The Upper Burgundian knights, who had prepared to harass William's camp two days earlier, refused to appear in William's presence again, and only a few mercenary hussars who came to harass him were ruthlessly killed and expelled by William's troops.

This is not to say that the Upper Burgundian knights were afraid of William, but that the Jonathan knights did not want to give these rebels the precious lives of the Upper Burgundian knights.

In fact, the cavalry of Alençon and the two hundred Upper Burgundian knights made a total of five or six hundred cavalry, and if they worked together, they could still fight with William's cavalry.

Two days later, the day after Mayor Scott decided to send troops, the castle built by William's side had begun to show its scale, and the city walls, towers and other housing facilities were complete, while the Alençon City coalition army had only begun to reorganize the army and replenish supplies, and there were still several days before the actual crusade against William.

Although the battlefield was chosen within a few miles of Alençon, the coalition forces did not need to worry much about logistics, but the mercenaries were mercenaries after all, and they had no military discipline at all like these urban militias who were greedy for life and feared death, and they had no courage or honor, and their combat effectiveness was not worth expecting at all, and the only advantage might be the number of this army.

Of course, Mayor Scott did not do nothing in the past two days, in addition to straightening out military discipline and preparing for the expedition, he also hired a large number of mercenaries and citizens to expand the army, and the army was expanded to 11,000 in just two days.

Since there were no siege weapons such as catapults in Alençon, Mayor Scott had to build ladders, battering rams and other equipment, and use the wall-climbing tactics of piling up lives to attack the wooden fort built by William.

Since it was a local battle, Mayor Scott thought that there was not much suspense about the outcome of this war, and it was not difficult to attack the wooden fort with only 2,000 soldiers and 1,000 conscripts to garrison, it was nothing more than how many lives it spent, for them merchants, mercenaries, militias, etc., no matter how many casualties or so on, it would not hinder them, at most, it would cost some money to recruit some soldiers from outside the city.

This unhurried attitude of the rebels in Alençon undoubtedly gave William ample time to build the castle, dig trenches, install torsion ballistas, prepare war materials, and train the castle defense tactics.

By the time Mayor Scott finally decided to lead 11,000 soldiers, it was four days after he had decided to crusade against William.

In the wooden fort on the heights of Lucun, William, Sir Hubert, Steward Osborne and other major generals climbed the highest tower together, and observed the rebels of Alençon City gathered six hundred meters away.

It is said that there are 10,000 people, boundless, and this is indeed true, and the number of rebel regiments of more than 10,000 gathered on the west side of the wooden fort is indeed a huge pressure on William and his soldiers.

Although William was extremely confident that he would be able to hold the wooden fort, it was the first time for William to face such a huge enemy army, and it was the first time for William to encounter it, and the huge number was also a heavy pressure on everyone.

"Sir Hubert, steward Osborne, don't worry, the enemy army outside the castle is just a rabble, and the soldiers recruited in just a few days can have any fighting power." William Hui turned around, looked at everyone, smiled, and said in a calm tone: "Our castle is guarded by three thousand five hundred soldiers with strong combat effectiveness, and there is no need to be afraid of them at all, as long as the rebels dare to attack the castle, they will definitely not return." ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded yes, and their expressions relaxed, no longer looking as nervous as before.

"Sir Hubert, steward of Osborne, you two are old and experienced in warfare, and the next battle will be under the command of the two of you, please be sure to consume the opponent's forces in the siege battle." William nodded in satisfaction and looked at Sir Hubert and Steward Osborne as he commanded.

"Mylord, I respectfully obey your orders, His Highness William (Young Master)."

William's gaze turned back to the battlefield, where the officers of the mercenary and militia groups in the rebels of Alençon were arguing over who would attack the castle first.

Because if whoever attacks first, then he will suffer the maximum firepower attack, and at the same time, because he does not know the location of those firepower points, he will only suffer more losses, and pay such a big price to find a way for others, which a normal person will refuse to accept.

"Alright, don't argue, Commander Randall, you will lead your troops to attack the wooden fort first." Mayor Scott sat at the top of the seat, randomly called the name of a mercenary leader, and said.

"No, Lord Mayor Scott, I cannot take your orders. I am responsible for the lives of my subordinates. Randall's mercenary group leader, who was named by name, quickly stood up and waved his hand again and again in refusal.

"Okay, Commander Randall, it's not that you really attack the castle, but I just ask you to test the troop layout and the location of the firepower points on the castle." Mayor Scott saw that his suggestion was rejected by his mercenaries as soon as he came up, but fortunately, Mayor Scott was a guy who was good at forbearance, and promised with a smile: "In this way, I will give you a thousand militiamen, plus the three hundred mercenaries you own, which is enough for you to test the situation in the castle." As long as you succeed, I will triple your employment fee and double the compensation for the dead and wounded. ”

"Mayor Scott, I agree to your terms, but I ask you to give us a bounty on the promotion to boost morale." Head Randall nodded slightly, pleading.

"Okay, I'll grant your request." Retracting his gaze at Captain Randall, Mayor Scott looked around at everyone and said in a firm tone: "Captains, don't shirk again, since I paid you a commission, then you must launch an attack on the wooden fort."

"This—" All the mercenary captains present hesitated for a moment, and then replied, "Yes, Lord Scott, we will follow your orders and dare not disobey in any way. ”

After subduing the many mercenary captains who were not far away, Mayor Sucourt immediately sent Captain Randall to attack William's Wooden Fort.

On the battlefield, the large number of rebel camps in the Alençon layer came out of the heavily armored soldiers, and many militia teams with dung forks in their hands, their formation was crooked, and they slowly approached William's castle under the pressure of the cavalry under the direct command of Mayor Scott.

They didn't have any siege equipment in their hands, not even a few ladders in their hands, and it was clear that their purpose was just a temptation.