Thousands of horse-loaded horses carried mountains of supplies and goods in a huge procession, surrounded by a whole Norman army of 20,000 people, one following this huge convoy.

The procession that winded for miles resembled a long snake, and the dense crowd of figures seemed to be as black and oppressive as the relocation of an ant colony.

A closer look at these thousands of load-bearing carriages are not all the baggage carriages brought by William's original, but also include the baggage carriages captured by William from the battlefield, the freight carriages recruited from the territory, and some of the various carriages from the compensation of the Duke of Anjou.

"Your Royal Highness, this is a great harvest, I didn't expect that the Duke of Anjou would care so much about his son, Count Jofroy, not only agreed to all your territorial requests, recognized your reasonable and legal ownership of the county of Enman, but also compensated you with 200,000 pounds of silver, which is the Duke of Anjou's financial income for eight years, he is really generous." Baron Hubert smiled heartily and looked at William beside him and said.

"At this time, naturally, it is only 200,000 pounds of silver, with the accumulation of the Duke of Anjou for hundreds of years, it is not difficult to take out these gold, silver and materials, not to mention that there are serfs in the territory who can be squeezed.

This time, my biggest gain is not so much the gold and silver of these goods, but the most important thing is to weaken the strength of the Duchy of Anjou, and expand the territory of the Duchy of Normandy.

This battle shattered King Henry's conspiracy and dispelled the ambitions of Anjou, and with the tragic state of the Duchy of Anjou, I believe it can deter most of the unscrupulous princes and buy us precious time for development. After all, I agreed to the Duchy of Normandy, where the rule is not stable, and there are still resistance forces lurking in the territory. Even as William suppressed his excitement, he couldn't help but look happy.

"Yes, the situation around our Duchy of Normandy is very good now, the Duke of Alleyne II of the Duchy of Brittany to the west has been bedridden after being stabbed by Cay of Burgundy, his son Connam is still too young to take charge of government, and his brother Count Judes is eyeing the Duke of Brittana.

It seems that in a few years, if not ten years, the Duchy of Brittany will not be able to unite and threaten our Duchy of Normandy.

To the east of us is the Duchy of Flanders, where the new Duke Baldwin V has been working for independence from the Kingdom of France. Princes like us, who are at odds with King Henry I of France, must be his first priority, and we may be able to sign an alliance with the Duchy of Baldwin V and agree to fight together against King Henry I, who threatens us the most.

Finally, due south of us, is King Henry I and his uncle, Thibaud, Duke of Champagne.

His Majesty Henry I, a force dedicated to weakening the French princes, and the revived Duchy of Normandy must be his first target, even if his younger brother, Robert of Burgundy, who has the right to inherit and claim France, is in Burgundy and eyeing the French throne, His Majesty Henry will not change its goal. The Duchy of Normandy, the closest to Paris, is so strong militarily that it poses a greater threat to King Henry.

However, his uncle, Thibaud, Duke of Champagne, was a very complicated man, and on the one hand, he helped His Majesty Henry I to fight against the Duke of Burgundy and prevent him from snatching the throne of France. On the other hand, the fiefdom of Thibaud, Duke of Champagne, was divided between Henry's fiefdoms of Paris and Orleans, and the two had a deep territorial dispute.

On the one hand, Thibaud, Duke of Champagne, wanted to seize the counties and archdioceses of Count of Sens and Archbishop of Reims, which were direct vassals of His Majesty Henry I, and on the other hand, His Majesty Henry I was very eager for the two counts of Chartres and Blois, which were adjacent to Paris and Orleans, but these two counties did belong to the Duchy of Champagne.

The territorial conflict between the two was only temporary, because His Majesty Henry I had well concealed his ambitions for the Duchy of Champagne, so they did not break out because of the territorial dispute.

Therefore, we only need to spread rumors between the two of them, sow discord between them, and make both sides believe that the other party wants to fight for their territory.

With His Majesty Henry I and the Duke of Champagne at odds, and the Duke of Burgundy against His Majesty Henry I, I am safe in Normandy.

As for the last Duchy of Anjou now that you have only one breath left, in my opinion, the Principality of Anjou, which has suffered a great loss of strength, will not pose any threat to my Duchy of Normandy in the future.

Even if the current Duke of Anjou, Folks, dies in the future, the Count of Cloyes and his two nephews will compete with each other for the title of Duke of Anjou, and there will be no more experience to care about us. "Baron Hubert showed his usual calm brain and rational analysis, and his words were quite big-pictured, and he knew the international situation well, and he was truly the man whom William trusted most.

"Hubert, what you said is very good, I agree with you, and when we return to Normandy, we will begin to divide and break up the alliance of the enemy, let them fight each other, unite all the princes who can unite, and strengthen our own power." William agreed with a smile.

"By the way, where do you think my Duchy of Normandy will expand in the future, and which territories can we annex?" William then asked.

"There should be three directions to choose from, one of which is the county of Wissan in the south of Rouen, a de jure territory of the Duchy of Normandy, and since you have a barony of Wexon in this county and have troops stationed there, you can easily take the county of Vissant.

But then you will have to face the attacks of King Henry I and Raoult, Count of Amiens Wiisan, as well as various princes, which is not cost-effective.

The second direction is the Duchy of Anjou, under your blow, the Duchy of Anjou will not be able to recover its strength in the next ten years, it is a soft persimmon, but we must pay attention to the alliance between Anjou and King Henry I and the Duke of Burgundy, and we can only act after it has internal strife and loses the support of the Duke of Burgundy.

The last direction is the Duchy of Brittany, where your cousin and regent of Normandy, Lord Alleyne II, Duke of Brittany, is currently too badly wounded to handle the affairs of the country.

Now that the affairs of the Duchy of Brittany are in the hands of his younger brother, Count Juddes, and his son Connam is still young, I am afraid that if there is a change, the Duchy of Brittany will have a succession war for the title of duke.

As a male relative of Duke Alleyne II, you have the right to claim Brittany, and you can take the opportunity to intervene in this war of succession and seize the Duchy of Brittany. Baron Hubert only thought for a moment with his eyes closed, and then he said three directions that could be expanded.

"Hubert, you seem to have forgotten England to the north, which is a good direction for expansion." William smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth, stretched out his right hand and pointed to the English Channel to the north.

"England?" Baron Hubert was very confused by William's words, and it was not a weak chicken who ruled the Kingdom of England now, but the son of Canute the Great of the Nordic Empire - Norway, Denmark, and England, His Majesty Harald I of the House of Cnutlin, who could invite a large number of reinforcements from the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of Denmark of the United Family at any time if he wished.