Although William said that he was going to send a letter to these knights and nobles, claiming that he would give the other party three days to consider it, in fact, the messenger sent by William did not immediately go to the knights' manors to send this harshly worded ultimatum, or even a letter declaring war, but only handed it over to the other party three days after William's order.

When the other side received this letter, it was already the time for William to set out on his expedition, whether or not the other party was intimidated by William's ultimatum and pledged allegiance to William, they would face an army of thousands led by William.

Although this practice is somewhat immoral, and the obscene plaster country often puts the declaration of war in the hands of the other side when the army is overwhelmed, it is indeed very effective, and can make the other side suffer a powerful surprise attack unsuspectingly.

The scattered knights had at most one heavy cavalry, one or two knightly servants, several infantry or archers, and dozens of serf conscripts in their respective estates.

With such a weak army, in the absence of the mobilization and assembly of the knights and nobles, they would inevitably suffer a shameful defeat.

It may be that more than half of the knights' manors have fallen after the other party reacts, and the assembled knights have long been unable to resist William's attack.

......

Three days later, at about 8 o'clock in the morning, William summoned the generals and officers and soldiers of all ranks in the square of the castle of Vernon, including Rodrigo, who commanded Sir Hubert and led a cavalry regiment of 500 men. Knight Diaz, Andrew with a battalion of 300 longbows and a battalion of crossbowmen of 200 men. Dalton Knight, Faller who led the Guards Cavalry. Osborne and Ferdinand. Grylls and Rees of Fort Vernon. Maury's butlers were all present.

"Uh-huh!"

William rode around on his war horse and looked around at everyone, coughed slightly, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the knights and nobles of Barony Vernon are unwilling to pledge allegiance to me, William, Baron de Vernon, and those lowly merchants have ignored us, and have not even sent envoys so far.

However, I was merciful enough to give them another opportunity, and wrote to persuade the knights and nobles to pay allegiance to their lord, and gave them three days of graciously.

Now that they have made their choice, three days have passed, they have decided to abandon their loyalty to their lord and have decided to rebel, an unforgivable crime.

This is not only a betrayal of me as Baron Vernon, but also an insult and provocation to the Norman family and to all Normans.

Since they are unwilling to be loyal to me and fulfill their obligations as vassals, then I will take back all their fiefdoms.

Today, I will make them pay the price they deserve, and their death and blood will wash away the shame we have suffered! ”

After speaking, William's tone paused, looked around at everyone, and saw that the generals, officers and warriors at all levels present showed angry looks, William nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "After we sweep away the rebellious knight nobles this time, I will re-divide the new knight nobles according to the number of your military achievements, and give them manor estates.

Whether it's bounty riches, captured trophies, or glorious knightly titles, everyone can earn them for their bravery.

Let's go! Brave men! Go and claim your own glory and riches! ”

Hearing such a generous promise from William, everyone present raised their right hands and let out a hoarse cheer:

"Oh!"

"Victory! Win! ”

"Long live His Highness William! Banzai! ”

......

Amid the cheers of the crowd, William gave the order with a wave of his right hand: "Go!" ”

"Yes!"

All the people shouted with their voices, yes.

Stompe... Stompe...

With William's order, more than 3,000 soldiers of 2,400 soldiers and 600 serf conscripts began to walk out of the castle in an orderly manner under the leadership of William and generals at all levels.

The first was led by 500 light and heavy cavalry and William's 120 personal guard companion cavalry, and the second was the main infantry regiment of 1,500 men, which consisted of 300 Norman heavy infantry, 900 Norman spearmen, 200 Norman crossbowmen, and 100 machine men who operated two torsion ballistas and several bed crossbows.

The last to appear were three hundred Norman longbowmen and six hundred serf levies with their baggage wagon troops.

If such a large army is gathered to deal with the knights' manors scattered everywhere, it will be a knife to kill chickens, which will not only waste valuable troops and cause unnecessary concessions, but also slow down the speed of clearing rebellions and knights' manors, making it easy for knights to receive news and assemble.

Therefore, William ordered the armies to be divided into five battalion-sized units of about 500 men, which were led by Sir Hubert, Rodrigo. Diaz Knights, Andrew. Dalton Knights, Faller. Osborne and Ferdinand. Led by Grylls, they scattered and attacked the estates of the knights and nobles everywhere.

It was agreed two days later to be thirty miles north of Jensen. Assemble in front of Sir Bernard's knights' manor and finally destroy the leader of the rebel knights.

Of course, this is the most ideal situation, and it is more likely that after William swept away most of the knights' estate, some of the knights and their subordinates, serfs, and soldiers were in Jensen. At the call of Sir Bernard, they rallied and prepared to confront our army, and even prepared to ask for the help of nobles from other regions.

How could Ran and William give him this opportunity?

The 3,000-strong army gathered under William's command will definitely wipe out these rebels of only a few hundred men like a tiger pounced, and will not give them any chance to resist.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, less than an hour later, the first knight's estate was breached by five hundred cavalry led by Rodrigo.

At this time, the owner of a smaller, six-hundred-acre manor of the Knights, the hapless Knight of Case, was still reading the letter he had just received, in which William demanded in a commanding tone that he would pledge allegiance to William within three days or face destruction.

Enraged by William, the Knight of Keys was furious, angrily smashed his beloved mug, and just stepped out of the room to gather his servants to prepare for a rebellion, only to be killed in the manor by the five hundred cavalry who rushed up.

He did not understand until his death why William's army had arrived so quickly, and why the letter clearly stated that it was given three days.

Knight Caith, who was enraged by the provocative words of the first half of the letter, did not read the letter at all, and the last time it was signed was exactly three days before, which undoubtedly caused his tragedy.

On the first day alone, William's five battalion-sized teams of 500 men swept through more than 20 manors around Fort Vernon like five huge tornadoes, and the battle-ignited manors lit up the night sky.

At this time, the remaining forty or so knights' manors were still in a state of ignorance, their owners were still angry at the ultimatum letters they received, completely unaware of the disaster that was coming, and the escapees from the estates who might have brought them news were never able to break through the dense interception network composed of more than 300 light cavalry.