The next day, William and his army continued their journey to Evre, where the attacks gradually increased, perhaps because they were approaching the county guard of Evreux, and the enemy's patience had reached the limit and they wanted to go crazy at the end.

Rumble... Stompe...

Huge clouds of smoke rose ahead, and a group of rebels who were marching rapidly gathered together and marched towards William's army.

"Oh? There are so many bandits, I'm afraid there are no less than three or four hundred, Kayi really looks up to me, but unfortunately you can't kill me after all. Marching in the ranks of the army, William had already spotted this wave of enemy troops, shook his head and sighed.

As he spoke, William ordered the generals on the left and right: "Jeffrey and Daniel, you two will lead the infantry and Swiss mercenaries to spread out left and right, and line up in an array to meet the enemy head-on. ”

"As you command, His Highness William." Jeffrey and Daniel came out and bowed down to receive the order.

"Faller and Rodrigo, you two each lead light cavalry to harass the enemy's flanks."

"As you command, His Highness William." Faller and Rodrigo came out and bowed down to receive the order.

"Sir Hubert, you lead 100 fellow cavalry to move towards the enemy's right flank, seize the planes and be ready to storm the enemy's flank."

"As you command, His Highness William." Sir Hubert bowed and took the command.

With William's order, except for the remaining 20 companion cavalrymen to protect William and Baggage, the rest of the soldiers moved under the command of the generals.

The infantry of the two armies were approaching each other, on one side was William's dense infantry array, on the other side was a chaotic army of bandits, and the cavalry of the rebels on both sides also began to engage our light cavalry.

It was clear that the balance of the battle had already tipped in our favor, and Faller and Rodrigo lived up to expectations, successfully crushing the rebel cavalry and outflanking the enemy infantry.

On the front, the Norman infantry's large shield shock resisted the enemy's onslaught, and the spears and halberds of the Swiss mercenaries stabbed them one after another, defeating the rebel infantry one after another.

The cavalry of the companion who had successfully moved to the flank of the rebel infantry launched a wall charge, cutting into the rebel array like a sharp knife and splitting it into two sections.

The remnants of the infantry could not escape the encirclement and interception of the infantry and cavalry, and they all bowed to the ground, raising their hands and shouting surrender.

When our troops gathered the prisoners and booty, and counted the casualties, William was surprised to find that there were no casualties except for four or five of the Norman infantry and Swiss mercenaries who were lightly wounded by the throwing of weapons.

It was also a matter of course that William's army had only doubled in size, but its combat effectiveness had skyrocketed, and with a solid infantry array, William's cavalry could calmly charge the enemy's flank and rear, easily crushing the enemy.

After counting the weapons and equipment left behind by the rebel army, he glanced at the list that came from Osborne's steward, and said: "Osborne steward, in addition to these twenty or so swords, thirty sets of chain mail and all the shields left to equip our infantry, the rest are collected and sold to the merchants of Evre. ”

"Yes, Master William. What about the more than 200 captives? Butler Osborne asked, putting away the parchment.

"Well, first perform eleven killings on these captives, organize them into slave soldiers, send Jeffrey's Norman infantry to handcuff them to the ankle and keep them in guard, and only give them a short spear as a striker when fighting." William pondered for a moment, then waved his hand indifferently.

"As you command, His Highness William." Steward Osborne bowed down to receive the order. ”

"Pack up and go." William shouted the order.

......

After three days of travel, William's army of nearly 700 men finally arrived at the county guard of Evreux in the morning.

William looked up and saw that the city of Évreux was not separated from the castle in two places, as in Rouen, but had been built in the center of the town.

The four-mile radius of the city was surrounded by six-meter-high walls and moats, and every few tens of meters there were towering arrow towers and towers, with countless narrow arrow holes in them, allowing the defenders to rain arrows at the enemy troops below the city without being retaliated.

There are four gates in each of the four directions of the east, west, north and south of the city of Evreux, and the heavy oak gates are strong and difficult to penetrate, as long as the drawbridge is closed and the city gates are closed, it is a solid barrier that cannot be broken in the era when there are no gunpowder weapons.

The city was the main route of communication between the Duchy of Normandy and Brittana, Paris, and Anjou, and it was ruled by noble officials sent by the count, but unexpectedly there was no city council of its own, and these merchants only formed merchant guilds at most and did not usurp the power of the city.

At this time, the north gate of the city of Evreux had already been opened, and a neat group of guards stood on both sides of the gate, and a middle-aged nobleman of about thirty years old, dressed in luxurious armor, rode a horse to William with a smile.

The man who came was William's uncle, Robert. Morality. The only son of Normandy - William's uncle Adolf. Morality. Normandy, 31 years old, is currently the Baron of Alençon, whose domain was the former rebel city of Alençon.

"Uncle Adolf, how can I be so embarrassed to let you come to meet me, I haven't seen you for two years, and you seem to have not changed." William stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Haha, William, you are here at my invitation, of course I will come to meet you in person." Adolph. Morality. Normandy laughed, looked at William for a moment, and said with emotion: "William, you have grown into a tall and handsome man in the past two years, I still remember that two years ago you were still a little little around your uncle and grandfather, and life passed so fast." ”

"Uncle, don't say that, I'm embarrassed." William said a little shyly.

"My little William will also be shy, okay, let's not talk about it for a while, I'll take you to arrange your army first, and then take you to meet your uncle Robert, I think he will be very happy." Adolf teased William and said.

"Really? I'd love to see my uncle, Uncle Adolf, let's go to the city. William clenched his little fist excitedly and said.

"Little William, since you are in such a hurry, let's quickly organize your soldiers to enter the city." Uncle Adolf said with a smile.

William turned around and said to the six generals, including Sir Hubert, Faller, and Osborne, "Ladies and gentlemen, follow me into the city with my soldiers. ”

"As you command, His Highness William." The generals agreed with a bang.

"Little William, your soldiers are really elite, if I had so many elite soldiers in my hands before, I would not have been beaten back by the rebels of Alençon City to take back the county guard of Evre. Hey..."Uncle Adolf on the side sighed with a melancholy expression as he looked at William's elite army.

"Uncle Adolf, don't be sad, I'm here to help you reclaim your territory." William said softly patting Uncle Adolf on the shoulder.

"It's rude for you to see my gaffe. Okay, uncle will cheer up, let's go into town William. So saying, Uncle Adolf bled up and led William and his army into the city.