Soon, within a few days, Baron Angers Bell hurried to the camp and asked to see William again.

"Lord William, my Duke Baldwin V has agreed to your conditions, and I also ask you to quickly send troops to rescue Sleisburg, which has been surrounded by hundreds of thousands of mobs, and they may attack Sleisburg at any time." Baron Angebel pleaded anxiously.

Now the situation could not help but be anxious, because the mob outside Sleisburg was gathering more and more, and the mob was being bewitched by a few careerists to attack Sleisburg every day, and the terrible plague broke out in the castle, and Duke Baldwin was almost unable to support it.

William looked at Baron Angebel with an anxious and uneasy look, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he looked at him for a while before replying: "Very good, Duke Baldwin V understands righteousness, I am very pleased, bring it!" ”

As he spoke, William stretched out his right hand and reached out to Baron Angerbel.

"Uh, what?" Baron Angebel asked with a confused expression.

William's eyes narrowed slightly, he just thought that this guy must be pretending to be stupid, so he had to pick out and say: "What about the treaty you brought back before?" It should have Duke Baldwin's autograph and seal on it, hand it over to me!" ”

"Uh... Aha..."Baron Angers let out an ugly dry laugh like a stuck duck's throat, and then said to William flatteringly: "With it, how could I forget such an important thing?" ”

"Bring it!" William urged again.

"Yes, yes, Lord Duke." With a painful look on his face, Angebel handed the treaty document in his arms to William.

William spread out the parchment and carefully shouted for any errors in the contract, especially for the Duke Baldwin's autograph and signature.

After confirming that it was correct, William put away the contract papers, looked at the flattering Baron Angebel, and said: "I have decided to send troops to help Duke Baldwin lift the siege, and at the same time, I will also start to collect my share by myself, I hope that Duke Baldwin can maintain restraint at that time, and not cause a conflict and kill his life in vain." ”

Receiving William's warning, Baron Angebel hurriedly nodded: "Lord Duke, we will never have a conflict with your subordinates, I believe this is also what Lord Baldwin does not want to see." ”

William felt that it was pointless to talk to this man, and now that he had obtained the treaty instrument signed by Duke Baldwin himself, he immediately ordered the guards to invite Angers Bell out, and summoned the generals such as Earl Hubert, Count Richard, Baron Andrew, Baron Ferdinand, and Faller to William's tent.

"Your Highness William, have you really decided to help Duke Baldwin resolve the crisis? Now is a great opportunity to occupy the entire territory of the Duchy of Flanders, and if you miss this time, you will never find such a good time to annex the Duchy of Flanders. Count Hubert was the first to persuade.

"Count Hubert is right, now that your advantage is so obvious, you should indeed annex the Duchy of Flanders." Even Count Richard, who was a conservative, stood by Count Hubert's side and persuaded William.

William looked at Earl Hubert and Count Richard, and then at Baron Andrew, Baron Ferdinand, and Baron Faller, and seeing that they were all expectant, he had to explain to them patiently:

"Do you know how much wealth we have gained from this raid on Flanders and how many refugees we have created?" William looked at everyone and asked, "It's a wealth worth more than 600,000 pounds of silver, and I think you have also shared a harvest ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of pounds of silver." But have you ever thought about it, if we take the whole of the Principality of Flanders, then who will help the more than 800,000 refugees and feed them?

After bordering the Holy Roman Empire, have you ever wondered how to get along with this great empire? Are you ready? ”

The nobles present were dumbfounded by William's words, and the previous aggressive momentum suddenly dissipated completely, and they all shrank their heads silently.

William's words really hit their hearts, as vested interests, they were very reluctant to use Norman money and food to feed the Flanders who had nothing to do with them, even if they wanted some relief, they had to find those honest and hard-working young men who had no grudge against them to collect the serfs of their own estates.

They knew how much the Flanders hated the Normans now, just look at the eyes of any Flanders, and they would like to tear the Normans to pieces, if they have the ability.

In particular, the Holy Roman Empire mentioned by William, although the Normans, who were once members of the Kingdom of France, despised the fragmented and fragmented Holy Roman Empire, but they were absolutely unwilling to face the threat of the Holy Roman Empire directly.

The Normans were brave and adventurous, but that didn't mean they were willing to do things they weren't sure about, as skilled hunters, they were good at treating their prey, but they weren't willing to face a strong enemy without being sure.

"Please command, Your Highness William, we are willing to obey your orders." Earl Hubert was the first to kneel down and said to William.

"Please give me the order, and I will obey it." All the nobles present knelt on one knee and said loudly.

"Get up." William held his right hand in a weak position, his eyes glared at everyone sternly, and said: "I hope that this kind of thing will not happen, my orders must be strictly carried out, and there must be no disobedience, otherwise I will punish you without hesitation, you know?" ”

"Yes, His Highness William." Everyone nodded their heads in response, and only then stood up tremblingly with William's consent.

William was very satisfied with this, and he looked at the calm Earl Hubert, and gave him a meaningful look, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

In fact, William had already colluded with Earl Hubert in this operation, in order to reassert his authority in front of the nobles and subdue these unruly nobles.

In fact, these nobles can accept the fact that William is illegitimate children, and it is more obedient to fight for William under his banner, and William has always used interests and means to divide and disintegrate them, and divide some emerging noble knights who directly belong to William to mix them with sand.

At the same time, because William was invincible, he could drive them to fight for William willingly, but when William went against their will, the nobles would unite and rebel, as was the case this time.

William's move was to plant a seed of obedience in the hearts of everyone, and when they faced William, they subconsciously chose to surrender.