Therefore, it is really wise to take the initiative to direct the war to the enemy's territory. org

William summoned several mercenary captains and gave them tasks one by one.

"You enter the enemy's territory first and cause some damage on their territory, but you try not to kill people, just plunder the finances and food, and I will take the troops to stay on the border between the two sides, you can send people to keep in touch with me at any time, if the enemy starts to send troops to encircle and suppress you on a large scale, send me news immediately, I will help you!"

In fact, this group of mercenaries is the bait thrown out by William, the enemy's army cannot wander all the time, if you want to defeat the enemy's forces in a battle, then you must have something as a bait to attract them.

Both sides are now on the sidelines, and there are pros and cons to acting first and acting later, and the first to act may make the loss of the territory very small.

But they expose their troops to the prying eyes of the enemy, but if they do not act first, then their territory will be massively destroyed by the enemy.

William also decided to act first after some trade-offs, putting the battlefield on the enemy's territory, the construction of his territory is quite difficult, if he really suffers large-scale destruction, he can't stand it.

The captains of these mercenaries were not fools, and of course they knew what William meant, but they did not show any irritation or dissatisfaction.

After all, that's his own employer, isn't it rare for a mercenary to do this kind of thing? At least the employer in front of him was quite generous, and the price he gave far exceeded that of the other nobles, and with the silver coins, everything was not a problem.

Moreover, Baron William had already said that he would always wait on the border, and as soon as he and others touched a large force of the enemy, he would immediately support him.

Therefore, they did not have any resistance to this task, as for not letting people kill, they were all able to understand, they had already understood the situation before they came, after all, this was a war of unification, if Baron William won, then those people would be his people, and they could all understand William's meaning.

"Yes, my lord, we know what to do!" Several mercenary captains nodded, saluted tamely, and said.

Then they took the rations that William had provided and led their men to the enemy's territory.

Within a few days, the enemy's territory was scorched, and almost every village was plundered of food and property, and even some of the tax cards and outposts erected on the roads were cleared by the mercenaries one by one.

William, on the other hand, had all the soldiers assemble outside the manor, six hundred Mandeesian infantry, one hundred and fifty archers, forty heavy infantry, and seventy-five heavy cavalry and knights who had all been recalled.

All of them were dressed in white iron armor, and the Manders infantry were divided into nine columns, each with sixty men, and nine flags were erected in the hands of the flag bearer of each column.

Knights and heavy cavalry, their bodies are uniform encrypted heavy chain mail, there is also a layer of leather armor and cotton armor inside, on the outside is a white background iron cross coat of arms, and the knights' riding spears are tied with heraldic pennants representing their families.

As for the heavy cavalry, their pennants also bear William's iron cross on a white background.

Not to mention the heavy infantry, a heavy scale armor, which is also the same leather and cotton armor as the knights, and the only way to identify them is to look at the thick round shield in their hands.

It is printed with William's iron cross coat of arms, and it looks neat and uniform, very imposing.

"Be careful, I'm here waiting for you to come back!"

Wella took William's hand to go out, wearing a lilac home clothes, holding her belly for four months, burying her face in William's chest, and said in a soft voice and in a somewhat low tone.

"Don't worry, I'll be victorious!" William stroked Wella's hair, breathed in the sweet scent of her hair, and said softly.

Wella didn't speak, just sobbed silently on William's chest, and William could feel the clothes on his chest already wet with tears.

"Can you not go? Shall we spend our lives in the territory like this? ”

Wella pleaded timidly in a slightly hoarse voice.

The little woman's mind is like this, hoping to live a plain and happy life with her husband, but they don't understand the dream in the man's heart.

The reason why men are called men is because of their ambitions and dreams, and William will never be willing to live in a small territory for the rest of his life.

From the day he crossed here, he had already made up his mind to reach the pinnacle of power, and women would never understand men's pursuits, just as men would never understand women's thoughts.

William refused Wella's request for the first time, grabbing her shoulder, William smiled bitterly and said, "This war, I have to go!" ”

"I have to fight for a bigger territory and a stronger army for our children, and I want to lay a solid habitat for our children and our family."

"If I want people to mention our family, they will say that it is a great royal family, they rule the largest kingdom, their family is so brilliant that no one dares to disobey the king's orders!"

"I want our children to be called the only and supreme king!"

William's tone was turbulent, revealing all his ambitions to Wella for the first time.

Wella listened to William's grand blueprint, a little stunned, he had never seen such a crazy William, such a William made her a little scared.

"Believe me, I will return safely, and you will be called the most noble woman in the world, my love!" William looked at Wella's expression, his voice began to become softer, and he took Wella back into his arms and said.

"Okay, then you must come back safely, the child and I can't live without you!"

During her pregnancy, Wella always had some gains and losses, especially William's expedition, which brought her a kind of panic.

She was afraid that William would leave her like this, and this feeling was stronger than at any other time.

"Don't worry! Only time can kill me! William smiled and touched Wella's face, and with that, he walked out of the room and walked out of the manor.

Only Wella was left alone, sitting on the chaise longue in the room, silently leaving tears.

As William walked on the road, he could clearly feel the coldness in his chest, the feeling of the wind blowing on Wella's tears.

Power is a lifelong pursuit of all men, and a little woman can never become a competent ruler.

Except, of course, women like Wu Zetian and Catherine in his previous life.

Looking at the soldiers gathered in the open space, lined up in a neat line, William's heart was full of pride, this is the capital of his life in this era, he is confident, in the surrounding kingdoms, there will definitely be no troops that can confront his army head-on with the same number.