The war is no suspense at this point. No matter the nobles and civilians, they think that France's failure is close to each other. Only in extreme despair and helplessness will France hand over the command of the army to a girl from a peasant family who is illiterate and who just turned seventeen this year.

It's simply inexplicable.

After obtaining the news, Artoria just muttered, "Is Philip II crazy?" and threw the information aside and ignored it at all.

Artoria thought that even if she took a step back, she was really an excellent talent and an excellent general. However, France was now at the end of her life, and no nobles responded to his call, and more than half of the mercenaries hired with royal property ran away. Now, the total number of soldiers under Philip II could not exceed 3,000. Although she sent all the British recruits back, she still had nearly 10,000 Celtics, Norman regular troops, and more than 10,000 Brittany troops. In addition, the French noble troops who came to join in the recent period, Artoria's army remained at around 30,000.

At the same time, the Burgundians also dispatched 27,000 people - before that, because the Normans took the lead in occupying Paris, the Burgundians did not gain enough benefits. Therefore, this time, the Burgundians were ready to break through Orleans first and take the opportunity to expand their territory.

In addition, even Aquitaine, Edward IV, Duke of Aquitaine, has recovered a lot of strength after occupying Toulouse, and his men can also mobilize an army of 10,000 to 20,000. At the same time, Edward IV was also coveting the land of Anjou. The possibility of participating in this war is very high.

In this way, the new Norman-Burgundy-Aquitaine coalition could mobilize 60,000 to 70,000 troops, twenty times that of the other side. If he would lose like this, Artoria had nothing to say.

However, things were not as simple as Artoria imagined. In Orleans, although Philip II was still worried, he could not help. In the end, the girl assured him that "At present, France does need a king, and you are indeed a good candidate." After that, Philip II pardoned her crimes and appointed her as commander of the entire French army.

Of course, the French army now has only two or three thousand men. Although they are all the most loyal to Philip II, most of them are nobles, knights, entourages and veterans, and those with combat power. But after all, the number is still too small. With such an army alone, it is impossible to fight against enemies twenty times more than themselves. Therefore, the girl who cut off her long hair and changed her skirt to armor felt that she needed more soldiers, more people who were willing to fight for France.

As mentioned before, this girl seemed to have a magical power that convinced people to go through fire and water. After her persuasion, the prisoners and prisoners in the prison who had imprisoned her voluntarily accompanied her to the battlefield. This was the first batch of soldiers she recruited.

After that, the girl toured around Orleans, gathering all the citizens displaced by war in the city. Then there were the robbers, bandits, mobs in the nearby mountains... The girl did have magical powers. After only a few words of lawless villains, they completely changed their minds and became the most determined patriots and warriors. When some people who had never seen the girl laughed at them and said that they were lustful, those who were inspired by the girl would be surprised, as if they had been insulted.

"It's not like that, although this girl is indeed beautiful. But what attracts us is another thing."

In this way, it was extremely dramatic that the girl assembled an army of more than 10,000 people in a few days. Although these people were poorly equipped and had no discipline, they were all energetic and morale high, as if they were ants attracted by honey. Every day, there would be a civilian who came to visit the girl's army.

In this way, the army needed by the girl was enough. In addition, the French army, which was also inspired by the girl's spirit, combined, the girl had 14,000 soldiers. Although the number was still three or four times less than that of the coalition forces, she already had the power to fight.

The situation at this moment is almost like this. Artoria's strategic mind, or bad intentions, or it's a mistake, and of course another reason is to wait for Egil to come and take charge of the overall situation. Therefore, the army is still stuck in Paris, and the only two armies of Aquitaine and Burgundy are still advancing.

After analyzing this situation, the French noble generals believed that they should go south first, defeat the weakest Aquitaine army, then go north, defeat Burgundy, and finally have a final battle with the Normans.

But such a suggestion was rejected by the girl.

"If this is the case, even if our army can win one after another, it will suffer heavy losses. In the end, it will inevitably fail at the hands of the Normans." The girl said: "After all, our number is too small to be carried out multiple battles in a row."

"If this is the case, how do you want to act?" the French generals asked dissatisfied.

"It's just a fence." She pointed to the simple map, marking the two aspects of Burgundy and Aquitaine: "Which side is stronger, they will follow that side. So, if we can defeat the Normans, it is very likely that they will change their minds. Of course, maybe the Burgundy is a little more difficult. After all, their tendency to independence is more serious. But Aquitaine is different. They are French from beginning to end. Even if they don't turn against each other for a while, they will hesitate and choose actual neutrality."

"Even so, the other party is the Normans. Their number and combat effectiveness are the strongest among the coalition forces. At the same time, their commander Artoria is also the best general among the coalition forces..." The noble generals answered this way, and it can be seen that if they were fighting against Burgundy or the Aquitaine, they would still have the courage to fight, but if they faced the Norman army, they would be completely courageous.

"...It's okay. I can deal with her." The girl said calmly.

Although the girl promised her swearingly, the others didn't seem to believe what she said. If these guys could not be convinced, then even though the girl was the commander of this army, and most of the people in this army were also inspired by the girl, so they came... But if there were not enough commanders to use it, the combat effectiveness of this army would be greatly reduced.

"Didn't you hear her?!" At this moment, a hot voice came from behind everyone. Before people could turn around and observe who was so bold. The owner of the voice could not wait to squeeze away the person next to him and stood up.

That guy was a guy with brown hair, angular face, wearing a full set of heavy chain armor, and speaking very loudly.

"Lahair - you are just His Majesty the King's servant! It's not your turn to interrupt like this!" The offended noble general seemed to feel that he was insulted and frowned and said to the man.

"The thing now is to discuss the life and death of France! Every Frenchman, whether aristocrat or civilian, can join in!" The man called Rachel defended loudly in such a loud voice. He was not afraid of being a certain marquis from a certain place.

"You guy..." Seeing that a low-ranking servant dared to talk to him like this, a marquis pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword in a furious manner. However, he was worried and did not pull it out.

After all, Lahaire is very strong and is one of the best warriors in France. Although this count is also proud of his bravery, he still doesn't have much chance of winning when facing Lahaire.

"Okay, everyone, be quieter." Just as the scene was extremely nervous, the Marquis and Lahaire refused to give in to each other, the other person seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, so he said this to stop him.

People looked at it in the voice, but it was Baron Laval, Giles de Reis. The young French Marshal. If this girl had not appeared, then Baron Giles should have been the commander of this army. Now, Baron Giles is the girl's deputy.

The Baron seemed not dissatisfied with this, and he carefully assisted the girl in various tasks. The girl may be quite proficient in strategy, and has a pious belief and amazing charm. However, she did not have enough experience in how to govern an army. If it were not for Baron Giles's assistance, she might not even be able to bring this army to the front line intact.

That's it. Although the Baron's title is not very large. As his hereditary territory, Laval has been occupied by the Normans. However, with his previous reputation, excellent character and gentle personality, Giles' prestige in the French army, especially among the top leaders of the army.

Seeing that Baron Giles had spoken, the marquis had a step down, so he snorted coldly and took back his sword.

So, people's eyes were all focused on the Baron, waiting to see his speech.
Chapter completed!