Since Duke Richard said that he would consider William's proposal carefully, he didn't say anything more, all he could do was this, as for whether this marriage could succeed, it depended on the will of Duke Richard himself, and William couldn't force anything. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

The city of Brussels is not far from here, in Drogo. Morality. Under Stafford's guidance, William and his army soon arrived under Brussels in the afternoon.

Brussels, the city William hasn't been here for nearly half a year, and the city has changed so much since William's departure that William is a little unrecognizable at once.

Around the city of Brussels, several new castles of different sizes were built as cover, the large ones could garrison more than 5,000 troops, while the small ones could only garrison about 500 troops, and these castles of different sizes constituted the outermost defense of the city of Brussels.

At the same time, the walls of Brussels were strengthened several feet thick under the auspices of the Duke Andrew and Duke Hubert, and were rebuilt with masonry, making the walls of Brussels extremely strong.

Add to that the towers and the black-pressed garrison, and William can imagine how strong the defenses of Brussels were.

"Your Majesty, my father has come to meet you." Drogo. Morality. Stafford came to William and bowed down.

"Lord Hubert has a heart." William smiled and nodded.

After a while, the Norman nobles such as Duke Hubert, Duke Rodrigo, and Duke Andrew all went out of the city to welcome William's arrival.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!" Duke Hubert and the others knelt on the ground and said loudly.

"Excuse me, gentlemen, please get up." William raised his hand to signal Hubert and the others to get up, and said, "The battle is urgent, we should enter the city quickly." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Surrounded by a group of Norman nobles, William and the Duke of Richard led the whole army into the city of Brussels.

The army brought by William was arranged by a special person, and he was holding a military council in the castle in the city to discuss the direction and arrangements of the next war with Duke Hubert and others.

"Duke Hubert, please tell me about the battle here." As soon as the military discussion began, William said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Duke Hubert stood up and bowed in response: "At present, there are 86,000 people in the coalition army of the HRE Empire, of which the main force is more than 68,000 people, led by the HRE Emperor himself, and the Archbishopric of the Sun stationed in the south of Blat, and the city of Brussels is facing our army across the Maas River.

Another detachment of 18,000 men is now in the territory of the Bread and Zeeland kingdoms, under the command of Gihard, Duke of Upper Lorraine. Led by Chawarmang, his aim was to flank the city of Brussels.

Of course, the Duke of Upper Lorraine, played by his wise majesty, is currently scurrying around the Count of Zeeland like a headless fly. ”

Duke Hubert gave a detailed account of the current situation of the enemy army, and at the end of the day, he captured the traces and slapped William's horse, which made William quite useful.

"I have a general understanding of the situation, my lords, you have only used less than 50,000 troops to hold back the army of up to 86,000 people of the HRE Empire, and have bought me precious time to annihilate the Norwegian and Danish invaders.

I would like to thank all of you for your courage and loyalty! William stood up and exclaimed.

"Your Majesty, this is our duty." Duke Hubert shook his head and said modestly.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, in the next war with the HRE Empire, you can put forward any suggestions, we can discuss one or two about this." William suggested.

"Your Majesty, it is better to cut off one of his ten fingers than to injure a man, and to annihilate one of his ten legions than to defeat the enemy.

The main force of the HRE Empire is currently far away on the south bank of the Maas River, a hundred kilometers away, while the other army, Duke Gihad of Upper Lorraine. The partial division led by Shavatang was close at hand, and our army could go north first to annihilate all this 18,000-strong partial division, so as to narrow the contrast between the combat strength of the enemy and our army. Duke Richard stepped out of the ranks, came to William's side, and bowed.

He could not see that his rival, Duke Hubert, was showing William his skills, and he wanted to prove to William that his ability was not inferior to that of Duke Hubert.

"Duke Richard's proposal is very pertinent, what do you think?" After listening to Duke Richard's proposal, William nodded slightly in agreement, William and Duke Richard have the most say in the situation of the Duke of Lorraine's legion, and this suggestion really won his heart.

"Your Majesty, we have no objection." Surprisingly, Duke Hubert did not contradict Duke Richard as usual, but spoke out to agree with each other's views.

With the Duke of Hubert at the beginning, Duke Andrew and other Norman nobles echoed Duke Richard's views.

"In that case, let's act accordingly, and who of you wants to be the commander of the operation?" William asked, looking at the crowd.

"Your Majesty, since this suggestion was made by me, it should be carried out by me, and I would like to ask you to appoint me to lead an army to attack the Duke of Upper Lorraine." The Duke of Richard volunteered.

However, in the face of the exploits, none of the Normans were willing to humble each other, and even the mild-mannered Duke Hubert stood up and said: "Your Majesty, you and the Duke of Richard have just won a brilliant victory at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and you have hurriedly brought your troops here.

Your Majesty, I beg your permission to go north with the First Legion and annihilate for you the army of the Duke of Upper Lorraine. ”

Not only Duke Hubert stepped forward, but even Duke Andrew, Duke Rodrigo and others also spoke out to ask William to appoint them as the coach of this trip north.

William is not in a hurry to speak, everyone is happy to compete, and he is happy to see it.

"My Excellency, Lord Richard, who commanded the army with me against the Duke of Hauts-Lorraine, is familiar with the enemy's situation, and I want him to be the commander of this battle.

However, the question raised by Duke Hubert is also very reasonable, the veterans of the Fourth Army Division are tired, and they really need to be repaired.

Then the Duke of Richard led the Fourth Legion as the main force, and the Duke Andrew's Third Legion coordinated to jointly annihilate Gihard, Duke of Upper Lorraine. Shawatang's legion. William looked at the crowd and told them what he had finally done.

"We have no objections." Everyone paused.

William arranged for Duke Andrew, of Duke Hubert's faction, to participate in the battle and serve as a deputy, which was also considered to give Duke Hubert an explanation.

At the same time, this move can also balance the forces of the two factions of Duke Hubert and Duke Richard, in the competition, Duke Richard is obviously in a disadvantaged position, even if Hubert and others are loyal to William, he is still a little worried about the situation of a dominant family.