The winter sun is very faint, but it is very hot under the reflection of the snow.

The camp in the forest was full of joy, and because of the large number of prey, even the casual male and female servants received a lot of meat.

After the picnic, the guards sent the ladies back to their estates one by one, and the knights, of course, followed them back to the manor, and every day they had to train together, and only on Sundays could they return to their estates to reunite with their families.

Although they miss their families, they cherish glory even more, and this kind of training camp can make them more safe to get glory, plus William is also very good.

Why not afford one-third of the cost of equipment and build a village without discriminating on it, and get a prosperous village without spending a penny, and the price is only one percent of the tax?

After returning to the manor, William broke into Wella's room and hugged her with a wicked smile, and then naturally did something embarrassing, although it was impossible to do something like that before he got married, but other things can always be done.

But at this moment, there was an untimely knock on the door, and William said impatiently: "Go away, now none of us are seen!" ”

"Your Excellency, the Earl's letter to you, and the messenger says that the contents of the letter are very important, and must be handed over to your Excellency immediately." Vidal said in an innocent voice outside the door.

"Wei ...... William, you go and deal with it first, since it is the Earl's letter, it must be a very important matter! Wella blushed and said intermittently.

"Okay!" William said with a look of displeasure, then kissed Wella on the forehead and walked out of the room.

"Where's the Count's letter?"

"Here, my lord!" Vidal handed William a pair of cylinders sealed with wax oil, signed by the Count of Loire.

After confirming that it had not been opened, William took out the parchment inside and began to read it carefully.

"Long time no see, dear Baron William, I won't say much more about the pleasantries, just tell you about it, just last month, that is, two months ago, there was a border conflict between the Earls of Conceville in the north and our Denlenburg."

"The reason is that his people crossed the border to our area of Denlenburg to hunt food for the winter, and happened to be discovered by our people, and there was a conflict, while the Border Patrol under the Earl of Conceville harassed the people under the guise of revenge."

"And our patrols began to return fire, and just like that, the conflict began to expand, and just half a month ago, a unit under the command of the Earl of Consville slaughtered two villages and swept them away."

"It's an insult to us, and it's an insult to the Loire, and I can't afford to be indifferent to such humiliation, so I want you to be ready early and come to my side and report to me as soon as I call you!"

"At the same time, all the vassals have also expressed their anger at this matter, they are very supportive of me in starting this war, and you must know that the Earl of Cunsville is a vassal of the Duke of Bunkerson, and it is very likely that he will oppose us by receiving the order of the Duke of Bunkerson, and we will defeat them to weaken the strength of the Duke of Bunkerson, and the royal family will also support us, I hope you can mobilize all your strength to prepare for this war."

"At this point, my honorable Baron William, the Count of the Loire, was written on the seventeenth of January."

William put down the parchment in his hand and frowned, which meant that there was another war.

Spring is coming, and William is going to marry Wella in another month, and he really doesn't want to fight at this time.

First, there is no benefit, and it is not as good as his usual business to make more money, and second, there will be casualties in the war, and the new batch of soldiers have not been trained yet, and it is too much of a loss to go to the battlefield, and third, there is really no benefit.

Now even if William participates in the war, it will not be of much benefit, the title is not to think about, he will be promoted immediately, and the earl will also have to consider the feelings of other people.

The only role is to brush up on prestige and let more people know themselves, but that does not have a particularly big effect before they are strong, at most it is for others to say something like a long admiration, or to make it convenient.

If war is what it takes, then William would rather not fight, as it was, and now he is in a period of precipitation, and trying to increase the population, accumulate wealth, and train soldiers is the most important thing to do, rather than to fight a senseless war at this time.

But what can he do, the Count's orders here, he is not yet capable of disobeying the Count, so he must go to war.

William frowned and returned to Wella's room, where she had already sorted out her clothes and was lying on the bed bored.

"What's wrong, William? A sad face! Wella sensitively noticed that William was wrong, and asked worriedly.

"Nothing......" William said again.

"Wella......" William called out her name.

"What's wrong?" Wella asked with concern.

"I ...... We're sorry, but our wedding should have been postponed for a while! William said guiltily.

"Why? Didn't you say yes? Could it be that the Count does not agree? Wella asked nervously, she was afraid that the letter just now was the Earl's disagreement, and William would not dare to offend the prince and give up marrying her.

"Don't worry, where do you want to go?" William didn't know what was going on in her little head, rubbed her hair, and said with some reproach.

