After capturing Simon, the leader of the Cleaners, and a group of Cleaners, William instructed Faller to interrogate the leaders of the heretics in an effort to find the location of their organization and destroy the Cleaners in one fell swoop.

"Faller, prepare the gallows, and when the interrogation is over, hang them directly in front of Sleisburg, and I will use their deaths to deter those potential heretics from acting rashly."

"Yes, Master William, within today's time, I will be able to find the Cleanist heretics lurking and uproot them." Faller patted his chest and reassured.

After handing over the interrogation of heretics to Phalle, William led his army to join Count Hubert, who had arrived at him, and prepared to return to Sleisburg to receive his victory.

At this time, in Sleisburg, William's army was busy collecting prisoners of war and displaced people, and the huge number of more than 600,000 people was terrifying, and if one of them was not handled well, a large-scale riot would occur, which could not be suppressed by William's 18,000 soldiers.

"Count Hubert, first separate the young men and the old and weak women and children among the refugees and captives, and gather them together to take care of them, so that with their families present, those young and strong vagrants will not dare to act rashly." William and Earl Hubert rode side by side in the camp and said.

"Yes, Your Highness William, I will follow your orders. What else do you have to say? Huber nodded in response.

"According to the news, there is an outbreak of plague here, and our army must be prepared for the plague, and once anyone is found to have suspicious symptoms, they must be immediately isolated, and the plague must not be allowed to spread everywhere.

In addition, our army must stay away from this place, and must not let my precious soldiers die in vain in the plague, so send a team of men and horses to Sleisburg, and let Duke Baldwin's men and horses take care of these captives and wanderers, and we will be responsible for supervising them and not making direct contact with them.

After the quarantine of the displaced people is completed, we will select healthy and strong intact households with families and move them to the controlled areas of Normandy to become serfs under our control. William pondered for a moment and instructed Count Hubert.

This was the best William could come up with, because there was already a terrible plague in Sleisburg, and he feared that his soldiers would also be contaminated, so William did not allow his soldiers to have direct contact with these unquarantined homeless people.

William was concerned about the lives of his soldiers, but he was not at all burdened by using Baldwin V's men to watch over the refugees, and he was not at all worried about whether they would catch the plague.

Because in William's opinion, these people were originally the source of infection, and in this plague outbreak of Sleisburg, it was difficult for him to be sure that Baldwin V's army was contaminated with the plague, so he simply used them to take care of the refugees, and if he found that these people had any signs of being infected with the plague, he would be quarantined directly.

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When William's emissary arrived in Sleisburg with his demands, Baldwin V and his nobles were outraged by William's unreasonable demands.

They were exhausted in the previous battle to guard against the armed attack of the refugees in the siege of the city, not to mention the outbreak of a large-scale plague in the castle, and a large number of soldiers had already fallen ill.

However, William's order did require them to leave the castle to take care of the refugees, knowing that there was an outbreak of plague here, and even asking them not to leave this place, and to stay with those displaced people who might have been contaminated with the plague, it was literally costing their lives.

"Sir Lawrence, His Excellency Duke William's request is indeed unreasonable, and I ask him to spare us and his soldiers for the sake of the treaty that has been concluded between our army, and let us get out of here as soon as possible." Duke Baldwin, who sat at the top, did not have the courage to resist William's decision, but he still tried to change William's mind and begged him to spare him.

"The Duke has already given an order, so it is impossible to change it, and I ask Lord Baldwin to forgive me." William's envoy, Sir Lawrence, took a tough attitude and directly refuted the other party's request, saying: "Of course, Lord Duke is not unconcerned about cleaning up, he has left you enough supplies and supplies, enough for you and the displaced people to consume for half a month.

As long as you can help the Duke deal with the problem of the displaced people within half a month, and help our army screen the displaced people and prisoners, I believe that the Duke will give you sufficient compensation, please rest assured.

In addition, our troops are stationed just eight miles away from Sleisburg, and if you encounter any problems or difficulties, our troops are ready to come to our aid, so please believe that we are capable of doing so. ”

Sir Lawrence's last words clearly implied a threat, and Duke Baldwin could tell that if they did not conscientiously complete the task assigned by William, the Norman army would not come to support them, but to punish them.

"Well, Sir Lawrence will reply to Duke William, and I will grant his request, and I will leave the disposition of the outcasts to me." Duke Baldwin did not make any further attempts, sighed, and replied dejectedly.

"Lord Baldwin, I will take your deep understanding of righteousness to heart. At the same time, the Duke considers that the plague may pose a threat to the lives of you and your nobles, so you can take refuge in the Duke's camp together, limited to the barons and nobles above the baron. Sir Lawrence smiled at the corners of his mouth and nodded in response.

"Really?" Duke Baldwin and his nobles were a little excited, and couldn't help but ask Sir Lawrence.

"That's true, Lord William doesn't want to see any nobles die in the terrible plague, you can leave the nobles and knights of your cronies to deal with the affairs of the exiles, and the rest can take refuge in our camp, where there is the best medical environment and accommodation conditions, which can definitely guarantee your safety.

Of course, the affairs of the resettlement of the displaced people entrusted by Duke William cannot be relaxed, and a weighty nobleman must be left to preside. Sir Lawrence nodded in acknowledgement.

"Sir Lawrence, please, wait a moment, and when I have gathered my belongings, I will leave for Duke William's camp at once." Duke Baldwin couldn't wait to respond, he just didn't want to continue with this ghost place.

No one wants to stay in this ghost place, not even for a second, but according to William's intentions, he can let the nobles go to the barracks to hide, but he must leave a weighty nobleman to preside over the affairs of the exiles.

After a fierce argument, and even a full sum of his feet, Count Eustace, who finally lost his territory and did not get along with other nobles. De Guinness was left behind by Duke Baldwin to guard Sleisburg.