The grand triumphal ceremony took place for four days, and the whole city of Paris was in a revelry, and the citizens of Paris wore the smiles that had been suppressed for a long time.

Since William's rise, it can be said that the citizens of Paris have not lived a single day of peace, and there have been as many as three major wars between William and King Henry I of France, and countless small conflicts, usually ending in defeat on the side of King Henry I of France.

The city of Paris would be devastated by war in times of war, and in peacetime it would be conquered by King Henry I of France, and life would be extremely difficult. They were also plagued by plagues, most notably the Black Death, which ravaged half of Europe seven or eight years earlier.

Although the Black Death came and went quickly, it still reduced the population of Paris by more than a third. Even after seven or eight years, the shadow of the Black Death still haunts the hearts of all Parisians.

Fortunately, now that the city of Paris and the Kingdom of France are completely under William's rule, and the former French king Henry I, who was reckless and militaristic, abandoned the country and fled, the city of Paris was able to enjoy peace.

An air event of this magnitude of this triumph was uncommon even during the reign of the Carolingians, and even less so during the reign of the Capetian dynasty.

After all, it would cost a lot of gold and silver coins to hold such an unprecedented triumphal ceremony, and the Capetian dynasty, the "King of Île-de-France", would not have the financial and organizational resources to hold such a grand event.

Duke Hubert and his 1st Regiment returned to Rouen in Normandy for repairs, where they disbanded the militia and part of the infantry in the legions, and restored them to their usual semi-formed state, although the technical arms such as cavalry and archers were to be completely preserved.

A standing corps, in peacetime, consisted of cavalry, crossbowmen, men, and half of the infantry, and its army was generally maintained at about half to three-fifths of its establishment.

This is the practice of the respective standing legions of the Norman kingdom, generally in peacetime the legion remains half-formed, and in the event of war, retired veterans, militia and mercenaries are immediately mobilized to join the army and form a full corps to participate in the battle.

In this way, not only did it save a lot of military spending, but the mobilization and response speed of the army was far more than half of the aristocratic feudal army, which can be described as a way to benefit but not to spend.

The other legions in the five legions, in addition to the Second Army led by the Duke of Rodrigo in the battlefield of Zaragoza and the Fourth Army led by the Duke of Richard in the battlefield of England, the rest of the legions such as the Third Army led by the Duke of Andrew in the Kingdom of Lorraine and the Third Army led by Roger in the Kingdom of England. Morality. Montgomery and Baldwin. Morality. The Fifth Legion led by Brionne, these two non-fighting legions, like the First Legion, were also in a semi-formed state.

Of course, the territory included England, Ireland, Wales, the southern plains of Scotland, Brittany, France, Flanders, Aquitaine, Lorraine and other places, and covered the Norman United Kingdom of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, France, Belgium and other places.

As in the present case, the rebellion of Godwinson in England and the rebellion of the French nobility in Aquitaine, as well as a holy war in Zaragoza, took more than half of the standing army in the Norman kingdom, leaving only the Guards in the capital Paris, the Third Army in Lorraine, and the Fifth in Normandy.

Six standing legions, including the Guards, were no longer enough to meet the needs of the Norman kingdom, and William estimated that if he wanted to expand in Spain and Italy in the future, he would need to at least double the number of standing legions, that is, increase the number of standing legions, that is, increase by up to five standing army legions.

However, the expansion of the army was not achieved overnight, and it would take time to recruit and train soldiers, manufacture equipment, select and appoint officers, and so on, and even if the military budget was sufficient, it would take at least three years to train five standing regiments.

What's more, this also involves the reform of firearms and the Spanish phalanx, which is more than twice as much as the general cold weapon corps in terms of cost, training complexity and time.

Therefore, William decided to reorganize the Guards Legion into a firearms legion at most, with a number of 12,000 people, and the remaining four legions were still cold-weapon legions, at most, to give these cold-weapon legions a musket regiment of 1,200 people, and equip them with a certain number of artillery to strengthen their combat capabilities.

In this way, with a legion of 12,000 people, William needs to recruit at least 60,000 soldiers, as well as more weapons and equipment, and countless supplies and money.

Among them, William needed to prepare at least 20,000 rifles and the same number of spears to equip the Guards Corps, the trained firearms corps and the musket regiments of each legion, and the number of artillery pieces was about 500.

At this time, the manufacture of muskets had just begun, and it was still in the trial production stage, and it was necessary for two months for the arquebus to be finalized before it could be mass-produced.

According to William's estimates, even if the Royal Arsenal were to calm down, with its production capacity, it would only be able to produce less than 5,000 rifles a year at most.

In this way, it will take at least four years, if not longer, to complete the goal of reorganizing the Guards Corps and training the all-firearms corps.

Fortunately, it is not very difficult to train the other four cold weapon legions, and there are warriors who are eager to join the army in the Norman Kingdom, and the manufacturing of armor, weapons, bows, crossbows, and equipment is also very mature, and the required equipment and materials can be provided in a short time.

However, at present, the international environment of the Norman Kingdom is generally peaceful, and William does not need to be too urgent about the formation of new legions, he plans to spend four years to organize new legions, one cold weapons regiment every year, and every two years to train or reorganize a firearms Spanish phalanx regiment.

At this rate, by 1057, William would have nine cold weapons legions, including the firearmed Guards, and two firearms, for a total of eleven legions.

Based on a standing army of 12,000 men, William will have as many as 130,000 standing troops in the future.

Of course, this is only a figure on paper, because these legions will be reduced in strength to a certain extent according to the degree of elite, for example, the most elite first corps can only retain three-fifths of the soldiers, the rest of the two corps like the second and third armies are only half of the soldiers, and the worse fourth and fifth corps are generally only about two-fifths to about average soldiers.

It can be expected that in the future, these standing armies will be on the shelf for a long time, and they will only be able to retain two-fifths of their full strength.

In this way, the standing army of the future kingdom will only be about 60,000 to 70,000 people, which is nearly 20,000 to 30,000 more than it is now.