Military reforms and measures were particularly important in the preparations for the formation of the Norman kingdom, so in the next few meetings, William made his request to the crowd bluntly:

"Count Hubert and Count Richard, you two are the highest government officials in charge of the military in the future Norman kingdom, and I ask you to cooperate with me in continuing to reform the army, reduce and streamline the army, and establish an effective militia."

"Your Highness William, please elaborate on your request." Count Hubert asked.

"That's right, I will first reform the standing army, and in the future our standing army will be divided into 5,000 men of the Guards Brigade and 12,500 men of the First Army of the Praetorian Guard, and these two units will be classified as a class A regiment, and they will be best equipped. Supplies, training and personnel replenishment are the elite of this country.

In addition, there were two other Legions, the Second and Third Legions, each of which would have a strength of 8,000 men, and the shortfall would be drawn from the Knights.

The leaders of these three legions will be Count Hubert of the First Legion, Count Rodrigo of the Second Legion, and Count Andrew of the Third Legion, and they will guard the central, western, and eastern parts of the Norman kingdom, respectively. William told Hubert and Richard about his plan for military reform.

"His Royal Highness William, I use your army reorganization plan, my Norman kingdom is enough to support a huge standing army of 33,500 people, and if there is more, whether it is finance or personnel and materials, Normandy will not be able to bear it." Count Hubert didn't think long before agreeing to William's plan, as did Baron Richard, who sat next to Count Hubert.

"In addition to the reform of the standing army, I will also streamline the Knights and reorganize them into pure cavalry, with each county building a knightly order of three hundred to five hundred knights, and a large knightly order of four to six knights and about two thousand knights in a dukedom.

In addition to the Duchy of Normandy, the Duchy of Brittany, Anjou and Amiens-Wissan, and half of Flanders, all three regions were to establish the Order.

In this way, the future Norman kingdom will have six or seven thousand knights, including the cavalry, and the cavalry will exceed 10,000 people.

Of course, this is the case of my maximum recruitment, and half of the average Great War Knights will be able to handle it with half of their hands. Immediately afterwards, William patiently recounted his plans for the reform of the Order.

As he spoke, William turned his head to look at Count Richard, because he had proposed a similar reform plan before, but it could not be resolved under the resolute opposition of Count Richard and others.

However, the situation was very different now, and William's authority and power were far greater than then, so he could not have paid much attention to the opposition of the Earl of Richard.

"Will... Uh..."As a conservative, Count Richard just wanted to refute, but William's eyes were empty, after all, he had just obtained such a high-ranking position as chief of staff, responsible for commanding the staff headquarters, he didn't want to upset William, so he wisely closed his mouth and swallowed back what he was about to say.

"Since everyone is united, then this matter is decided, and the work of reforming and reorganizing the Order is handed over to Jenny. Morality. Baroness Darker took the lead, with brothers Mephistopheles and Albert assisting.

Jenny has excelled in this battle against the combined forces of Wales and Ireland, and is quite adept at assembling and training armies, and I am confident that she will do the job well and become the head of the Order. William concluded.

Then William looked at everyone and found that Count Richard had something to say, so he immediately nodded and said, "Count Richard, do you have anything to add?" ”

William knew that Baron Richard, although a bit stubborn and conservative, was a model of medieval aristocracy, and everything he did was for William's sake, but he often looked at things from the opposite perspective of William, so he always contradicted William.

William didn't care about this, as long as Count Richard finally thought about him himself, then William would not care about his rude words and deeds, after all, Count Richard's rich experience was something William had to rely on.

"That's right, Your Highness William, if you cut out the infantry under the various knights, then what defense will your territory take?

Will you rely on the levies in our noble estates, or your standing army? Your standing legion will need to take the initiative to attack, and will not be able to fully take over the defense of your provinces. Count Richard finished speaking in one breath and exhaled lightly, as if he were not vomiting or unhappy.

"You can rest assured in this regard, I have decided to form a militia force throughout the country, and work with the local knights to take charge of the defense of the territory.

This was to be entrusted to Viscount Ferdinand, who would be the future commander-in-chief of the militia forces of the Norman kingdom, responsible for commanding and arranging all militia units throughout the country.

Viscount Ferdinand was once the son of your late Chief Samurai, Sir Martin, and over the years he has grown into an excellent general, achieving more success than his father.

I think with what you know about Viscount Ferdinand, he is good enough for the job. William did not show any unfrustrated look at Count Richard's concerns, but patiently explained to him.

In fact, Wilhelm's vision was to establish a system of compulsory military service like the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries, but due to objective factors such as the limitation of productivity in the Middle Ages and the quality of the population, Wilhelm passed the system of compulsory military service after thinking about it in his mind.

The time is not yet ripe for universal compulsory military service, at least for 30 years or more.

In the end, William considered to replace the universal military service system with the universal establishment of a militia system, as a prelude and preparation for its implementation.

In addition, the general establishment of the militia system can also effectively curb the power of the noble knights in the local area, with the militia to cooperate with the government to manage the place, these noble knights can no longer continue to be bold and unscrupulous, which is of great help to William to further recover the local power, so that he and the power of the government can touch a deeper level.

This is one of the reasons why William was obsessed with establishing a militia system.

"Ferdinand, boy, if he is here, I can still rest assured, His Royal Highness William, I support your decision." Count Richard sighed with a look of nostalgia on his face.

A smile tugged at the corner of William's mouth, and with the support of the Count of Richard, the conservative chief, there was little obstacle for him to carry out these military reforms.

While William and his cronies were discussing the establishment of the Norman kingdom, a letter from Sicily caused William's eyebrows to flutter.