Beginning in late February 1052, shortly after William sent most of his main forces to the Rhine battlefield, the HRE Empire, the Vikings, and the Holy See seemed to have a tacit understanding and went into action.

First the 60,000 army of the HRE Empire was led by Emperor Henry III and Duke Bernhard II of Saxony. Led by Billunger and others, they set out from Nassau, crossed the upper Rhine through the Archbishopric of Mainz and the Palzbeth, and then traveled north along the Rhine to the castle of the Ulrich. Shavatang et al. converge.

This move by Emperor Henry III of the HRE came as a surprise to William and Count Hubert, who had expected to reach the city of Uillich from the nearest Archbishopric of Cologne, to the Duchy of Ulych.

For this reason, Wilhelm's fleet was already in the vicinity of the Rhine, waiting for Emperor Henry III's army to cross the river to deal them a heavy blow.

Unexpectedly, Henry III would cross the Rhine from an upper tributary of the Rhine, which the Normans could not control, in order to avoid the Norman fleet, and reach Uillich on his back.

Obviously, this strategy of Henry III made Wilhelm's fleet in the Rhine useless, and the only thing that would decide the outcome was a head-to-head battle between the two armies.

At the same time, as if to coordinate the actions of the HRE army, the Vikings and the Holy See armies attacked William from almost simultaneously from multiple directions.

The troops of the Holy See first crossed the western Mediterranean and landed on the Mediterranean coast of the Duchy of Toulouse.

The landed army included 6,000 men from the vassal states of the Holy See, 3,000 from the Republic of Pisa, more than 2,300 from the Republic of Venice, 5,000 from the Duchy of Lombardy, more than 3,000 from the Duchy of Tuscany and Spoleto, and more than 4,000 from the Kingdom of Croatia, making a total of more than 20,000 men.

Almost at the same time as the Papal army landed, the Duke of Toulouse, Ponschiem. Morality. Toulouse launched a rebellion.

To deal with William, the Duke of Toulouse allied himself with the Holy See and provided nearly 10,000 troops.

This army of nearly 30,000 men is still entrenched in the Duke of Toulouse's Nabernebe, and it is expected that it will not be long before they will march north along the Garonne River to seize Bordeaux and even the entire Duchy of Aquitaine.

It is conceivable that if no one stops them, this army will march north to Paris after the capture of the Duchy of Aquitaine, and then attack William's core territory of Normandy.

The other enemy was the Vikings from Denmark and Norway, who again crossed the North Sea and landed in Yorkshire.

The first Viking army to land was more than 14,000 people, led by King Swain II of Denmark himself, and tens of thousands more troops would continue to arrive in the Kingdom of England.

King MacPeth, who was far north of England, also declared war on William again at the same time, marching with the remaining 8,000 Scottish Highland soldiers like Hadrian's Wall.

At this time, William's situation was extremely dangerous, with Denmark, Norway and Scotland to the north, and the vassal states of the Holy See, the Republic of Pisa, the Republic of Venice, the Duchy of Lombardy, the Duchy of Tuscany, the Kingdom of Croatia, etc.

And William's greatest enemy, the Holy Roman Empire, poured out of the nest, gathering 80,000 troops to fight the Normans.

This is not the first time that the Normans are facing an existential crisis, the Normans have had a greater crisis than this, and even William's great-great-grandfather, Duke Richard I, once repelled an army led by the Emperor of the HRE Empire himself.

But this was the first time that the Normans were facing a flank attack from all of Europe, and under the tandem of Pope Leo IX, almost all of Europe was at war with William.

The scale of this war was no less than the historical Crusades, and even surpassed.

The situation in the Kingdom of England seemed precarious, and the 5,000 Guards and thousands of militiamen remaining in London were unable to resist a joint attack by Denmark, Norway, and Scotland.

None of the scheming and scheming King Swain II of Denmark, the scheming and cunning of King Swain of Denmark, the patience, generosity and charismatic heir of the Kingdom of Norway, and the ferocious and brutal King Macpeth of Scotland, are all too difficult to deal with, let alone when they are united.

But no matter how difficult it was, William still had to lead his army north to England to defeat the ambitious Vikings and the Scots.

Even in danger of losing the Kingdom of France, William had to return to England with his troops, as his queen Urraca and Prince Richard were in Windsor Castle in England.

For the sake of his wife and son, William took the headquarters of the Guards Legion, the Fourth Regiment of the Duke of Richard, and the feudal knights, militiamen, and some mercenaries from France, all over 18,000 men, from the port of Le Havre to the port of Hastings in Sussex.

From Port Hastings, it only takes about three days to reach the city of London, which is more than enough time.

Before leaving, William did not forget to leave some arrangements.

"Faller, you are in charge of remaining in Paris and Normandy, and I have not left you with many troops, and I authorize you to recruit soldiers from Normandy and the Kingdom of France to form a new legion, and you are the commander of this new legion.

You will have to do everything you can to fend off the onslaught of the Papal coalition, or at least find a way to hold them back until William defeats the Vikings and the Scots. William solemnly remonstrated to Faller.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do everything in my power to protect Paris and Normandy." Faller nodded solemnly and said.

"Then please, Faller." William patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Prime Minister Adolf, you write on my behalf to Ferdinand I of Castile and Caesar of Sicily. Morality. Otterville, Edmund of Sweden. Munso, Conyito of Mecklenburg, Casimir I of Poland, demanded that they fulfill their obligations as allies as soon as possible and declare war on the Pope and the Holy Roman Empire.

In particular, Ferdinand I of Castile and Caesar of Sicily, who were the key to holding back the Papal coalition, must be ordered to send troops as soon as possible.

I authorize you to cut first and then accede to the other party's conditions. William finally explained to Prime Minister Adolf.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Adolf bowed in reply.

Adolph. Morality. Normandy, as the prime minister of the kingdom, had already come to Rouen from England to recruit soldiers and collect war materials and funds for William, and he also managed foreign affairs.

It was only with the presence of a heavyweight, Prime Minister Adolf, that it was possible to persuade William's allies to fulfill the previous and established covenants.

"Go, target England!" William said goodbye to Adolf and Falle and sailed away from the port of Le Havre in Rouen.