The city of Rutville-sur-Mer is one of the few seaside port cities and trading ports in the county of Evreux, with a population of 5,000 people.

Before modern times, ships that navigated the sea and rivers were wooden-hulled boats, and their bottoms were often exposed to biofouling of scallops and mussels, so seaside ports were generally built near the estuary to allow shellfish that were not adapted to the freshwater environment to escape from the bottom of the boats.

In the evening, the busy port of Rutville-sur-Mer began to calm down, and the horse-headed workers and crews went to the nearby tavern restaurant to enjoy their food, while the city's only two hundred or so town militiamen slipped away and did not know where to get away.

The city never experienced an attack, the most recent Viking attack was more than a decade ago, and it seemed like an unsuspecting maiden sleeping peacefully on the grass.

It was getting dark, and the inhabitants did not expect that a mighty crowd of more than a hundred ships was approaching the unsuspecting port city.

"Sir Hubert, have the soldiers had dinner, are they all ready? We're going to take Syracuse tonight! William stood on the bow of the ship and asked Sir Hubert beside him.

"Your Highness William, our soldiers have finished their dinner, and there is not only an ample supply of bread, but also dried meat and fresh fish, which is enough for them to spend the whole day physically exerting.

The fighters are ready to take the plunge. Sir Hubert Jue, standing beside William, replied.

"Alright, Sir Hubert, please order our men and men to get ready, launch a landing, and storm the port directly to occupy the city!" William turned his head and looked at Sir Hubert as he ordered.

"Yes, your orders are my mission, Your Highness William!" Sir Hubert gave William a military salute and turned to take charge of the landing.

Whining... Whining...

The loud horns sounded one after another, and the oarsmen on the ships rowed their oars vigorously to propel the ships forward like arrows from the string towards the harbor of Rutville-sur-Mer.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

A soldier who stayed behind on the lighthouse of the harbor noticed that more than a hundred ships had appeared outside the harbor, and rushed to the harbor with bad intentions, and immediately shouted loudly.

Bell, bell, bell... Bell, bell, bell...

The bells of the warning rang one after another, and the whole port was in chaos, and the town militia was scrambling and stumbling towards the port.

However, by the time they arrived at the port, it was too late, and a rain of arrows was thrown from the fleet towards the soldiers in the harbor, killing and wounding dozens of soldiers, and dozens of warships approached the port pier in no particular order.

Bang bang... Bang bang...

Everywhere there was the sound of ships approaching, and countless soldiers jumped from the dragon-headed boats, and rushed along the harbor trestle with their weapons all the way to the unsuspecting city of Rutville-sur-Mer, and the town militia that was stunned in place was also overwhelmed by the more than a thousand soldiers who rushed in.

The cowardly town militia laid down their weapons, and the timid citizens shivered and hid in their homes, hoping that the invasion would one day leave.

The town hall, which was not defended by any troops, was completely captured by hundreds of our soldiers, and the double lion flag fluttering on the town hall marked the complete occupation of the city of Rutville by William.

"Let Wexon's knightly legion disembark with our cavalry, where they are unable to fight in combat.

The rest of the soldiers re-boarded, and the whole army went up the river to attack Syracuse, twenty-five kilometers away! William stood at the bow of his flagship and ordered in a loud voice.

"Your Highness William, don't we need to leave men to guard this port city?" Sir Hubert asked, somewhat puzzled.

"No, you don't!" William shook his head and explained, "This port city does not have any enemy garrisons, which shows that the enemy does not value the city of Rutville.

As long as we take Syracuse and defeat Baron Cotentan's army, we will be able to sweep through the parish of Lysy.

Until then, we'd better not scatter our forces and garrison these completely unimportant cities! ”

"Your Highness William, you are right, we will leave immediately." Sir Hubert nodded in agreement.

Fifteen hundred wexon knight legionnaires and six hundred cavalry regiments under William's command disembarked one after another, unloading their horses and baggage from the transports, while the former soldiers who had come ashore before began to re-board the ship.

The fully assembled Wexon Knights, cavalry regiments, and thousands of reserve militiamen began to march along the west bank of the Tuke River towards Syracuse, while more than 2,000 soldiers in battleships began to swim upriver in the Dragon's Head warship.

Although the Williams had to use the faint moonlight to make out the way when marching at night, the Williams soldiers only had to go up the Tuke River without worrying about getting lost at night.

William also encountered a lot of trouble during the march, all the way upstream, the original forty or fifty meters wide Tuke River was only ten meters wide at its narrowest point, coupled with the winding river and William was not familiar with the hydrological conditions of the Tuke River, William had to order to slow down the march.

But fortunately, the dragon head boat piloted by William Jun was strong enough to adapt to all kinds of unfavorable river and hydrological conditions, so it was fortunate that there were no accidents, and even so, it took William's army six hours to reach the outside of Lysorium in just 25 kilometers.

"Faller, do you hear clearly? Isn't there Baron Cotentin and his soldiers in Syracuse? William rode his horse and stood on the shore and asked Faller.

"Yes, Master William. There is indeed no Baron Cotentin in Syracuse, and Baron Cotentin has already led his troops south to confront Lord Richard, Baron of Agenthon. "Faller. Osborne said respectfully.

"Sir Hubert, you lead the whole army of soldiers and prepare for the attack on Lysyracuse with the Knights." William turned to Sir Hubert and ordered.

"Yes, His Highness William." Sir Hubert received William's order and turned to leave.

"Palle, lead my personal guards and infantry to climb the walls of Lixue with their hooks, kill the guards on the walls, and open the gates so that our army can enter the city!" William ordered again.

"Yes, Master William." Faller took the order and left.

"Knight Rodrigo, you have to lead our knights to get ready, just wait for the gates of Lixue City to open, and immediately rush into the city to defeat the enemy soldiers!"

"Yes, my master, His Highness William!" Knight Rodrigo bowed and took the order.

After the generals took the order, William looked up at the walled Syracuse and said to himself: "Syracuse, Baron Cotentin, you will be the first step in my conquest of Normandy, don't let me down!" ”

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