A month passed imperceptibly, and these days William shared the joy of family life with Uraka and Little Richard.

Of course, William did not completely abandon the government affairs at hand, and he was always preparing for the war to conquer France.

The reason why William was so eager to start the war instead of waiting a few more years was actually a decision he made after analyzing the international situation.

Let's take a look at the enemies of the continent who will stop William from conquering France, among which Norway and Denmark must be on the list, they both covet the land of England, and at the same time hate the Normans who defeated them at that time, so they must not want to see the Normans conquer France and continue to expand their territory and power.

The second most capable and most likely country to oppose William's conquest of France was the Holy Roman Empire.

The Holy Roman Emperor, who had always claimed to be the rightful successor to the Frankish and Carolingian empires, would not have wanted to see William succeed in conquering England.

If Henry III had not been at war, he would have intervened in William's war against France under the pretext of a Dutch territorial dispute, which he did not want to see.

Therefore, William needed to wait for an opportunity, a chance for the HRE Emperor Henry III to be mired in war.

At this time, William, who was always following the movements of the Holy Roman Empire, discovered something extremely beneficial to him - Yaroslav, Grand Duke of Kievan Rus', put Andrei I on the throne of Hungary, which caused the displeasure of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III.

The court of Nassau in the Holy Roman Empire was rife with Henry III's displeasure with King Andrei I of Hungary, and William only had to inquire about it to find out.

The Kingdom of Hungary has always been the object of the Holy Roman Empire, Henry III has long regarded it as a bag, a few years ago Hungary fell into internal strife, King Peter and Andrei and Levante competed for the throne, of which King Peter and King Peter formed an alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III.

However, it was a critical moment for Henry III's march into Rome, and then his Duke of Bohemia was unstable and needed his troops to suppress him, so he missed the best opportunity to intervene in the civil strife in the Hungarian kingdom.

André, who was vying for the Hungarian throne, was supported by the Grand Duke of Kievan Rus, Yaroslav the Wise, who married Anasitasia Yaroslavna, the daughter of the Grand Duke of Yaroslav, as his queen and formed an alliance with Kievan Rus'.

Grand Duke Yaroslav of Kievan Rus' put Andrei I on the Hungarian throne, which meant that Grand Duke Yaroslav extended his influence to the Hungarian kingdom, which Henry III considered a forbidden kingdom, and because the Grand Duke of Kievan Rus' had allied himself with the Holy Roman Empire and fought together against Poland in the war, Grand Duke Yaroslav's intervention made Victory III feel betrayed.

In order to punish the Grand Duke of Kievan Rus' for his betrayal and seize the Kingdom of Hungary, Henry III was actively preparing for war against the Kingdom of Hungary, and it was not long before this real outbreak would break out, when Henry III had no time to pay attention to the Norman war against France.

In the same month, according to information received by William at the court of Nassau, a border war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary broke out between the two countries, despite the promise of King Andrei I of Hungary to submit to Emperor Henry III.

At the same time, Duke Casimir, who had consolidated his rule in Poland, made a claim to Silesia, which was rejected by Emperor Henry III, but he seized it by force by virtue of his affinity with Grand Duke Yaroslav of Kievan Rus' and King Andrei I of Hungary.

A war against the Kingdom of Hungary led by Henry III and the capture of Silesia by Grand Duke Casimir of Poland were enough to completely attract the attention of Emperor Henry III and keep his army bogged down.

William of Digital History knew that the war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary would last for two years, until 1052, when Emperor Henry III and King Andrei I of Hungary made a truce under the mediation of Pope Leo IX.

The loser of this war was the HRE Emperor Henry III, who lost the real one, so after the peace agreement was reached, the Hungarian king Andrei I did not comply, but kept picking on the border and constantly colluded with the Duke of Bavaria to try to provoke civil strife within the HRE Empire.

In response to the provocation of King Andrei I of Hungary, Henry III sent Duke Kuno. Ezzon deprived him of his principality for treason and a struggle with the Bishop of Regensburg.

Kuno. Ezzon fled to Hungary and instigated the Hungarians to invade the borders of the Duchy of Bavaria, after which Henry III had to devote his energies to fighting the Kingdom of Hungary, and relations between the two countries did not return to normal until Henry III's death.

It can be said that in the years after the outbreak of war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary, Emperor Henry III did not have the energy to intervene in William's war against the Kingdom of France, which was undoubtedly good news, but at the same time William began to feel urgent. Because he knew that although the war between the HRE Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary lasted for several years, the real war between the two countries was between 1050 and 1052, and it was only during these two years that Henry III had no chance of intervening at all.

In order to speed up the preparations for war, William had to urge Prime Minister Ladolph to speed up the peace negotiations in the Kingdom of Scotland and strengthen his efforts to win over the French princes, and at the same time he began to assemble his five legions and began to recruit the troops of his princes to fight.

The first good news came in the direction of the Kingdom of Scotland, where King Macpeth and William of Scotland reached a peace agreement in exchange for four counties of the Duchy of Lothian and a ten-year peace agreement in exchange for giving up support for Prince Malcolm and handing it over to King Macpeth.

This decision of William naturally aroused the influence of the Dunkeld family and the Duke of Ladolph's newlywed wife, Elfred. Bamburgh's displeasure, however, did not change his mind, and Duke Ladolph was well aware of his righteousness, and he was very supportive of William's decision, and the displeasure of the Dunkeld family was of no use at all.

However, in the following month, William received one bad news after another.

First of all, the Duke of Champagne was dissatisfied with William's harsh conditions and unilaterally severed negotiations with William, and then the Duke of Champagne was co-opted by Henry I to join Henry I on the condition of obtaining the archdiocese of Reims.

William's ambitions for the Kingdom of France were also known to King Henry I, which made them wary and began to raise troops to defend against Norman attacks.