"Arrows and large stone projectiles are too expensive, and the noble coalition of Nantes and Enray has pushed the ladder first, and now is the time for them to show their loyalty to me." William said to Faller, who was standing aside, "Faller, you lead three thousand soldiers of the Knights of Mortan and follow them to supervise the battle, and I authorize you to dispose of the deserters on the battlefield, and even the nobles cannot escape your disposal. ”

"I know what to do, Master William." Faller smiled whimsily, bowed and retired.

"Baron Rodrigo, the Count of Koneff and the Count of Leon have not arrived, and the Count of Nantes is the only one active on the battlefield, so it seems that he is too lonely." A chuckle curled up at the corners of William's mouth as he said to Baron Rodrigo.

"It's a pity, His Highness William." Baron Rodrigo shook his head, and said in a rather helpless tone: "These two counts couldn't wait to express their allegiance to you when you were crowned Duke of Brittany, but so far they have not been willing to join the war with their respective armies, and they are not even willing to come to you in person to swear their allegiance to you. ”

"Since these two counts don't come, let them never come." William flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly and said, "Rodrigo, I will make public the evidence of the collusion between these two and Count Yudes, and brand Count Koneff and Count Leon as rebels." When we have exterminated Count Judes and Count Jossellin, it will be their end. ”

"Understood." Baron Rodrigo nodded in response, "I just don't know what you want to do with this Count of Nantes?" ”

"Hehe..."William smiled maliciously, and said, "The next thing is to see the performance of this Lord Count of Nantes, I don't need half-hearted vassals under my command, and I don't need vassals who only have their own selfish interests in their eyes and no monarch."

If the Count of Nantes is unable to prove that he is not a vassal of either class in this war, and that he is loyal to me, then the evidence of his conspiracy with the Count of Youdes to rebel will be made public, and his fate will be said. ”

After the Count of Domonia was coerced and lured by William to rebel, he also took the opportunity to connect with many nobles of the Duchy of Brittany with the help of William, and almost all of them helped and participated in the rebellion to a greater or lesser extent, especially when the Duke of Aaron ran out of oil at that time, these counts and nobles rushed to contact Count Youdes.

William planted a number of spies around the nobles in the Duchy of Brittany, and easily intercepted their secret letters.

As their feudal lord, William had the right to use the black material at hand to capture them and deprive them of their domains and titles, but he was still willing to give these nobles some chance to make amends.

However, these aristocrats do not seem to recognize their situation, or they take themselves too seriously.

By this time, William had already established a standing army of his own and governed his territory with a civilian government, and did not rely on these noble vassals, so William could not hesitate to dispose of these noble vassals without being too concerned about the opinions of other nobles.

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On the battlefield, the nobles of the counties of Enre and Nantes joined forces of as many as 6,000 people, of which the number of knights reached the scale of 500.

They were driven by the sword-wielding three thousand Lords of Mortain, led by Baron Faller, and moved slowly towards the Dominia Fort in groups of three, holding tall ladders, and they had no other siege weapons in their hands except for hundreds of ladders.

The siege carts, siege towers, torsion ballistae, and counterweight trebuchets wrapped in claw hammers that had just appeared on the battlefield did not move, and they all fell silent, staying where they were, without giving the slightest support to the noble coalition forces that were besieging the city.

"Damn, this bastard William is going to wipe out all the power in our hands in the siege battle with Count Youdes." In the siege team of the noble alliance, the Count of Nantes turned his head to look at Faller who was staring at him and the three thousand Knights of Mortan behind him, and couldn't help but say hatefully.

"Lord Earl, what do you say we should do, is it really at the mercy of the Duke of Normandy to consume all the strength in his hands?" The nobles gathered around the Count of Nantes asked him for help.

"Don't panic yet, and listen to me first." The Count of Nantes pressed down with his hands, looked around at everyone and said: "I have already made contact with the Count of Youdes in the Castle of Dominia, as long as the army of the Duke of Normandy relaxes its vigilance tonight, we can join forces with the army of the Count of Youdes to raid the camp of the Normans and defeat the Normans completely."

As long as we expel the Normans, then we can later dominate our own Duchy of Brittany. Now all we have to do is put on the pretense of fighting hard, and the Count of Youdes in the castle will cooperate with us. ”

The seductive words were like the whispers of the devil, which made the fire of ambition in the hearts of the nobles burn brightly, ignoring the huge military strength gap between themselves and William, even if their coalition of more than 7,000 nobles and the rebel army of more than 5,000 Count of Youdes joined forces, they could not withstand the wolf-like army of the Duchy of Normandy.

The siege battle officially began, the aristocratic coalition carrying the ladder only received a faint arrow blow and set up the ladder to the outer wall of the castle, hundreds of soldiers led the crowd out and began to climb along the ladder, in which they still did not suffer much loss, only a few unlucky ghosts accidentally slipped down the ladder and broke their legs.

The scene seemed to be fierce, but the corpses that fell in the battle between the noble coalition and the Count of Youdes were rare, and the losses on both sides remained in the single digits after half an hour.

William, holding a telescope, noticed an anomaly in both armies not long before the siege began.

I saw that William's forehead was bruised, and he clenched his fist with his right hand and said hatefully: "Think I can't see it?" These guys dare to secretly communicate with the rebels in the castle, damn it, they all deserve to die. ”

Saying that, William turned his head and said to Baron Rodrigo, who was standing beside William: "Rodrigo, you lead people to directly attack the flanks of the Brittany nobles, drive them all into the castle of Dominia, and I will command siege weapons such as counterweight trebuchets and torsion ballistas to bombard the city walls, and I will let them know that the Duke of Normandy is not to be offended." ”

"Yes, my master." Rodrigo didn't hesitate and nodded yes.