Chapter 34: Night Attack
William can't wait to give himself a mouthful, he has nothing to do here, he doesn't go to mock others, this will be good, the army is coming, and he is going to leave it here this time.
Although he knew that it was dangerous today, William did not give up hope of escape, and hurriedly rode his horse.
The Count of Loire came to the place where the fire was, and saw that the sight before him was filled with joy, for half of the grain hoards had been burned, and many of the cattle and sheep had been burned, and more were fleeing in all directions.
Despite this, William was not seen here, and he also came out this time to answer William, but he did not see William here.
The earl first asked the knights to burn the grain hoarding cattle and sheep more thoroughly, and the purpose was to wait for William during this time, but after waiting for more than two minutes, he still did not see William's shadow, and the other knights did not find him.
It was impossible for more than 300 people in the camp of more than 5,000 people not to attract attention, in fact, they were found when they reached the outside of the camp, but the enemy was still gathering, and the remaining ones had no horses or weapons capable of inflicting damage on the knights, so some fled in all directions, and some were trampled to death by the horses' hooves, in short, they did not cause any hindrance to the knights.
William ran for a while, but found that the sound of horses' hooves behind him had disappeared, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he hadn't thought of it yet.
Suddenly, William shouted, "Stop! ”
"What's wrong, sir?" The other Hu Congtus asked, and Hu Limu and the others also looked puzzled.
"The enemy has not caught up with us until now, and even the sound of horses' hooves is gone, which is so abnormal! Our horses have already exhausted a lot of physical strength before galloping, and it is impossible to outrun them, and besides, we have burned their food, so there is no reason to let us go like this! William voiced the doubts in his mind.
"Could it be someone from the castle who will pick us up? That direction is the direction of the castle! Norwen said.
When William heard this, he nodded quickly and said, "It's possible!" The Earl, they are condescending on the castle, and the fire here is so big, they must be able to see it, it should be the Earl! Let's go back quietly! ”
After agreeing on their opinions, the group turned their horses around and ran back.
"Lord Earl, we have found the cavalry of the Chekels in the rear, it looks like there are more than a hundred of them!" A knight reported to the Count.
More than 100 people are not yet delivering food to these more than 300 knights, the earl is not afraid at all, although these more than 100 people must be able to quickly assemble the elite, but in the face of more than 300 heavily armed knights, it is still not enough to see, and the other soldiers must not have been assembled, and it is still possible to run away after the fight.
The Count gathered all the knights, formed a wedge-shaped formation of cavalry, and his direct knights formed the spearheads of the front row and began to prepare for the charge.
Dozens of seconds later, more than a hundred Chekel cavalry appeared in front of all the knights, some of them held cavalry spears of more than three meters in their hands, which were actually spears on horses, and some were holding sharp scimitars, and the armor on their bodies was all hard leather armor decorated with iron sheets, and a few people wore scale armor.
Seeing more than 300 knights here, the cavalry led by him was obviously shocked, originally the chief asked him to support the granary, he thought that the enemy was no more than 20 people, and there was no reason not to be discovered, but these were hundreds of Lordes knights in front of him, and there was no need to fight at all!
The Earl, however, did not care what the enemy thought, and at the sound of an order, all the knights began to charge, and the roaring hooves of horses resounded all around, and the place that had been full of cattle and sheep became a place where the two sides were fighting.
The commander of the Chekers had no choice but to issue the order to charge, and the two cavalry would collide together in a dozen seconds.
With a loud "boom", the two cavalry collided together, which was mixed with broken bones, broken cavalry guns, and the wails of the horses before they died, which lasted only a dozen seconds, and the collision ended with more than 40 casualties among the Chekels, and the Earl's side lost more than 10 knights.
William watched the scene from the side, and the charge of hundreds of knights was so agitated, what a scene it would be if there were thousands of knights.
It was only after the Chekels had bowed down that William and the others came out.
"Thank you very much, Lord Earl, for coming out to meet us!" Although William knew that the earl could not be dedicated to him, there was still basic etiquette.
"No, we don't abandon any of our comrades, not a knight loyal to me and my vassals!" The Earl said.
"Besides, you've done a great job and relieved our stress!" The Count said with a smile.
All the knights, except for those who had conflicts with William, such as Baron Dale and Baron Wells, all looked at William friendly, and Baron Comos looked at William with a smile in his eyes, and William gave him a long face.
William returned to the knights' ranks, and the troops hurried back to the castle by the same route, and if they stayed here, they would definitely not be able to leave until the enemy began to react.
