Except for Ferdinand. Grylls continued to lead a battalion of five hundred men to continue to sweep the remnants of the manor. Diaz Knights, Andrew. Dalton Knights, Faller. All three of Osborne led their armies to William's camp.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the cavalry regiment led by Rodrigo was the first to arrive, totaling 500 men, and William's strength reached the size of more than 1,000 men.

According to the reports of the Rangers in front, the knights were leading their troops to Sir Jensen's castle, and William could not wait to scatter hundreds of cavalry and go to the vicinity of Sir Johnson's castle manor three miles away to blockade him.

William himself led nearly a thousand soldiers to continue to advance, preparing to camp on the high ground in front of Sir Johnson's castle.

In the evening, William's army, which was encamped on a hill a mile in front of Sir Johnson's Castle, finally waited for Andrew and Faller, who had come from a long time ago.

At this time, William's army had reached a new size of 2,400 men, while Sir Johnson's castle opposite had only 1,200 troops.

The large army of William's side undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on the knights on the Janssen side in the castle.

After all, when his family knew about his family, most of the 1,200 troops stationed in the castle were actually conscripted peasant soldiers with questionable combat effectiveness, and only more than 30 knights, more than 60 cavalry, more than 100 heavy infantry, 200 light infantry and archers were really effective, and these combat-effective soldiers only accounted for less than one-third of the total strength.

On the tower of Janssen Castle, a middle-aged knight with gray beard, dressed in a full-length chain armor, a Norman peaked helmet, and a beige cloak behind him, Sir Jensen and a group of knights were looking out at William's camp from the tower.

"It's not easy! This bastard William. Sir Johnson withdrew his gaze and exclaimed, "It only took a few hours to build a wooden camp on the high ground, surrounded by watchtowers, campfires, and spouts, and we could not attack each other's camps.

I didn't expect a 7-year-old bastard to have such superb military attainments, it's not simple, it's not simple!

It seems that we have no choice but to wait patiently for reinforcements from Lord Earl Kay. ”

"Not necessarily, Sir Johnson." A middle-aged knight beside him approached Sir Jensen's side and said in a contemptuous tone, "I've heard that the previous battles were fought by Sir Hubert, the general under the command of the bastard William.

William, as an illegitimate child, is nothing more than a mascot and has no talent for leading troops at all. ”

"You can't underestimate our Royal Highness William, otherwise you will suffer a big loss." Sir Jensen turned around and said in a serious tone among the knights around him, "Even if the victories in those wars were won by Sir Hubert under his command, we cannot underestimate them, after all, there are capable people on the other side. ”

"Yes, Sir Johnson." xN

In the face of Sir Jensen's persuasion, everyone put away their contempt and replied respectfully.

Sir Johnson, seeing that everyone was humbly explaining, nodded his head, turned and led the group down the tower.

......

The next day, in the morning, outside Sir Johnson's castle.

At this time, three hundred meters outside the city, all of William's forces were densely gathered, of which the heavy infantry was in the front, the pikemen in the middle, the crossbowmen in the front, the archers in the rear, the light cavalry scattered around, and the precious heavy cavalry in the rear.

With the sound of crunching, William launched two huge torsional ballistas and eight bed crossbows, which began to be busily wound up and ready to shoot under the control of the machine men and craftsmen.

"Phalle! Push out the captive servants and soldiers, and let them come forward and shout, tell this rebel army to surrender unconditionally, lay down their arms and accept the reorganization, or else they will be left with no bones! William pointed to the opposite side of his left hand, turned his head to Faller, and said.

"This—" Fale said hesitantly, with a look of hesitation, "what if the knight on the other side refuses to surrender?" ”

"Then let the torsion ballista and bed crossbow shoot at the city gates, and you send people to drive these captives to fill the trench with sandbags on my shoulders!" William's face was firm, without any unbearable look, and he gave this order decisively.

"Yes, Master William."

With that, Faller gave a military salute and turned away.

In a short time, hundreds of captives were launched outside the castle walls, and these captives were all knights' servants, infantry and knights' heirs captured by William and others after breaking through the knight's manor.

Despite the cries and shouts of refusal, they were still pushed forward by Faller's army, shouting the words of surrender to the castle defenders at the orders of the soldiers behind them.

At this moment, a large red and yellow checkered flag was suddenly erected on the castle wall, and an old knight with gray hair, Sir Johnson, appeared at the head of the city, waving a leather in his hand, and shouted to William's army outside the city: "Bastard William, if you want us to surrender, kneel under the city and make me a pair of boots, otherwise it will be impossible!" ”

Hearing Sir Jensen's provocation and insult, William felt blood rush to his face, and his hands creaked in his joints.

"You stinking shoemaker's grandson, lo and behold! This is your relative! Come and meet it! ”

As he spoke, Sir Johnson threw the cowhide off the wall.

William was simply so angry that he couldn't bear it anymore, and with a wave of his right hand, he ordered loudly: "Siege the city!" Ballistas and bed crossbows bombarded the gates with all their might, trebuchets threw fireballs, allowing all the captives to fill the trenches, the longbowmen to cover, and the whole army to press! ”

Rumble... Rumble...

Shout... Shout... Shout...

As the spherical stone eggs of the torsion ballistas and the bolts of the bed crossbow continued to fire towards the city gate, several huge fireballs were thrown into the castle, and more than 600 captives with large bags of sandbags in both hands swarmed towards the trench under the castle under the overseer.

Three hundred longbowmen and two hundred crossbowmen threw the arrows at the soldiers on the city, suppressing the long-range fire, while the remaining 1,000 or so infantry began to carry more than twenty ladders and march in the direction of the castle under the cover of the soldiers' kite-shaped shields.

Sir Johnson's castle was thick-walled, and the soldiers of Sir Johnson's side took advantage of their superiority to constantly throw arrows, stones, and hot oil behind the female wall.

The first to suffer were the more than 600 captives who had been driven to fill the trenches, and the unprotected captives, who were screaming and screaming from the sky with arrows, stones, and hot oil, suffered heavy casualties, and threw down their sandbags and turned to retreat.

Sir Jensen at the castle was even more proud, and he ordered his soldiers to shout after him: "William the bastard, get out of Vernon, get out of Normandy!" Hybrids William, get out of Vernon, get out of Normandy! ”

A grim-faced William hatefully ordered dozens of captives who had escaped first to be tied up and thrown directly into the castle with a catapult.

As the cries of the captives came from far and near, several captives were thrown into the castle like meteors by catapults, hitting the ground with a 'bang', and their bodies were blurred with flesh and blood.

Then these dozens of captives were concocted by William's army according to the law, and one by one they were thrown into the castle and crushed to pieces.

The stunned defenders could no longer hold on, and they all dropped their weapons and ran down the wall, no matter how many shouts the knights could not stop, and the scene was chaotic.

Seizing the opportunity, William immediately ordered the whole army to attack the city.