The sun's rays pierced the darkness and dawn dawned, and the chase six kilometres from Fort Warwick ended with William's victory.

At this time, William needs to count the results of the battle, and what he needs most is whether Duke Leofrick is dead or alive.

"Your Majesty, we have searched the battlefield, but we still haven't found anything." Richard. Morality. Duke Vassi sighed softly and reported to William.

"Have you ever interrogated the captives, especially the nobles, who must have known anything about Leofrick?" William asked.

"We have interrogated the captives, and according to their confessions, the Duke of Leofrick had already left with them with his elite cavalry, and had returned to Warwick Castle first.

And in order to boost morale, they deliberately selected a veteran who looked like Duke Leofrick to pretend to be the Duke of Mercia. Duke Richard reported truthfully.

"It's so vicious, he even used his soldiers as bait. Isn't there any of these selfish aristocratic Seins who are willing to be treated as outcasts? William snorted reluctantly, and then asked.

"If they knew about this, they wouldn't have been willing, because it was all done by two of Duke Leofrick's cronies, and the others didn't know about it.

It was only after a court official confessed in public during the collective interrogation and confronted the captives on the spot. Duke Richard also shook his head and sighed with pity.

"Now that I know that Leofrick has fled back to Warwick Castle, I should send troops quickly, or at least catch them and prevent them from slipping out of my palm again." William perked himself together and commanded Duke Richard.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The two didn't care about the etiquette, it was a time of war, and Duke Richard just bowed slightly, gave a military salute to William, and said.

The Guards then left behind their booty and prisoners, leaving a handful of men to look after them, and marched again on Warwick Castle.

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Warwick Castle was originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068 along the river with fortifications. Legend has it that King Alfred's daughter and William the Conqueror built a fortress here.

However, it was only the end of the summer of 1045, and Warwick Castle was not recorded in history, and was generally built by William himself more than twenty years later.

It seems that this history really can't be taken seriously, and sometimes the answer must always be found from reality.

Warwick Castle is located about 157 kilometres northwest of London and less than 10 kilometres from Stratford, Shakespeare's birthplace.

In the 14th century, the castle was remodeled with stone walls instead of wooden fences, and many corner towers were added. There are stone stairs leading to the top of the tower in the tower for easy lookout.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the castle was renovated into a comfortable manor house for wealthy nobles. There is Castle Hill and Round Toer, and it is inhabited.

From Earl Henry in 1088 to Earl Guy who lived in the castle, a total of 42 Earls have lived in Arick Castle, including the thirteenth Earl of Joan of Arc's executioner. As a result, Warwick Castle is both majestic and luxurious.

Contrary to the recorded history, Warwick Castle was built during the time of Alfri the Great by Alfri the Great's daughter Elphus Siris, who was the wife of the Duke of Flanders, and the Warwick Castle was given to her by Alfri the Great as a dowry.

After two hundred years of changes, this one fell into the hands of the Hewess family.

Located on a cliff at the corner of the River Avon in Warwickshire, England, Warwick Castle is blessed with a unique location overlooking the world, which is why the Hewess family made Warwick Castle the capital and court seat of Mercia.

William looked at Fort Warwick on a cliff at the corner of the Avon River, his eyebrows couldn't help but furrow slightly, and he turned to Duke Richard and asked, "Lord Duke Richard, how many troops are stationed in this Fort Warwick, and is Leofrick, Duke of Mercia, still in Fort Warwick?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are about 3,500 soldiers stationed in Fort Warwick, and the guard is an English nobleman who hates us Normans very much, and I don't think they will abandon it easily." Duke Richard paused in his tone and said again:

"As for Duke Leofrick, he had already led eight hundred cavalry north to Lancaster before dawn."

"It seems that this Duke of Mercia, Leofrick, is really dead but not stiff, after so many defeats, there is still an army to follow him." William sighed, and then said: "Let's put down Fort Warwick for the time being, you lead part of the cavalry to monitor Fort Warwick, while I lead the cavalry to attack the surrounding towns and get supplies nearby." As for the mission of attacking Fort Warwick, the decision was to be made after the arrival of follow-up troops and trebuchets. ”

Soon, the next day, the rest of William's army began to arrive outside Warwick Castle from Coventry.

Using the method of demolition again, William easily attacked Fort Warwick, paying only a few tons of gunpowder and a large gap in Warwick to be repaired.

William's gunpowder reserves were abundant enough, and if he ran out of gunpowder here, William could have contacted the Duchy of Normandy to transport the black powder over without worrying about logistics.

"Lord Richard, my lords, we have wiped out the main force of the Mercian army, and we should be the first to send troops to destroy our opponents.

Leicestershire and Derbyshire are home to some of the soldiers left behind by the Duke of Mercia, and we should immediately send troops to destroy our opponents.

As for the rest of the Duchy of Mercia, there is nothing to fear, as long as we win this war, I will give you the most of the land we have acquired," William exclaimed, excitedly.

The nobles present were very excited, as long as they defeated the Mercians, they could choose a piece of land in the Mercian counties as their fiefdom.

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William's coalition soon moved again, and the 25,000-strong army split into two lines and annihilated the Mercian army in Leicestershire and Derbyshire.

William was not in a hurry to sweep away the Duke of Mercia, nor did he intend to send any more troops, but marched northeast in the direction of Yorkshire, where he wanted to conquer the city of York before the Vikings arrived in England, leaving them without a foothold in England.

As for the Duke of Leofrick who was shrinking in Lancaster, William didn't want to pay attention to him, as long as the war was won, the monk couldn't run the temple, after all, the Duke of Mercia would be taken away by William, he was just a dry bone in the mound.

In the North Sea, hundreds of Viking longships are riding the wind and waves in the North Sea, one boat can carry more than 40 Viking soldiers and their equipment, and hundreds of Viking longships may carry more than 30,000 Vikings......