The Barony of Wexon, located on the east bank of the Seine, south of the county of Vissan, opposite the Barony of Vernon, has a very important geographical location, and William, who has the two baronies of Wexon and Vernon, has the ability to control the golden waterway of the Seine.

With an area of more than 1,500 square kilometers, the Barony of Wexon accounts for more than half of the Counts of Wissan to which it belongs, and is equivalent to a quarter of the area of the Counts of Evreux.

Although the counts of the county of Wissan were the Varva family of the Count of Amiens, the territory belonged to the King of France and was later transferred to William by Henry I, so the knightly lords loyal to Henry I were very powerful in this land, and to be honest, William did not have the confidence to control the land.

Fortunately, William learned from Sir Hubert that the northern part of the Barony of Wexon was a dense forest inhabited by archery and safari tribes, and that William would be sure to control Waxon as long as he gained the allegiance of these people.

William and his army sailed up the Seine to the Barony of Wexon, near Paris, in Pontoise.

The city of Pontoise, located on the banks of the Oise, a tributary of the Seine, has a population of more than 8,000 people, convenient water transportation, and is surrounded by a large area of plain arable land.

Due to the dense density of knights in the southern plains of Wexon, near the city of Pontoise, the city's municipal power is basically controlled by knights, and even its mayor is a knight.

The arrival of a large convoy of troop convoys on the outskirts of the port of Pontoise caused a riot, and the townspeople, fearing that it was an enemy attack, ran home to take refuge, but fortunately the city's troops stopped the spread of the riot in time.

The mayor of Pontoise, the city officials and knights of the town, knowing that their lord had arrived, went out of the city to the port to meet them.

Seeing William busily commanding his troops to log in, the mayor of Pontoise and the officials under his command did not dare to despise William's young age, and stepped forward one after another to respectfully bow and said: "Pontoise Mayor Todd. Knight Alcott meets with Lord William, Duke of Normandy, Lord of Wexon. ”

"Knight Todd, I have come to receive the Barony of Wexon, please bring my warrant to all the knights in the realm and their servants and soldiers to Pontoise and swear allegiance to me." William took out an edict and handed it to Knight Todd and said.

"Do as you order, Lord William!" Knight Todd accepted the edict warrant handed over by William, looked at William with some puzzlement, and said, "Dare to ask why you asked the knights to gather the army, is something going on?" ”

"Something important! Baron Cotentin of Mortan led an army into the county of Evre, cholera Normandy, and I led my troops at the request of Robert, Count of Evre, to drive out the rebels of Cotantin.

Therefore I have come here to enlist the knights to accompany me in the crusade against the Cotentan rebels. William didn't hide it either, he said.

"Understood, please rest assured, I will inform all the knights to come to Pontoise to assemble and pay your allegiance!" Knight Todd bowed and bowed.

"Excellent! Thank you, Knight Todd. William nodded and said with satisfaction, "This is Tris. Steward Maury, he will lead my subordinates to take over my manor territory and oversee the Barony of Waxon on my behalf. ”

"His Highness William!" Tris. Butler Maury stepped forward, bowed to William and Knight Todd, and said, "Knight Todd, we will all be colleagues in the future, and I would like to ask you for more advice." ”

"Hello, Butler Maurice, I will cooperate with your work." Knight Todd nodded in response, turned to William and said, "Lord William, please and your soldiers stationed in the barracks outside the city, and I will hold a grand welcome banquet for you in the city hall." ”

"No, Knight Todd. I will be with my soldiers. William waved his hand and said, "Please hurry up and get the two things I have told you that I need them to arrive in Pontoise within three days, or I will give them the punishment they deserve!" ”

"Yes, Lord William, please rest assured, I will do it." Knight Todd bowed down and said.

William nodded with satisfaction, and led 2,500 soldiers and 1,000 reservists to the barracks outside the city, while the remaining 500 soldiers stayed in the harbor to guard the ships.

Three days passed, and seventy-four knights from the Barony of Wexon arrived in Pontoise one after another, and went to the military camp outside the city to meet William and swear allegiance to him.

More than 70 knights and 130 cavalrymen, more than 500 light and heavy infantry, and 800 conscripted peasants gathered together, which was a magnificent sight.

Perhaps because of the confession of King Henry I of France, none of the knights dared to disobey William's orders, and all of them bowed down at William's feet with a respectful appearance and swore allegiance to William.

At this time, William had no way to sweep away the local powerful lords like he had pacified Baroness Vernon, and completely mastered the Barony of Wexon.

Of course, the fact that there is no excuse to purge the local knights does not mean that William cannot control the Barony of Wexon, but this requires William to adopt a strategy of gradual planning and disintegration, and at the same time install William's cronies and build forts on Wexon's communication arteries to choke these knights.

In the barracks tent, the knight generals of William's army and more than a dozen representatives of the Wakson knights gathered together, and dozens of people gathered together to make the originally wide camp tent look a little crowded.

William, who was seated in the throne, looked around at the crowd and said, "Mason. Knight Conrad, I'm going to reorganize your Knight Wexon and the soldiers under your command into a temporary knight legion so that I can command the battle.

No problem, Mason Knight? ”

"Everything is at your command, Lord Duke!" Knight Mason stood up, bowed to William, and said, "Dare to ask who will command this knight legion?" ”

"This Bruce. Sir Dalton, Brad. Anderson Cavaliers, Austin. The knights of Hugh and twenty knights and their retainers were to join the knightly legion, among whom Bruce. Sir Dalton will be the leader of the Knights' Legion. William stretched out his right hand and pointed to several knights in the queue and said.

The three knights who had been named by William stood up, bowed to William, and said, "Do as you command, Your Highness William. ”

"This Sir Bruce Dalton was originally the chief of the guards of my father, Robert, Duke of Normandy, and the other twenty or so knights are also the most powerful knights of the guard in Normandy, so you must obey their orders. Got it? William towards

"Yes, Lord William!" The Wakson Knight replied.