Chapter 437: Brother Robert

"Sure enough, it's still the Norman nose helmet that is comfortable." Robert. Morality. Conteville put down the mask of the fully covered helmet before the battle, feeling the slight discomfort and crampedness caused by the helmet, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

As a freshly baked baron, Baron Afrache Robert Brown. Morality. Conteville is only 15 years old, but he has been on the battlefield for several years.

Robert joined William's Guards at the age of 12 with his brother Otto, and was shortly thereafter knighted, conferred the title of fief and fief.

He then caught the last train of the Second War with the Kingdom of France, which ended somewhat unexpectedly because of the Black Death, but also helped him greatly.

Robert went on to fight on the battlefield, from quelling rebellions in his realm to the Battle of Hastings and the wars with the Northern Princes, all of which helped Robert grow into an experienced aristocratic general.

Although he had already achieved so much at the age of 15 at this time, and was already the object of admiration of others compared to other Norman nobles, and was the leader of all Norman youth, Robert still did not have any complacency, he still strictly demanded that he do his best, in order to live up to William's expectations.

"Lord Baron Beaumont, please lead the knights to follow me around the left flank of the enemy, and we will make these traitors regret their rebellion for the rest of their lives." Baron Robert pleaded with the other baron beside him.

The Baron de Beaumont's name was Amory. Morality. Beaumont, the new nobleman who was canonized only after William succeeded to the Duchy of Normandy, was also a friend and right-hand man of Baron Robert.

"yes, got it."

Baron Beaumont, despite his few words, was a reliable military general, and his military prowess was among the top 10 of all the nobles of the Norman kingdom.

It's just that Baron Beaumont is not good at words, his character is too stubborn, his character is too stubborn, and he is honest and not good at speaking tactfully, which offended many colleagues who were jealous of him, so he was not promoted for several years.

William naturally saw the ability of Baron Beaumont, and he would not believe the words of his nobles, so he specially appointed Baron Beaumont as the deputy of Baron Robert of Afranche, so that he could get more opportunities for meritorious service.

With the sound of a horn, several Norman barons led by Baron Robert and Baron Amory of Beaumont led their knights and followed Robert and Amory to the flank of the rebels who were in some confusion not far away.

With 300 Norman knights and more than 500 cavalry attendants, this cavalry was a very impressive cavalry force even in other countries, and the rebels formed by the local nobles of England, Thein, who lacked cavalry, could not withstand more than the Norman cavalry.

Soon, the left flank of the rebel army, numbering as many as 6,000 men, collapsed, followed by the center, and finally the rebel army collapsed on all fronts.

It took Baron Robert less than half an hour to crush the rebel force with almost zero casualties.

Not far behind Baron Robert, the English militia led by Baron Buckingham arrived late, and they did not have time to rest, so they launched a pursuit of the scattered rebel rebels at the urging of Baron Buckingham.

"Lord Baron Lancelin, this Baron of Afránche Robert has no consciousness of being a deputy at all, he has robbed us of I don't know how much credit these days relying on the Norman knights, and everyone has been dissatisfied with this hairy boy for a long time." One of the barons next to Buckingham, Baron Lancelin, couldn't help but complain as they watched the credit that should have belonged to them being snatched away by Robert.

"Baron Swinton, please be calm, this guy who doesn't know the height of the sky will always have a time when he suffers." Buckingham's Baron Lansling gritted his teeth at Baron Robert, the guy who suddenly jumped out and took his credit.

As the saying goes, blocking people's money is like killing their parents, and Baron Robert obviously blocked Baron Buckingham's promotion and fortune, and took most of the credit for this counterinsurgency war.

This time against 6,000 rebels, it was already the largest rebel force they had encountered in the first round of counterinsurgency, and it was likely that they would not have such an opportunity to encounter a large number of rebels in the future.

The credit of Count Robert and others, who independently defeated the 6,000 rebels, is naturally the best, but relatively speaking, the credit of the English barons led by Baron Buckingham is at the bottom, far less than these barons of the Norman kingdom with three hundred Norman knights.

Although Baron Robert is His Majesty's own brother, and the means of exclusion on the surface cannot be used, this does not prevent them from secretly stumbling on Baron Robert.

"Lord Baron Lansling." Robert led the army back, and when he saw the gloomy faces of Lancelin and the others, he knew that they had robbed each other of the credit.

"Lord Baron Robert, my deputy, you have the help of the Norman knights in this counterinsurgency operation, and you are already the first-class hero." Baron Lancelin said in a strange way.

"Lord Lanslin, after defeating this rebel army, I don't think there are many large rebel forces in the Duchy of Wessex, but more small rebel forces wandering around. We might as well separate our own actions, it might be more efficient" Robert pressed the arm of Baron Beaumont beside him, and looked at Lanceling, Baron of Buckingham, with a smile, as if he was not annoyed by his yin and yang words.

"That's right, that's what I mean."

Baron Buckingham wished that Robert, the plague god, would get away sooner, and replied.

At this point, Baron Robert and the others separated from the English army led by Baron Buckingham, and marched in different directions.

"Robert, where do we go next? We all listen to you. Baron Beaumont asked.

"Heading east, of course, to Essex and East Anglia, we will be able to exterminate the rebels in the counties along the way.

When we arrive in London, we will be able to join His Majesty's army, and that is where we will come in. Robert said confidently.

It's been a month since the end of the military conference, and a few weeks ago, William had already led a large army to launch a surprise attack on the Earl of Cornwall's domain.

Due to the sudden arrival of William and the Norman army, the Earl of Cornwall was unprepared and was trapped in the castle of Tintagel by William's army.

With dozens of counterweight trebuchets and gunpowder weapons, William breached Tintagel Castle in just a few days and captured the Earl of Cornwall.

Then, in less than two weeks, William divided his army and swept through the whole of Cornwall and the western part of Devon, sweeping away the remnants of the Earl of Cornwall.

Having eliminated the Duke of Cornwall, William then marched to East Anglia with his army, trying to fight with Tostig. Godwinson fought to the death.

Almost two weeks had passed, and there was no news of William's victory on the East Anglian front, and he must have encountered some difficulties, and Robert was worried about his brother and wanted to help him, so he proposed to Baron Beaumont to march into East Anglia and go to the front line of the war in search of meritorious service.