"Faller, how long will it take to get to Evle?" William raised his horsewhip, pointed in the direction of Evreux in Normandy, turned his head to look at Faller and asked.

"Master William, you've asked this question several times in the past two days." Fartzema came to William's side and complained helplessly: "I know you are very concerned about the situation in Normandy and Evre, but please don't worry, we have set out from Italy, and we have been walking all the way for more than two months, and we are estimated to be almost at the county of Evreux." ”

"Yes, Your Highness William, don't embarrass Falele anymore." Emma, who was on William's side, also persuaded.

"Alright, I'll listen to you all." William had no choice but to raise his hand in surrender, and his persuasion of Emma was completely powerless.

William's entourage of more than 1,800 people marched on the road in a mighty way, although they had already dredged up relations and ensured that the lords who passed through the places would not embarrass William, but William, who had a keen sense, still noticed a series of ill-intentioned figures.

Perhaps because William had too many wagons, William and his army did not cause much damage to the city during the attack on the city, but they did not cause much damage to the city, but they did not rob a lot of gold and silver coins, gold and silver utensils, and works of art.

The amount of booty worth more than 300,000 pounds of silver allowed William to search all the four-wheeled wagons in Rome to bring them back, of which about 180,000 pounds of silver belonged to him, and the booty belonging to other warriors was equally important to William, after all, they were important depositors of the Normandy Bank, and they had already deposited the booty in the hands of the army clerks of the Normandy Bank, and for the sake of the Normandy Bank, William had to ensure that these war booties did not suffer any loss.

"Wait!" William raised his right hand and ordered: "Fale, you lead the scouts to search the hillsides on both sides of the road, Andrew, you are responsible for commanding the whole army, organizing the soldiers of the whole army to set up a defensive formation, and the rest of the militia will surround the baggage wagons in a circle, relying on the local defense of the car city, we must protect the trophie horse convoy in the car city!" ”

"Yes, His Highness William!" Faller and Andrew came up to William and saluted him with a solemn face.

"Your Highness William, have you found any hostility?" Andrew was a little caught off guard by William's order and asked puzzled. In contrast to Andrew's incomprehension, Faller had no doubt that he could trust William unreservedly, no matter what William asked him to do.

"In the past few days, I have sensed a hostility watching us, and today I have deliberately observed the terrain around me, the road here is flanked by steep slopes covered with dense forests, and in this place suitable for ambush operations, there are no birds and beasts in sight, and this makes me suspicious." William was not annoyed by Andrew's question, but explained to him seriously.

"Your Highness William, I should not hesitate for any reason, and I will carry out any of your orders in the future without reservation." Impressed by William's sincerity, Andrew swore to William.

"Very well, Andrew, you and your father's Dalton family have been loyal to my Normandy family for generations, and you are also my first subordinate to do a great job for me.

I can trust you unreservedly, and I hope you do the same to me. William smiled and helped Andrew up, and said with a sincere face.

Andrew was speechless by William's emotion, but grabbed William's arms with tears in his eyes.

After sending Andrew and Faller away, William took out a short copper pipe from his arms and stretched it into an arm-length copper tube, only to see William bring the copper pipe to his right eye, observing the situation in the distance.

"His Royal Highness William, what is it at this time, are you using it to discover the enemy's situation?" Emma approached William, curious about the artifact in his hand.

Although Emma didn't know what it was called, she was smart enough to immediately detect its purpose from William's actions.

"It's called a telescope, and it's an instrument developed and manufactured by the craftsmen in the Duke's palace called Fort Vernon, and it's used to observe distant scenes, and it's very useful for commanding battles.

Although this telescope is a prototype and there are many things to be improved, this does not prevent it from playing an extremely important role in the war.

It's just a pity that there is only one of them at present, and in order to make it I hired eight great craftsmen, spent three hundred pounds of silver, and spent half a year. The manufacturing cost of telescopes is still too high! William put away the binoculars, handed it to Emma with both hands, and said.

Hearing William's exclamation, Emma also had to cheer up, carefully raised her hands to take the telescope, and observed.

Emma, with her keen senses, discovered the mystery of the telescope's ability to see distant objects in just a few minutes.

I saw her pointing to the transparent crystals at both ends of the copper tube of the telescope and said, "Your Royal Highness William, these two crystals are the mystery of the telescope!" ”

"It's not easy for Emma to discover the principle of the telescope so quickly, Emma!" William complimented with a smile.

"Hee-hee." Emma, who was praised by William, looked happy and proud, smiled and kissed William's face coldly.

Before William could react, Faller and Andrew returned to William and returned to him.

"His Highness William!" The first to speak was Andrew, who saw him beat his chest with his right fist, nodded and said, "Things are indeed as you expected, a group of bandits of about a thousand people tried to ambush on both sides of the mountain pass, ready to give us a surprise attack.

When they discovered the scouts we had sent to the mountains, they gathered together and attacked us by force.

However, these bandits had no training, and I led only 500 cavalry to completely defeat them, and except for more than 100 bandits who fled, the remaining 700 were captured. ”

"Can you hear anything from the captives? It stands to reason that there would not be such a large group of robbers in the territory of the Duchy of Burgundy in France. William asked.

"I interrogated several of the bandit leaders with Faller, and according to them, it seems that they were instructed by several knights with German accents." Andrew replied truthfully.

William's mind skimmed over several figures, but he was still unsure of who the enemy was hiding behind it, but he was certain that Cay in Upper Burgundy was the most suspicious, and that Bishop Bruno had a motive.

"Let's get going, we must get back to Evle within a week, I have a bad feeling in my heart that something bad might happen! As for the captives, they will be handed over to the Osborne stewards, and I think the mines will welcome them. William simply ignored it and watched the crowd command.