Chapter 38: Asking for Advice
At the military meeting, William never mentioned the fact that the Count of Morten, Kay, had joined forces with the rebels of Alençon, and only confessed to the generals present that Baron Argenton had allied himself with Alençon at this time.
If the generals here were all William's cronies, it would be impossible to reveal all the facts at this moment, but some of William's generals were native knights and nobles such as Ronald Knights, and some were mercenary captains such as Daniel. Buller, whose purpose is to crusade against the rebels of Alençon, is likely to be deterred if they learn that they are going to join William and Earl Caye.
Speaking of the Earl of Kay and Alençon joining forces, William turned his head slightly to look at Knight Nelson, who also smiled and nodded at William.
William retracted his gaze and turned his head to look around at everyone: "Generals, knights, the current situation is very clear, Alençon City and Baron Richard of Argenton have secretly joined forces, although now Baron Argenton will not send troops to attack our army, but it is also very possible to send some knights to hide their identities and participate in the rebels to attack our side together." ”
Speaking of this, William paused and looked around at everyone, and seeing that everyone was bowing their heads in contemplation and silent with solemn faces, William continued to speak: "Don't let this stop you, as long as our army cannot conquer Alençon City or is defeated by Alençon's rebels, it is very likely that Baron Richard of Agentang will lead a large army to flank our army with Alençon's rebels. ”
"We will do everything in our power to conquer the city of Alençon." When everyone heard this, they all agreed in unison.
Seeing this, William smiled and nodded, turned his head, looked at Sir Hubert, and said, "Sir Hubert, I am afraid that only your leader has the most experience in leading the army, and can tell me how to conquer Alençon City in the shortest possible time. ”
"Back to His Royal Highness William, our army only has two torsion trebuchets, I am afraid that we will not be able to break through the stone city wall defense of Alençon City in a short time, for now there are only two plans, one is to lure the enemy army in the open area of a field battle, annihilate the enemy's main force, so as to force the defeated rebels to surrender, the other is to increase engineering equipment, directly destroy the city gate and city wall, so that our army can directly attack Alençon City." Sir Hubert did not hide his selfishness, but stood up and spoke eloquently.
"Well, Sir Hubert is right, we are running out of time, and now we have only these two methods to try, and if they do not work, our army will have to withdraw to Burg Brett and prepare to defend against the rebels of Alençon and Richard." William looked at Sir Hubert, nodded slightly, and said, "Sir Hubert, tell us how to lure the enemy army out of the city and our army for a field battle?" ”
"His Royal Highness William, our army can spread rumors in Alençon City, saying that our army has suffered heavy losses in the suppression of the knight rebellion, and at the same time, the knights and servants in our army have little morale to deviate from His Highness, so just do this, the rebels in Alençon City will definitely be moved, and will not let go of this opportunity to go out of the city to annihilate our army." Sir Hubert groaned slightly, his eyes lit up, and he offered a plan.
"Sir Hubert's plan is very good, everyone tells me how it is, but is there anything else to add?" William looked around at the generals present. He asked.
"His Royal Highness William, our army has not suffered much loss in the process of exterminating the rebels, and the morale of the plastic surgery is intact, if the rebels of Alençon City send light cavalry to investigate, I am afraid that they will not be able to go out of the city to fight." Knight Nelson, seated on Sir Hubert's side, stood up and boldly offered his dissent to William.
Sir Hubert saw that his plan had been refuted, and his otherwise plain face showed a slight expression of anger, and he turned his head to glare at the Nelson Knight.
"Okay, Sir Hubert, don't be angry, the Nelson Knight is also a good intention, everyone will talk about the matter, although this strategy is good, it is also a little flawed, and the Nelson Knight is just putting forward his own opinion, not completely denying it." Although Sir Hubert is William's confidant general, the unity of the generals below is also something that William is not happy to see, and it can also be said that William's little imperial heart is a little bit of William's heart.
Under William's kind voice, some tension between the two gradually eased, and although the two were still angry, they still sat down.
After the two of them sat down, William smiled and looked around at the two of them, and said, "Nelson Knight, I think you must have some additional methods that you haven't said." ”
"Yes, His Royal Highness William, Sir Hubert's plan before is basically executable, so I will add a few points on this basis." Nelson nodded and explained to William: "First of all, our army needs to scatter a large number of light cavalry to block the approach of the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry, so that they cannot detect our specific situation; Secondly, some of the soldiers of our knight legion can be hidden in the baggage camp, and at the same time, the number of cooking smoke and ovens can be appropriately reduced, and the number of our soldiers can be reduced on the surface, so that the enemy army will miscalculate. ”
"Oh, isn't this a stove reduction meter!" William slapped his left palm with his right hand and exclaimed.
"What is jian, zao, ji?" Everyone was confused by a sentence in Chinese that William couldn't help but utter, and couldn't help but ask.
"Hehehehehe..."William smiled slightly, and said, "I mean what the Nelson Knight said is very reasonable, we should combine the suggestions of Sir Hubert and the Nelson Knight to lure the enemy out of the city to fight." ”
As he spoke, William looked around at the crowd and asked, "Do you have anything to add to the two of you's strategy?" ”
At this time, Faller, who had been sitting upright, could not resist the desire to show it, and stood up and said, "Your Highness William, can we give a decisive battle to the rebels in Alençon, as long as they agree to go out of the city for a decisive battle, we will not need to be taught much at all." ”
Sir Hubert and Knight Nelson turned their heads and glared at Faller when they heard this, and even William, who was sitting on the top, put his right hand on his forehead, and couldn't bear to look directly at Faller's thick nerves.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, William spoke out to Faller: "Alright, sit down, Faller, don't forget that our enemies are a group of merchants, mercenaries and peasants who are greedy for life and fear death, and have no sense of honor. Since you have proposed a plan, let you find someone to write a war letter to the rebels in Alençon. ”
"Uh, how so." Faller sighed and sat down, bowing his head as if he were ashamed to see anyone.
Even his father, Steward Osborne, couldn't stand this living treasure Faller, glared at him, and raised his hand to Faller's head with a punch.
"Woo... Faller, who had been struck by a violent blow, couldn't help but sobbed in pain, and he didn't dare to refute with his head down.