William, who walked out of the castle study, was very excited, took the war horse "Rune" brought by the servant, rode it quickly to the door of the barracks, and saw that the cavalry were carefully washing the war horses and maintaining their weapons, William showed a happy smile on his face.

"Faller, Faller, come here." William looked around to spot Faller's figure, shouting loudly.

Hearing William's call, Faller hurriedly ran over, bowed and saluted, "Young Master William, do you have any orders?" ”

"Fare, go to Sir Hubert and ask him to assemble at the barracks of the castle of Rouen with 40 javelinmen, and the two of you shall prepare a month's worth of baggage and wagons, and recruit 200 auxiliaries in Rouen, and in three days I will lead you to the county of Evre."

You may wonder how there were 40 more cavalry out. In fact, these 40 javelinmen cavalry were originally the 40 knights who were eliminated out of the 160 people who passed the primary selection, and William saw that they would be at least much stronger than the average wandering knight after they were knights and had received modern recruit training, so he organized them to form such a light cavalry.

Javelin cavalry, as the name suggests, is a cavalry that uses javelins, and they carry a round shield, a cavalry saber, a bag of 20 light javelins, and a bag of 5 heavy armor-piercing javelins.

These hussars existed as the eyes and ears of the companion cavalry, and these days they trained in reconnaissance skills and hussar cavalry tactics under the command of Sir Hubert, a knight.

"Young Master William, why do you suddenly want to go to the county of Evreux? You even have to take all the cavalry you trained with you. Faller asked, puzzled.

"Two days ago I was received by my uncle Adolf. Morality. Letter from Normandy, he said that there was a riot among my uncle's Duke of Evreux, and that there was a rebellion in Alençon where there were mercenaries and peasant soldiers hired by a large number of merchants, and that I happened to see that you were about the same training, so I planned to take you to where to fight and increase your experience. William spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders and said frankly.

"Your order, my mission, Master William." Phale put his right hand on his chest and bowed.

William nodded, turned and rode to find Steward Osborne.

......

Three days later, in the morning, in front of the makeshift barracks outside Fort Rouen.

William rode on the back of his horse "Rune", half a horse behind Robert, Duke of Normandy, and King Henry I of France, who were walking side by side.

"Hooray... Banzai... Long live the Duchy of Normandy... Long live France"

"Hooray..."

Hearing the surging cheers, Duke Robert, Henry I, and William the Younger turned their horses' heads to look at the densely packed soldiers below, and waved to the crowd below.

In three days, the number of these assembled troops totaled more than 8,000 people, including more than 3,300 troops directly under the duke, and the remaining more than 5,000 were noble troops gathered around Rouen.

William roughly counted that there were 712 Norman knights in this army who were equipped with plate chain composite armor, robes, and heavy cavalry guns, Norman light lancers, Norman rangers, Norman javelin cavalry, and Norman archers wearing leather armor, and more than 1,500 light cavalry wearing leather armor, and the rest of the infantry included more than 600 Norman dismounted knights, more than 2,000 Norman heavy infantry, more than 2,600 Norman light infantry, and more than 1,200 Norman archers.

These armies were arranged in order, from cavalry to infantry archers, in a spectacular formation, which stretched out almost endlessly.

The 12,000 troops promised by Duke Robert three days ago were not only the 8,000 troops on the Rouen side, but also about 4,000 troops in the Counts of Urburg on the other side.

The two armies were planned to be led south to Paris by Duke Robert himself, and by William's uncle, the 53-year-old veteran of the Earl of Castle. Morality. Led by Normandy, they planned to flank Paris and form a flank attack with Robert's army.

Robert, the Duke of Normandy, raised his hand and pressed down, and the cheers of the troops in the field suddenly became quieter, and he stepped forward and raised his right hand and said, "Normans!" The bravest of all peoples! With this march into Paris, I have no doubt that our warriors will win an undisputed victory. Raise the banner of battle, my warriors, and march forward! Let the light of your glory shine like lightning on all directions! ”

Wow...

"Hooray... Long live the Duke... Long live Normandy..."

Long live the cheers and tsunami of the mountains and the tsunami, shocking people's hearts.

Henry I, the king of France on the side, turned his eyes to Robert, Duke of Normandy, and then his face returned to normal with a happy expression.

After a long time, when the cheers had subsided, Duke Robert turned his horse's head to Henry I and said, "Your Majesty, you see that our warriors are highly motivated, and they will surely win and help you regain the throne." But, Your Majesty, have you figured out how to end the war, if the war is stalemate, and the warriors are not won and rewarded, Paris is likely to be in ruins. ”

"Rest assured, Lord Duke Robert, I intend to force my mother, Constance, to give in, and to give up his right to the throne on the condition that he be made Duke of Burgundy. At the same time, after the war, I will pay 80,000 pounds of silver, or 1,600,000 gold coins, as a reward for His Excellency Duke Robert and the army. Henry I pondered for a moment, then replied with William in the face.

"Your Majesty, you have thought very well, and I think that our warriors will be pleased with His Majesty's generous reward." Duke Robert nodded excitedly and said.

Duke Robert turned his horse's head, waved his hand at the warriors in front of the field, and said loudly: "Warriors, just now, His Majesty Henry promised to reward you with as much as one million Triss gold coins after our victory. Rejoice! Warriors, glorious victories, bounties and spoils of war are beckoning to you. ”

Henry I didn't say anything about Duke Robert's misappropriation of rewards and rewards, but just stared at Duke Robert tightly.

Knock knock... Knock knock...

"Roar..."

When the warriors heard these words, they excitedly slammed their weapons on the ground, and they all let out cheers and roars.

"Warriors, let's go, target Paris."

With a wave of his right hand, Duke Robert marched forward, and the soldiers marched in a column along the road toward Paris.

At this time, William came to his father, Duke Robert, on horseback and said, "Father, I wish you a victorious start and a safe return soon." ”

"William, you also have to take care of yourself, there is a rebellion in the county of Evreux this time that has not yet been quelled, you must be careful not to get involved in the war. This time I wrote a letter, and you take it with you and give it to your uncle, Robert, Earl of Evre, and he will help you. Duke Robert took out a parchment letter from his bosom and handed it to William, and gently patted William's shoulder with both hands.

William took the letter and put it in his arms, felt Robert's love, and hugged his father Robert with tears in his eyes, and never separated for a long time.