On the way back, of course, the knights tried to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible, and by the time the enemy reacted, the knights would have already returned to the castle.
Back at the castle, there was another banquet in the hall, in order to celebrate William's success.
"Cheers to today's victory!" The baron took a glass of wine and said loudly.
The knights also held wine glasses, and cheers resounded throughout the castle.
"Long live William!"
"Well done William, the Chekels are going hungry!"
"It will depend on how they still fight, and we can beat them back to their hometown!"
William was surrounded by everyone, cheering and praising from the crowd.
"Today is yours, you are a hero!" The Earl patted William on the shoulder.
"I must reward you well! Well, what for you? Say, what do you want? The Earl began to think about what kind of reward he wanted to give William, and the other knights also quieted down, wanting to hear what kind of reward the Count would give today's heroes, and what kind of reward William wanted.
"Lord Earl said with a smile, it is my honor to be able to serve you." William bent over and said.
At this time, William knew that he needed to be humble, even if he didn't ask for anything, the earl would give him a big reward, after all, the other knights looked at it, just like the city gate standing wood, William was a wood, and the earl was a merchant.
The necessary humility can also make a good impression on the earl, who thinks that this man is cheap and chivalrous, and his prestige will be increased, and if William's request is too outrageous, it is quite possible that the title of greedy William will appear, and given that he has offended so many people, such a thing is not impossible.
Or...... You owe your allegiance to me! I will grant you the title of baron, and I will grant you one of my estates and the villages under its control!" The Earl's words were astonishing, and when he said it, he was directly shocked.
"What? Good luck to William, Baron! ”
"yes, good luck boy!"
"What do you say, this is what William deserves, can you risk burning the enemy's food?"
As soon as the earl's words came out, some people immediately became jealous, and some decent knights began to defend William, and William wrote them all down, including Sir Kanfu, who had a good relationship with William, and the mocking voice was made by Baron Dale.
As soon as William saw the reaction of everyone, he knew that this matter could not be agreed, even if the title of baron was very attractive, but if he accepted it, it was estimated that there would be nothing left of the prestige he had accumulated among the knights, even if he wanted to take the title of baron, he had to convince everyone, so that he would be supported by others.
Thinking of this, William politely refused: "I'm sorry Lord Earl, I can't accept your reward, every knight has made his own contribution to this victory, how can I benefit alone?" Besides, I swear allegiance to my lord, Baron Comos, and I cannot turn my back on him like this, please forgive the Earl. ”
The earl was politely rejected and did not leak an angry expression, William saw it in his eyes, sober for a while, fortunately he did not accept it, it seems that in the eyes of the earl, such a credit is not enough to canonize the baron, just now it is estimated that it is really the city gate standing wood, buying people's hearts, otherwise even if William accepts the canonization, it is estimated that it will not mix too well.
After all, no one likes someone who casually turns his back on his master, at least William's leaked talent and credit are not so great in the eyes of the earl that he can canonize a baron.
Baron Comos was originally a little depressed, and it had only been more than two years since he accepted a right-hand man, so he was taken by the earl and couldn't object, what good end could he do with the earl.
What he didn't expect was that William would refuse this reward, and he would give up such a tempting title as a baron for the sake of his loyalty!
Originally, he thought about it just now, after all, as a knight under his own command, he would definitely have a good relationship with him after becoming a baron, and he had a solid ally, and his knight was just one less, besides, looking at William's attitude, it was also good to marry him.
Unexpectedly, William refused, which made Baron Comos not only happy but also depressed.
"Hmm...... In that case, continue to serve under Baron Comos, and I will give you a satisfactory reward when the war is over! The Earl said.
"Now, let's party! The Father's people will prevail! The Count said aloud.
The knights cheered, they were ashamed when Sir Yasuo said those words, they had become jealous of their fellows, which was not what a knight should do.
And Sir William was so noble that he gave up the title of baron for the sake of his own lordship, and asked himself, they couldn't do it themselves! Thinking of this, they admired William even more.
Then William became the center of attention in the middle of the entire hall of more than 300 people, and many of them sloganed "Cheers to William"!
William and Norwen sat together, and said, "William, why don't you accept the reward of the earl, it is the title of baron, and my father's status back then was only a viscount according to the conversion of the title of the Lordes!" "Not only Urimu, but also Norwen means this.
Of course, William knew what he meant, and he very much wanted to be able to avenge his father, and William knew this, so he told the two of them about his previous conjecture, and they understood what William meant, and the two of them listened to William's analysis, and couldn't help but admire William's ability to speculate on people's hearts and intrigues.