Baron Bayer's strength was okay, and this time he brought nearly a hundred armed infantry in leather armor, twelve knights, and more than four hundred light infantry.

Of course, such strength is still a little insufficient in front of William.

"Wait for him first, I'll have to let him change later!" The Earl played a round for William.

A moment later, the sound of neat footsteps appeared in the ears of the two of them, and a group of troops in fine iron armor appeared in front of everyone.

The heavily armed cavalry gave everyone an extraordinary visual impact, after all, they were the kings of war in this era, far more eye-catching than the infantry.

But then, when they noticed the infantry, they were also surprised, they really didn't expect that there were nobles who were so wealthy and did not hesitate to spend money to arm their soldiers.

Many knights can't wear such armor! Especially in the iron-deficient area of Denglenburg, the cost of iron armor is higher.

Baron Baier looked at the Count with a look of surprise: "He...... This is his troops? ”

"Well, isn't he walking at the front?" The Earl also looked at this army with some emotion, although he had long known that William was rich and willing to spend money to arm the troops, but when he really saw it, he was still surprised.

What's more, he pays more attention to the military discipline of this army than to the equipment, and the earl has long known about the equipment, after all, he can know William's income from the share, and he also knows about buying iron materials from the treasury of the royal capital, so it is not surprising to have such equipment, after all, the cost is reduced, resulting in the cost of the armor is not as high as others think.

But what really surprised him was the military discipline of the troops, although he was not deep in warfare, but for the nobles of this era, how could anyone who knew nothing about war, from the formation of these soldiers, they were definitely strictly trained, and such soldiers were undoubtedly very strong in combat, and the cost would not be small.

"Shhh...... I have long known that Baron William made a windfall on vodka, but I didn't expect him to make such a profit! Baron Bayer took a breath and said in amazement.

And the soldiers under him were very envious, looking at the other party who was fully armed and neatly lined up, and then looked at himself and others who only had one leather armor on their bodies, and the queue was scattered, they couldn't help but feel ashamed of themselves.

"I really envy them, look, they are all iron armor!"

"yes, when are we going to be able to wear this kind of equipment?"

"We are already the elite under the Baron, and we only have one leather armor, but they are actually an iron armor, I used to be proud of my identity, but now I look down on this equipment!"

These words came from the mouths of the armed infantry, most of whom had only one piece of leather armor, although there were a few great nobles and wealthy nobles who equipped their soldiers with iron armor, but they had never seen them.

As for the conscripts, they had only one idea: "The armor on their bodies is probably enough for me to work for a lifetime!" ”

"I've been waiting for a long time, when will I go?"

"Now you guys go, go to the town of Sutton in the north, and don't let Viscount Lausus's troops cross the border." The Count spoke.

The two nodded at the same time, and led the army out of the city gate and headed straight to the north.

The baggage troops waiting outside the city gate continued to keep up with the procession, and after a short walk out of the city gate, William asked the soldiers to unload their iron armor and sit on the climbing plow, so as to save their strength.

The soldiers under Baron Bair, on the other hand, were forced to falter in the snow, and they looked at the Menders soldiers who were marching leisurely with a look of resentment, wishing they could sit on the plows for them.

Although William's troops had climbing plows to help them march, the speed of the march was still not too fast because of the drag of Baron Bayer's men, and it took twenty or thirty kilometers to walk in a day, and it was estimated that it would take more than ten days to feel Sutton.

Fortunately, they had already entered the forest at night, and under the guidance of William's side, Baron Bair's men also began to make climbing plows, and the power was that William's side had some horses, and the other side also had some horses, so that they finally made the march faster.

"Baron Byer, let your soldiers come and eat together, we still have a lot of leftovers on our side anyway!" William's soldiers ate frozen meat and drank melted goat's milk, and the aroma of roasted meat wafted to Baron Bair's men who were gnawing on black bread as hard as stones.

William really couldn't bear it, the eyes of those soldiers looking at the Menders soldiers were about to turn green, and anyone who watched each other eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas and nibble on their own bread was uncomfortable.

In order not to let those soldiers have bad thoughts about their own soldiers, William still decided to give them points, and it is better to cooperate well on the battlefield than anything else.

"No need for Baron William, just let them eat these!" Baron Bair seemed to be very dissatisfied with William's lavish spending style, and bluntly refused.

"Hey, don't do this, you don't want to eat the soldiers still want to eat, you willfully let them gnaw black bread in the snow?" William said.

The soldiers next to him also chewed out a sound very cooperatively, causing the soldiers under Baron Byer to swallow for a while.

Seeing the soldiers around him looking at him expectantly, and even the knights salivating at each other's food, Baron Baier had no choice but to say helplessly: "Okay, don't thank Baron William!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Baron!" The armed soldiers shouted in unison, and then rushed up and began to divide the food.

As for the light infantry, there is no such treatment, if they are all shared, it will be a lot of consumption, in order to prepare for this military ration, William slaughtered more than 400 sheep alive, what to do with those light infantry who are of little use on the battlefield? These armed infantry are the main force on the battlefield, and the light infantry is only expendable.

With the help of the climbing plow, the group marched quickly, and finally reached Sutton Town after five days, this town is not large, the walls are low, in fact this can only be regarded as a fortress, there are not many people inside, and the main body of the town is still outside.

The town's location at the junction of two territories made it seem to be relatively prosperous, and even though war was imminent, it did not make it silent.

The townspeople trade with different people, and all kinds of goods are sold here, making it a large trading point.

Sutton has only one or two thousand permanent residents, but there is quite a lot of floating population, and it is estimated that there are four or five thousand people who appear in the town at this time, all of whom are merchants and the like who come to trade.

If it weren't for the war that cast a shadow over this place, it is estimated that it would have been more prosperous.

It was impossible for an army of nearly a thousand men approaching without attracting attention, and with a commotion there were many fewer people outside the city, fearing that they would rob them of all their goods and money without saying a word.

William looked at the fleeing townspeople with a smile, but he was not angry, the army at this time was actually no different from robbers, even the ancient army of the Celestial Empire, and not killing people after robbery was considered a benevolent and righteous army.

Here, it is not uncommon for the army to slaughter and burn villages and loot them, in fact, most of the army's supplies are obtained from looting villages.

Such a huge force appeared outside the fortress, and it was impossible for the mayor here not to know, but in just over half an hour, an old man appeared in front of William with several town guards and a low old horse.