"How so? Now there are still robbers in the entire Menders area, and there are cavalry? William frowned tightly, his instinct telling him that it wasn't that simple.

Besides, why didn't it happen at other times? It was only when William sent most of the knights and cavalry out?

At this time, it was the time when the strength of the Mandes Manor was empty, the remaining soldiers were just a hundred pairs, and the cavalry was less than twenty people, and once a large group of enemies attacked, there was no ability to resist at all!

Faced with such a situation, the lord usually chooses to hold on to the castle, waiting for his relatives and soldiers to come to his aid.

But William couldn't do this, he wasn't sure if the robbers were just robbing, if Viscount Curvin didn't give up and sent people to William's territory to wreak havoc, that kind of loss William couldn't afford!

The territory that has been built up with great difficulty cannot be given up just like this, and the number of ploughing cattle on the territory alone is not a small number, and each village has at least thirty heads.

Coupled with the infrastructure of each village, and most importantly, the population, he would never allow the robbers to be so presumptuous, not to mention, if he allowed the robbers to wreak havoc in the territory, the direct consequence would be that his prestige among the nobles would deteriorate, and the lords would no longer trust the lord!

Of course, it doesn't matter whether the people trust the other nobles or not, the opinions of the nobles are important, but William knows very well that the people are in the world, although the people of this world are not as important as the Celestial Empire, but the support of the people is also twice the result with half the effort!

Although it is not yet known where the robbers came from, William believes that there is a 70% chance that the bandits are related to Viscount Curwen.

William slapped the table and said to Vidal, who had not yet walked out, distraughtly: "Gather the troops, let all the knights who remain in the territory gather, and the remaining infantry will also start to assemble." ”

"As for the light infantry...... No need! William hesitated, but in the end he did not mobilize the light infantry.

After all, the mobilization speed of the light infantry is too slow, and the speed of the march is not flattering, and when they get to the place, they will not move the robbers and run away, so it is better to use the small number but all elite Menders infantry!

"Vidal, you stay at the manor and lead thirty infantry to defend the manor to avoid being attacked by the enemy." William commanded.

Vidal nodded, and went down to relay William's order.

The infantry assembled quickly, and in half an hour they put on their armor and took their spears, and their efforts on the training ground, coupled with the fighting on the battlefield, made them become elite soldiers.

William looked at the energetic and high-spirited soldiers below with satisfaction, and ordered them to rest in place, leaving the knights, heavy cavalry and light cavalry on their horses, looking at William with great fighting spirit, the time has come for the kings of war to make achievements!

After most of the day, William's archers finally gathered from their villages to the manor, a speed that William was not satisfied with, and the archers' reforms needed to be put on the agenda, but not now.

"Tus, do you have any news from your people? Where are those robbers now? William asked.

"I'm sorry sir, my intelligence here is already a day ago, they have been wandering in the territory, and we don't have their exact location at the moment!" Tus said ashamedly.

"yes, got it!" Although William asked, he didn't actually have the idea of knowing the other party's location.

"Since you don't know the location of the other party, you have to think of a way! William touched the little stubble that had just grown a little on his chin and muttered to himself.

"Vidal!" William screamed, and then whispered something in Vidal's ear.

Two hours later, more than thirty wagons loaded with heavy loads and escorted by dozens of soldiers set out, and their journey was on the way to where the robbers were, but the territory of the Chekers was also there.

Norwin was the leader of this "caravan", and they were called baronial caravans trading with the Chekels.

"Your Excellency, don't worry, William's kid won't find out about us in such a short time, I heard that he has made a lot of money from trading with the Chekels, and tomorrow seems to be the day when their caravan will set off, why don't we do his vote, I heard that this vote is worth one hundred or twenty thousand silver coins!"

In a certain forest, a middle-aged man with an obscene appearance instigated a strong man on horseback beside him, and behind them were more than 200 soldiers and more than 30 cavalrymen.

"Really?" The strong man looked tempted, 20,000 silver coins was a number that he couldn't get for several lifetimes, who would do this with all this money? Directly recruit troops and horses to fight holy wars in the border holy religion countries, and maybe you can get the title of viscount and earl when the time comes.

"Of course, I'm going to lie to you? Of course you don't know that you haven't been active in the Denlenburg area, but everyone on our side knows that William made a lot of money by trading with the Chekels on vodka, and he could earn 10,000 or 20,000 silver coins in a single trade, and if he hadn't given the Count some shares, my master would have done it directly! ”

The obscene middle-aged man named Klintu said, but he didn't know who the owner of his mouth was.

The strong man is already tempted, he doesn't have to rob all the time, a direct robbery can make him pull up a large number of troops, what can't he do with this money?

"Since adults can't do it themselves, then I'll have to do it for me! I'll give half of the money to the adults! The strong man said to Klintu, and when he saw that he was full of respect for his master, he was obviously more afraid of the other.

"Will this work?" Norwen asked, riding up to William's side.

"Believe me, it will definitely work, no one can be tempted by such a amount of money, to be honest, if there is a sum of money of this amount in front of me, I will definitely do it, let alone them!" William said.

"But...... It's too risky......" Nowen said.

He was still suspicious of fighting with such an extravagant plan, and if such a valuable cargo was damaged, Norwin felt that his heart would bleed.

But then, he remembered that William's character who was even more stingy than himself would be so generous?

He glanced at William suspiciously, then at the goods loaded in the carriage, and suddenly realized: "I see! I said, how could a miser like you risk real goods, it turned out to be fake! ”

"! What miser? I call it thrift! I'll spend all the flowers! William said unconvinced.

The next morning, William had the soldiers guarding the "caravan" sit down to rest, while he waited with Norven and ambushed the jungle with archers and cavalry infantry.

"Drink! Why haven't they come yet, it's already afternoon! Sir Yasuo snorted in the bush and grumbled.

"Shhhh Don't make a sound! Listen! William said to everyone: "Ready, the enemy has arrived!" ”

The knights and cavalry mounted their horses, the infantrymen clenched their spears, and the archers began to move their bows and arrows and place them on the bowstrings.

The sound of the horses' hooves became louder and louder, and gradually appeared in everyone's ears, and the horsemen's horses began to become lively, looking forward to the upcoming battle, and making a faint neighing sound in the self-love of the horses.

The infantry around the carriage had already been ordered by William to retreat when the enemy appeared, and William did not intend to use anyone as cannon fodder for the time being.

More than thirty horsemen, half dressed in leather armor and armed with swords and spears, appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Seeing this, the more than 50 soldiers hurriedly fled, and for a few minutes, the entire convoy was empty.

The cavalry who arrived sneered, they did not expect that the soldiers under the famous Denlenburg Fox would be so cowardly, they were like a group of lambs who had seen a pack of wolves, yes, they thought they were wolves!

"Oh! It's so good, I can already smell the vodka! The leader of the strong man said excitedly.

As he spoke, he patted the bag containing the "goods".

"These should be grain, I heard that the fertile land in the Mendes area, coupled with the reclamation of William's kid, has made this land a grain production land here!" The leader of the strong man said William's name contemptuously, in his opinion, William's box of hairy boys can have his current achievements purely because of luck.

It took more than a minute for the robbers on foot behind to hurry up, and they also wanted a piece of this good thing.