In the past three days, William was simply too busy to keep his feet on the ground, either to replenish the new army's manpower and recruit archers, or to urge Bruce to speed up the manufacture of bows and arrows, crossbows, javelin arrows, swords and bed crossbows, especially the bed crossbows that William specifically requested to be manufactured.

Sir Hubert has been in the barracks all day long, training these recruits and the Defence all day long, often using the 'stick of love' to educate these soldiers who make mistakes and do not obey military discipline.

Of course, if the high-intensity training can't keep up with the nutrition, the army will be trained across the army, so these soldiers have lived a good life with vegetables, meat, and bread for a few days.

The busiest of all was Osborne's butler, who not only organized the city's citizens to repair the city walls, but also built arrow towers to install powerful bed crossbows and torsion ballistas.

At the same time, Steward Osborne also sent people to the wooden fort on the heights of Lu Village, outside the city of Alençon, to reinforce and raise the fort, and install bed crossbows on several towers.

The castle, which had played a crucial role in defeating the Alençon rebels ten days earlier, would now serve as a pillar to support the Alençon's defensive system in the face of the menacing army of Baron Argenton.

William planned to garrison 2,000 soldiers in this highland wooden fort less than two miles from Alençon, and hoarded enough food and ordnance in it to contain the besieging enemy forces, and to defend the city in coordination with Alençon.

Uncle Adolf, who was in charge of the affairs of the Barony of Alençon, was also doing his best to recruit soldiers, collect supplies, etc., for William, and strive to keep the city of Alençon with sufficient supplies and manpower.

And Rodrigo, Daniel Buller, Nelson Knights, Faller. Osborne and others also began to gradually take over the training of new recruits from Sir Hubert, and began to form their own armies with the original knights, light and heavy infantry, and subordinate soldiers and other veterans as the backbone.

Although William and the others have been busy for the past three days and have no leisure, looking at the gradually forming brigade-level legions, the increasing city defense force little by little has given William more confidence.

Now William could pat his chest and assure that the army of Baron Agen-Richal would not be able to capture the city of Alençon.

Tap Tap, Tap... Tap Tap, Tap...

Several hussars galloped on their horses, their hooves moving towards the city mansion without stopping, their hooves pounding the ground and making a tapping sound.

"Royal..."

The hussars dismounted at William's mayor's residence, and after the notification was cleared, one of the hussars marched in.

By this time, William had already taken care of the affairs of the past few days, and the whole person leaned back in his chair, holding the precious paper book borrowed from Uncle Adolphus and watching.

In other words, William read this unknown military book in later generations, although there is a little military knowledge in it, but this book can be regarded as a novel, and it is quite a brazen autobiographical novel.

Knock knock... Knock knock...

There was a knock at the door, as if it was urgent.

"Come in."

After William's permission, the light cavalry came to William under the guidance of his servants, put his left hand on his chest and knelt down on one knee, and said: "Your Highness William, I have found out that the army of Baron Argenton has approached the city of Alençon less than sixty miles, and the situation is urgent, so I will come back to report it." ”

"Well, have you approached them to take a closer look? Tell me about the size of Baron Alençon's army, and how many cavalry there were? William asked, without a hint of anxiety on his face.

"Back to His Royal Highness William, due to the large number of light cavalry in Baron Agenthon's army, we were intercepted by them and could not be carefully investigated." Saying this, the light cavalry paused and said, "It is estimated that the number of Baron Alangtang's army exceeds three thousand, of which more than six hundred are light and heavy cavalry. ”

"Let's go down." William waved the hussars back.

"Richard, Baron of Argenton, you really look up to me, a powerful army of up to three thousand men, including a cavalry force of more than six hundred, and the combat effectiveness is much stronger than the rabble of the rebels in Alençon City before." After the scout light cavalry turned to leave, William couldn't help but think: "Are you sure that I don't have the strength to defeat you, and I don't dare to go out of the city for a decisive battle easily?" ”

Here it was thought that William would summon a personal servant and ask him to invite Baron Adolphus, Steward Osborne, and Sir Hubert to come in and discuss the military situation.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the three of them were summoned by William, and they had to leave the business at hand and rush over, and hurried into William's study and took their seats.

"William, what's the matter with you coming to us?" Uncle Adolf was the first to ask, and the other people in the room also looked curious.

"That's right, Uncle Adolphus, Sir Hubert, steward Osborne, the scouting light cavalry we sent out have discovered that Baron Agentau's army is less than sixty miles from Alençon, and it will not take two days at most to touch the walls of Alençon." William looked around at everyone and said with a somewhat solemn face.

"William, can you tell us how many people there are in this army, especially how many cavalry units there are?" Uncle Adolf then asked.

William spoke directly and eloquently, beginning to tell little by little about the number of the whole army and the number of cavalry forces.

"The situation is really urgent, William, are you ready?" Uncle Adolf asked.

"Haha, we have long been ready to fight a tough battle with Baron Argentão, and the soldiers under our command have already been prepared. Only wait for the city of Alençon to collect the siege and beat Baron Richard to the head. As he spoke, William nodded to Osborne's butler Chen Shu and said, "By the way, Sir Hubert, I will send Daniel. Commander Buller and Knight Jeffrey led the 2nd Regiment of the Main Infantry Regiment and some conscripts, totaling more than 2,000 men, to garrison the Wooden Fort on the Highlands of Lucun, where they would serve as the chief and deputy commanders respectively.

As for the rest of the generals working hard, we are almost enough to do now, and I believe that we will be able to protect Alençon City. ”

"William, if you exclude Daniel and Jeffrey's army, how many soldiers are there who can fight? Can you win? Uncle Adolf said with some emotion.

"We still have an army of about five thousand men (including the knights' legions) in Alençon, and although most of them are made up of new soldiers, they can rely on the walls to withstand the attacks of Baron Argentauen." William said affirmatively.

With William's assurance, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, exchanged ideas for a while, and then turned to be busy guarding the city.