In the evening, the Normans successfully captured Lancaster City, and the Duke of Leofrick's heir, Afgar. Leo Frickson. Hewess and a group of Mercian nobles gathered in the Lancastrian court were taken prisoner.

The Normans showed no mercy to these nobles, whether they secretly defected to William or not, and were stripped of their titles, domains, and possessions and thrown into dungeons and imprisoned, never to see the light of day.

Since ancient times, it was impossible for William to behead captured officials in public like the ancient Chinese dynasty, because doing so would seriously damage the status of the Taoist nobles in the hearts of the common people, and would make them have the idea that the original nobles were just like this, which was extremely detrimental to William's rule.

At the same time, killing the nobles will also arouse the anger of other nobles, and it is a provocation to the nobles, in order not to provoke them, William can only press the killing intent and throw these captured nobles into the dungeon.

Thinking about the terrible environment of the dungeon, the nobles who are thrown into the dungeon will be seriously damaged, and no one can survive in the dungeon for a long time.

Of course, because of William's orders, the Duke of Richard did not spare any hands against the recalcitrant nobles, and dozens or hundreds of nobles and Theon were killed, and only about thirty nobles were captured.

"Where is Leofrick, Duke of Mercia, and has he found it? And where is Prince Edward, the 'Exile', these two must be found for me. William learned that the only person they had captured was Leofrick's heir, Afgar. Hewesai immediately commanded Phalle, who was standing beside him.

"Your Majesty, we have found the Duke of Mercia, but he has been dead for many days, and there has been no news before, presumably Afgar and the nobles of Mercia have blocked the news.

As for His Royal Highness Prince Edward, the 'Exile', he had left Lancaster by ship a few days earlier when the Duke of Mercia had died, and was missing. "Faller. Osborne reported truthfully to William.

"Leofric, Duke of Mercia, who provoked the war with my Normans. Hewess is dead, his heir has been taken prisoner by me, and the war is finally over, and we have taken the whole Duchy of Mercia and the counties of Lincoln, York, Westmoreland, etc., and surrendered to the House of Bamburgh and Ossoff, Earl of Northumbria. Bamburgh.

There is no nobleman in the entire kingdom of England who can match my Normans, and the country is under our control. William laughed and announced loudly to the nobles in front of him.

Despite some regrets, the war ended with William and the Normans winning the war for Edward the Exile, who claimed the throne of England.

As for where the 'exile' Edward could go, William knew where it was, the Kingdom of France, Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

But at this time, France, Norway and Denmark were all at war and could not support Edward, and only Sweden, a weak Nordic country, had the spare power to intervene, but it was impossible for him to stand up against William.

"Hooray, hooray......"

"Victory, victory, victory...... victory！ victory！ victory！ ”

The Norman nobles, big and small, cheered loudly to express their excitement and pleasure.

"My Excellency, I now announce my reward for you." William looked at the people in the hall with a smile and said:

"I promised you that half of the land I have acquired in this war will be given to those who have served in this war.

Now I'm going to make good on my promise! ”

As soon as William's words ended, the Norman nobles in the audience cheered again.

"Roger. Morality. Baron Montgomery, Richard. Morality. Baron Franche, Baldwin. Morality. Baron Brionne, the three of you, please come forward. William looked at the three people standing on either side of the hall and nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty." The three of them stepped forward, knelt on one knee and bowed.

"The three of you have done a great job in this war, and I canonize Roger. Morality. Baron Montgomery was the Earl of Schulseberry, and Richard Brown. Morality. Baron Afrancy was the Earl of Chester, and Baldwin. Morality. Baron Brionne was the Earl of Lancaster. "William canonized three earls at once, which is not ordinarily generous, and it looks like there are people who will receive the title of earl and the domain.

"Your Majesty, I swear to God, I swear to be kind to the weak! I swear to be brave against **! I swear to fight all mistakes! I swear to fight for the unarmed.

I swear eternal allegiance to you and stand by your side at all times. The three men put their hands on their Bibles and solemnly swore in unison.

"Remember your oaths, my Lord Earls. Your family will be protected by me, and anyone who is against you will be my enemy. William drew his broad-bladed sword and slapped it three times on the shoulders of each of them, saying.

After the ceremony, William announced the canonization again, this time William canonized Ferdinand. Viscount Grylls was the Earl of Westmoreland.

Ferdinand. Viscount Grylls is also a veteran of William's side, although he is very young, but he has experienced several battles, if it weren't for William's need to leave some generals to guard the Duchy of Normandy, the most outstanding aristocratic general this time may be Ferdinand. Viscount Grylls.

This time William did not forget Ferdinand's merits and canonized him as Earl of Westmoreland.

William canonized the four northern counties of Lancastershire, Chestershire, Schlossbury, and Westmoreland in order to guard against threats from the Kingdom of Scotland and to spy on Ossoff, Duke of Northumbria. Bamburgh's anomaly.

Especially Ferdinand, Earl of Westmoreland. Grylls and he had a particularly heavy burden on him, as Westmoreland was close to Cumberland in the Kingdom of Scotland and the Northumbria county of the Duke of Northumbria, so he was tasked with keeping an eye on both Scotland and Ossoff. The Duke of Bamburgh has two important responsibilities.

As for Baldwin, Earl of Lancaster. Morality. Brionne, Count of Chester, Richard. Morality. Franche and Roger, Earl of Scheuisbury. Morality. Montgomery was Ferdinand. Supported by the Earl of Grylls, all three were ruled by Ferdinand.

The son of Sir Martin, the chief samurai of the former Duke of Richard, William trusted Ferdinand to live up to his expectations.

Counting the remainder of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, which William had retained from Northumbria, and Warwick, Derby, Leicestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire in Mercia.

Since Worcestershire was the archdiocese of the Church of England, William could not break with the Church for the time being, so he spared Woolfstein, Bishop of Worcester, and Worcestershire.

As for the still stubborn Earl of Schulsebury and Edric, William and the Norman nobles did not take it to heart, as long as the Normans led an army against Schulsebury, this territory was in his pocket.