"It's going to be war, the Count of Loire is going to war with the Count of Consville, because there was a border conflict two months ago, and I guess the war started this winter, so the wedding will definitely have to be postponed." William explained.

"That'...... Well, you have to be careful on the battlefield! Wella said a little depressed.

"Don't worry, don't you know my strength yet?" William comforted with confidence.

Early the next morning, William inspected the training of the cavalry and the heavy infantry of Delseth.

He has high hopes for the cavalry, and there are more than sixty war horses in the entire territory, except for the war horses fed by the knights themselves, and the number of horses that people eat and chew every month is not a small amount.

Many barons had a hard time raising a dozen horses, and William could afford to raise so many cavalry by relying on the Cekel people on his back, relying on the vodka business and high grain production.

Of these more than 60 races, 30 of them are William's heavy cavalry equipped with iron armor, they have been training for more than a year, nearly two years, wearing the same equipment as the knights, except for the combat skills, they are no worse than the knights, and even the combat skills are only weaker than the knights.

Such a charge from heavy cavalry is not something that ordinary infantry can withstand, even if it is the same cavalry, it is difficult to resist their charge.

In the same number, only knights trained from childhood can match them, and of course, if some poor knights can be equipped with equipment as good as them, then they will definitely not be able to beat the knights.

Look at the heavy infantry trained in Banstersk, they stand behind the Berserk Guard, each of them is the best of the Menders infantry, there are a total of thirty people, standing in the snow, they do not shiver in the slightest under the severe cold, but a trace of murderous air fills the cold air.

The hoplites wore heavy scale armor designed by William himself, which was so fine that it was protected by a layer of chain mail around the neck, and the hem extended to the soldier's calf, protecting all parts of the body.

There was also a layer of leather armor as a supplementary defense, a layer of cotton armor as a buffer for blunt weapons, and a closed helmet similar to that worn by the knights, and a layer of chain mail hanging from the helmet, and another layer of leather belt to tie up, which was used to protect their fragile necks.

As for the weapons in their hands, they are heavy battle axes more than a meter long, with a mace at their waists, and a round shield behind their backs, these sophisticated equipment give them strong protection and offensive capabilities.

Of course, heavy infantry is definitely not just heavily armored infantry, they also have to undergo very different training than ordinary soldiers, and in many cases it is up to them to tear apart the enemy's formation.

If the knights are the tanks of this era, then they are armored vehicles, and the protection not inferior to the knights allows them to be invincible on the battlefield.

More than three months have made the heavy infantry basically familiar with their functions, after all, they are all soldiers with a foundation, and their physique is also extremely strong, so they have only been established for three months, and they can already be called the best of the heavy infantry.

As for the Berserk Guards, they have been taking potions for more than two months, and at the same time, they are undergoing special training, and their strength has begun to be different, and their height is also increasing.

According to Banstersk, when the Berserk Guard was fully trained, the soldiers were able to lift more than five hundred kilograms of objects, which was a full half a ton.

However, this data also shows that the Berserker Guards have only been strengthened, not reborn and soaring, and their strength is only more than three times that of ordinary soldiers, which is not outrageous.

What's more, now that his berserk guard has not yet been formed, the strength can be twice that of ordinary soldiers, and even William's plan to clothe them with double layers of heavy armor has not yet been implemented, so they can only wear the same heavy armor as the heavy infantry.

William looked at the heavy infantry of more than forty people in front of him and nodded proudly, this strength was comparable to most viscounts.

"Good, but I don't like the name Berserker Guard, you'll be called ...... Golden Lion Guards! ”

William, who was difficult to name, gave them a big name, but because they were brainwashed by the idea of being loyal to William all day long, they were very excited to get William's name, and the momentum of ten people was about the same as that of thirty heavy infantrymen.

"Get the soldiers ready, the war is about to begin!" William said to Bansteske.

"But...... They haven't finished their training yet, the heavy infantry has just started to train in formation, and now that they are on the battlefield, I'm afraid they can at most achieve some simple cooperation, and the formation will definitely not be able to do it! ”

"And the rage...... The Golden Lion Guards, they have only received combat training, and they have not been trained in formation and coordination, so it is too hasty to go to the battlefield first! ”

Banstersk said eagerly, he couldn't bear to send these troops he had trained into battle like this.

"It doesn't matter, they were all ordinary soldiers before receiving your training, and you also know the formation and coordination of ordinary soldiers, even if they haven't undergone secondary training in this area, it is estimated that there will be no problems!"

William glanced at him, and said with some warning in his eyes.