Alençon, a bustling commercial city, with walls several meters high and a moat up to five meters wide, is generally home to two- or three-storey brick and stone houses, but at this time due to the impact of the war, the original lively streets and shops are now depressed, and it is rare to see citizens wandering on the streets.

In terms of liveliness, the military camp in the city is definitely full of people at this moment, not only are there a militia of up to 8,000 mercenaries, citizens and peasants, but also the original merchants in the city have also gathered here, and the soldiers with two dollars in their hands are bargaining with the merchants, it is like holding a temple fair.

After all, the rebellion was led by the merchants, with the aim of stealing power and not being as destructive as the peasant army, so there was good order in both the residential areas and the streets, and no buildings were destroyed.

Turning to the town hall and the mayor's residence in the center of the city, this is completely different from the barracks near the city walls, the neat floor is covered with neat marble, surrounded by trees and birds, surrounded by freshly dressed guards on both sides of the entrance.

Richly dressed merchant councillors walked back and forth in the imposing town hall, nervous or excited, gathering in groups and threes to discuss the battle that had taken place at the wooden fort on the border of the Barony of Alençon two days earlier.

"Councillor Bruce, listening to the news brought back by the knights of Count Kay, it seems that William's army has completely annihilated the knights who have rebelled and our mercenaries who have left behind in the wooden castle, more than a thousand people, and they have been wiped out by William. If William had arrived with his army, we would not have been rivals. A fat businessman councillor said to the handsome and tall councillor Bruce with a worried face.

"Don't worry, Councillor Terry, judging from the news that has been worn back in the past few days, William has lost at least dozens of cavalry, nearly five hundred soldiers, in the battle to defeat the rebelled knights and the mercenaries of the wooden fort." Councilor Bruce's face showed a confident smile, and he said in a slightly excited tone: "Now William has less than two thousand soldiers who are still capable of fighting, and the other two or three thousand are just the conscripts forcibly recruited by William in the two towns of Legler and Mortagneopes, these conscripts have no combat effectiveness at all, and only a few dozen Burgundian knights of the Count of Cay can crush them." ”

"Is that really the case? I heard that the mongrel Ji Xiaomu is scheming, let's not be deceived by him. Although Senator Terry's tone relaxed, he still said with some concern.

"Hahaha, Councillor Terry, your information is really ill-informed, the situation of William's army was personally investigated by the cavalry led by Knight Jonathan, and even our army sent a lot of light cavalry to observe, and found that there were indeed a lot of tents and cooking smoke in the camp of William's army." Councillor Bruce laughed out loud.

"Phew, I really haven't slept for a few days, it's all this hateful bastard William." Councillor Terry clenched his fists excitedly and said loudly, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we have to talk to the other councillors, and we will work together to persuade Stanley. His Excellency the Mayor of Harrington, let him send troops to attack the remnants of William's army earlier, and annihilate them in one fell swoop. ”

"Yes, that's right, Councillor Terry, we're going to get into action right now, and contact the Councillors to move an army against William." Congressman Bruce also spoke in agreement with excitement on his face.

The two moved quickly, and in a short time they became entangled with a group of familiar councillors, shouting slogans against the bastard William to Scott on the podium. His Excellency Mayor Reid and Speaker walked away, and the surrounding councilors were also attracted by Bruce's slogan and followed the procession, and gradually the petition team led by Congressman Bruce grew to the size of dozens of people.

On the podium, Scott. Mayor Reid was in an intimate conversation with the Knight Nelson, the leader of the Upper Burgundian Knights, when they were interrupted by the shouts of a crusade against William, and he turned his head to see Bruce and their petitioning procession.

"Councilor Bruce, why are you here?" Mayor Scott, who was standing on the podium, stared at Bruce with wide eyes and shouted loudly.

"Your Excellency Mayor Scott, I have come this time to ask you and the Nelson Knight to send troops against the illegitimate son William." Councillor Bruce said calmly in the face of Mayor Scott's loud shouting, without any nervous expression.

Suddenly, everyone in the Bruce councilor team spoke out in support of Bruce, and the momentum was quite huge.

Mayor Scott looked at the crowd who were heckling with Councillor Bruce, couldn't help frowning, and said loudly with a wave of his right hand: "Councillors, the enemy situation has not been investigated clearly, and the specific strength and morale of William's army cannot be determined, so the army cannot be dispatched for the time being. ”

"Lord Scott, this is not true, but we have all learned that William's army has suffered heavy losses, not to mention that his knights have launched a rebellion, and it is estimated that at least five hundred troops have been lost, and maybe more, this is always true." Councillor Bruce ignored Mayor Scott's rhetoric and said in an inflammatory tone: "Your Excellency the Mayor, councillors, this is a golden opportunity, just the strength of our troops in Alençon City is three times that of William's army, if we send troops to attack William now, we will definitely be able to annihilate William in one fell swoop with absolute superiority." ”

Terry, the fat councillor on the side, also said loudly: "Your Excellency Mayor Scott, don't hesitate any longer, if William gets reinforcements in the next few days, it will be a little difficult to defeat them." ”

Councillor Bruce and Councillor Terry sang together, pretending to be red and white-faced with each other, talking about their own advantages and William's absolute disadvantages at this time, and saying that their own advantages were likely to be lost in the hesitation of the Mayor.

The two of them said inflammatory words, which aroused the emotions of the councilors in the ranks, and immediately the crowd was angry and loudly urged Mayor Scott to send troops.

"This..."Mayor Scott hesitated, turned his head to look at the Nelson Knights, and asked for advice: "Nelson Knights, do you think we need to send troops?" If so, can your knights help us? ”

"Your Excellency Mayor Scott, this is indeed a rare opportunity, send troops, Your Excellency Mayor, there is no reason for us to lose." Knight Nelson nodded, and said in an affirmative tone: "The Upper Burgundian knights will join the army in battle, and I will personally cut off the head of the mongrel Ji Xiaomu." ”

Hearing Nelson's Knight's promise, Mayor Scott's gaze gradually became firm, turned his head, and promised Bruce and the others: "Bruce, councillors, I, Mayor Scott, have decided to send troops to fight William immediately. ”

Rumble...

The councilors in the audience immediately exploded, raised their hands and cheered, and the excited crowd did not notice that Bruce was smiling a little weirdly.