"Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet, be quiet." Faller stepped forward and shouted.

As soon as Faller shouted, the three Hohenzollern brothers and the Norman nobles realized that their actions had been transgressed, and immediately knelt down and apologized to William, no longer looking eager.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all heroes of the last war, and have not only won victory and glory, but also acquired large territories of Mecklenburg and Pomerania, and it stands to reason that I should take you with me on the expedition.

However, the territory of Mecklenburg and Pomerania had just been leveled, and not only were there a large number of unruly Slavic clans within the territory, but also Saxony, Brandenburg, Denmark and Poland, which were surrounded by spiping on both sides.

What we should do at this time is to protect our territory as soon as we have done this, and then go with me to Norway when we have the strength to do so. William spoke patiently, not in the least annoyed by the arrogance's previous encroachment, but promised them: "My lords, please go back to your respective territories first, and when everything is settled in the newly conquered territories, I will naturally order you to attack the Norwegians in the north mountains." ”

"Your Majesty is generous, and we will naturally obey you." The crowd bowed down and stood up and shouted.

"Disperse, disperse." William waved his hand.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The nobles got up and soon withdrew, and dispersed.

"It's too greedy, although you are the heroes of the last war, but this war is impossible to take you again, and you can't share the benefits of this war." William looked at the departing backs of these nobles and thought to himself.

"Your Majesty, Lord Duke Hubert, Lord Rodrigo, Lord Lord Odo, Lord Lord Robert, Lord Count Richard of Afranche are all ready, please review them." A knight knelt down on one knee in front of William and respectfully asked.

"Well, lead the way." William waved his hand.

"Obey."

The above-mentioned dukes, earls and others are almost all William's cronies, nobles and relatives, among which Duke Hubert was William's guardian when he was young, Duke Rodrigo was a close confidant who followed him for nearly twenty years, and Otto and Robert were his two half-brothers. Morality. Afranche was his sister-in-law, Guélande. Morality. The Duke of Pontier was his other sister-in-law, and these people were all close to William, and they were the main force in this expedition.

In the future, when William conquered the Kingdom of Norway, the benefits would be shared with his relatives and cronies. Where did the nobles, like the German and Norman adventurers who came before, have the right to cut a slice of the cake of the future war?

When William rode into the school yard under the escort of the guards, Duke Hubert led the nobles in a procession to greet him.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry that we couldn't stop them from offending you in time, and I ask for your forgiveness." Hubert hurriedly took the lead in bowing.

"What's out of the way, isn't it solved now? Get up quickly, gentlemen. William shook his head, raised his hand and said, "Lord Hubert, let's take me to review the troops first, this time to go to the Kingdom of Norway, the strength of the army can be said to be the most important." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll introduce you here." Hubert and the others stood up and bowed.

"Your Majesty, I'll lead the horse for you." Hubert came to William's side, pulled the reins of the warhorse, and said.

"No, Master Hubert, you also ride with you." William shook his head and rejected Hubert's suggestion, and commanded Fale: "Fale, prepare a war horse for Hubert." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Phalladamri took the order to leave, and in a short time he came to him with a black steed.

"Hubert, please get on the horse." William held out his hand and motioned to Hubert.

"If you are a minister, you should be respectful, so it is better to obey your orders." Hubert didn't do much trolling, and immediately turned on his horse and rode in parallel with William.

Hubert deliberately took a step behind William, stretched out his hand and pointed to the soldiers lined up not far in front of him and said: "Your Majesty, that is your Guards Legion, a total of 12,000 soldiers, equipped with the largest number of gunpowder weapons, and the combat effectiveness is very strong.

Although this new army has not yet been tested in war, your guards have always been able to defeat opponents many times their own in all the drills. ”

It is clear that Hubert was not a stubborn man, he was open to new things, and he knew the power of artillery and arquebuses, and was naturally happy to praise them.

The Guards were William's face, and William felt honored to be praised by Duke Hubert.

"They deserve your praise, this new method of warfare has not yet been tested by war, and only by experiencing blood and fire can they prove that they are worthy of being strong." Although William was a little proud in his heart, he said emotionally to Duke Hubert.

"Your Majesty, you are too modest, their strength is unanimously recognized by all the generals in the whole army." Hubert smiled and continued to introduce William: "Your Majesty, the front is the headquarters of the First Legion led by me and the Second Legion of Duke Rodrigo, this time we will have three legions, with your Nordic Guard and Viking mercenaries, a total of 50,000 people to fight against the Kingdom of Norway.

They will assemble in Paris and then sail to the port of Le Havre in Normandy to Fort Orden in Nidaros, the capital of the Kingdom of Norway.

We will directly occupy the capital of the Kingdom of Norway and control the Norwegian nobles gathered there, so that the entire Kingdom of Norway will be temporarily leaderless, so that we can easily attack. ”

"Good plan, Master Hubert, so what are you going to do next?" William nodded and stood up, then spoke again.

"Your Majesty, once we have taken control of Ordenburg, the capital of the Kingdom of Norway, we will immediately move south to attack the invading Danes and Prince Olaf, crushing their armies and occupying the southern territories of the Kingdom of Norway.

When we occupy a large part of the southern part of the Kingdom of Norway, and have the vast majority of Norway's economically prosperous and densely populated territory, the remaining enemies will not have anything to fear, they will not have the capital to fight you. Hubert knew the plan he had prepared, and when William asked, he was naturally talking about it.

"Very well, Lord Hubert, do you think that after we have defeated the Danes, we should march into the Kingdom of Denmark and occupy their capital of Zealand and Jutland?" William then asked.

Duke Hubert had already considered this question raised by William, and he nodded and said: "That's natural, Your Majesty, although the Norwegians and the Danes often have disputes, but in fact they do have a bitter relationship, as long as those who have insight will understand this truth, so without destroying the Danes, we cannot completely get the Kingdom of Norway."

But before that, we can have the fleet block the Gulf of Heligoland and the Kattegat Strait to prevent the Danes from reinforcing the Kingdom of Norway, and when we have pacified Norway, we can turn south to Denmark. ”