William prepared for half a month, and finally slowly gathered the army again.

"Be careful!" Wella said with a little worry in the bedroom, but he had no intention of stopping William from leading his troops into battle.

When he married William, he knew that his husband was definitely not a person who gave up his ideals because of his few words, and this was the case with the women of aristocratic families in this era.

The aristocracy is often a military lord, and the king is the largest military leader in a country, and if he does not have sufficient military ability, he will not be able to sit in a secure position.

What's more, this is a war that will determine the fortunes of the Kingdom of Lorik, and she can't ruin the future of the entire country and her husband and son because of herself.

Therefore, she could only tell her husband before she set out on the expedition, as for Charlemagne's side, she had already inked more than a dozen times, and Illya told her husband many times, which made Charlemagne tired.

Not only Charlemagne had to endure a two-sided attack from his mother and wife, but also William, who received seven or eight letters from the Grand Duchy of Ksla in just one month.

One was written by William's father, Archduke Wallace, and the others were all words of advice from Mrs. Wallace to her youngest son.

It is nothing more than to pay attention to your body, be careful on the battlefield and pay attention to safety, and don't go to the battlefield to fight by yourself.

William could only reply one by one, and then tell his parents the date of his expedition.

After the defeat of the last holy war, Archduke Wallace returned to his territory with his army, and his army also suffered great losses.

William also wrote a letter to his father, Archduke Wallace, saying that he did not need to send troops to help him, and he could win the war.

This made Archduke Wallace dispel the idea of sending troops to help his son.

It's not that William doesn't want allies to appear, but the truth is that his father's strength is indeed unable to keep up with him, and the strength of thousands of people is indeed unable to play a role in this war.

At noon that day, William appeared in front of the assembled army.

An army of 100,000 men looks quite grandiose, even in the heyday of the Rhodesan Empire, that is, it was enough to support 100,000 troops.

William was not going to speak this time, and so many soldiers gathered together that he could not let everyone know even if he said anything uplifting.

He simply announced the reward for the victory in this war.

"This war is a war that will decide the fate of the continent, the fate of the kingdom, the fate of the royal family of the Kingdom of Lorik, the fate of the lords, and the fate of mine and yours! After the victory, in any case, there will be a bounty of two silver coins for every soldier who participates in the battle! Get a bounty of one silver coin for every enemy you kill! ”

"And if you capture or kill an enemy officer with your own hands, you'll be rewarded with a bounty of 100 silver coins! And if you capture the enemy clan leader, you can get a bounty of 500 silver coins! and knighthoods, and own a village miner! ”

"As for the Norwidian Emperor, if you can capture him or kill him, you will receive fifty thousand silver coins and the title of baron! And a piece of territory! ”

"And if someone unfortunately dies on the battlefield, then he will receive a decent Holy Church funeral, and his family will receive fifty acres of arable land for twenty years, as well as a pension for one cow and ten sheep, which you can exchange for a hundred gold coins if you wish!"

A few minutes later, the content of these words spread throughout the army, and all the soldiers were boiling at this moment, they were loyal to William and the country, but to be able to get such benefits, it was also what everyone flocked.

What's more, even if they are unfortunately killed in this war, their families can be properly cared for, and their children can also be treated preferentially.

Now that His Majesty has solved all his worries, what is there to fear? Of course, he is desperately working for His Majesty on the battlefield, and at the same time, he is fighting for a future for himself.

This is the reason when William appointed the pension mechanism, only by solving the soldiers' worries, he can fight fearlessly on the battlefield.

According to William's estimates, under the guarantee of these multiple mechanisms, his standing army could withstand at least 50 percent casualties without collapsing, and if it was more important circumstances, it could bear 60 percent casualties.

More than 1,000 wagons carrying food and supplies were already on the way, and William was leading his army on the road to the Empire of Rodland.

William was already familiar with this path, and this was the second time he had traveled to the Empire of Rodland through this road.

They formed a marching formation and began to hurry towards their target, the city of Deboren.

The soldiers wearing ordinary armed clothes marched quite easily, after all, they usually had to wear heavy armor for training, and now after taking off the armor, they looked extremely light, and the marching speed reached more than 50 kilometers a day.

Half a month later, they successfully arrived at the southern territory of the Rodland Empire, although it was a little chaotic because of the invasion of the Norwids, but after all, the enemy was still blocked in the area north of Deboren, and the southern territory was relatively stable.

Seeing such a large army entering the country, they were a little flustered at first, but when they saw the other party's Phnom Penh Iron Cross flag, they let go of the panic in the letter.

They recognized the banner, they had seen it more than a year ago, and they also admired the discipline of the army of the Kingdom of Lorik.

In the case of the excessive plundering of other countries' armies, the Kingdom of Lorik has no crime against the local residents, so the local code is very favorable to them.

Even though half of the territory of the Rodland Empire fell into the hands of the Norwids, it was still very large, and after about ten days of marching, William led his army to the vicinity of Deboren.

It was a devastation in the vicinity, with almost every village in ruins, burned and extinguished wooden houses, corpses and broken arms all over the ground, and the bodies of women and children exposed to the air.

Jackals and small scavengers feasted on it, and for them, it was probably the best year of their lives.

So many corpses could keep them starving and freezing for a year.

William looked at the scene in front of him expressionlessly, and most of the soldiers did not change their faces when they passed by.

Those veterans have been accustomed to this kind of tragedy for many years, and it is a normal thing in their eyes.

Only a few of the recruits who had just joined the army were very uncomfortable with all this, and even vomited.

William didn't have much of an opinion on this, but it was good to at least show them the cruelty of war.

In this way, after weaving through devastated villages, they finally came to the vicinity of Deboren, and rounded the back of the main force of the Norwedians.