The plan was decided, and William immediately sought out his two most trusted half-brothers, Otto of the Earl of Kent. Morality. Robert of the Earl of Conteville and Norfolk. Morality. The two Cantville brothers, this time against the Emir of Zaragoza, decided to hand over the presiding over to his two own brothers.

On the one hand, William and the two brothers Otto and Robert in Contwell have a college relationship, and they are brothers of the same mother, and they are more trusted by William than others.

On the other hand, Otto and Robert were born to William's mother and the Knight of Herluan, and were not part of the House of Normandy, and it was impossible for them to compete with William for his three crowns and the core of the Duchy of Normandy.

It was because Otto and Robert were no threat to William that he could trust the two brothers with confidence.

"Minister, Minister, Robert, see Your Majesty." Otto and Robert, led by Phale Osborne, came to William and knelt on one knee and bowed.

Otto and Robert were both young men of twenty-two or three, with a beard and a typical blonde Norman.

"Otto, Robert, my brother, you are here." William rose from his throne, came cordially to the two of them, stretched out his hand and took their arm, and said:

"Hurry up, Otto, Robert, we are brothers, where do we need to see each other like this, and don't call your majesty in private, just call me brother."

"Thank you, brother." Otto and Robert looked at each other and followed William's meaning.

When they had stood up, William invited them to sit down, then returned to their thrones, looked at them and said, "Otto, Robert, I have come to you both this time to entrust you with a great responsibility. ”

When the two of them heard William's words, their faces showed ecstasy, and they said respectfully: "Brother, but please command, whatever is the point of your sword, we will act as your vanguard and rush wherever it goes." ”

"Otto, Robert. I now appoint both of you as brigade commanders of the Second Army Corps and as deputy to Duke Rodrigo.

Then you can take three hundred cavalry and join Duke Rodrigo and join him in attacking the Emir of Zaragoza and occupying Lleida and Tarragona.

Besides I'll order Roger. Morality. The Fifth Legion of the Count of Montgomery is with you south.

The main objective of this battle was to occupy Lleida and Tarragona, and secondarily to assist the Kingdom of Castille against the Emir State of Zaragoza.

I want you to make a quick decision and achieve your strategic objectives before the other emirs join in, but remember not to take the enemy lightly, and I want my soldiers to return to Normandy in peace. With that, William took the scepter and struck it three times on the shoulders of Otto and Robert, who were kneeling in front of him on one knee.

In this Barcelona holy war against Zaragoza, I, William, chose the Duke of Rodrieux as the commander, and the three counts of Otto, Robert and Roger as deputies, and dispatched two standing corps of the powerful Second and Fifth Legions and three hundred guards cavalry, with a total strength of more than 23,000 people, not counting countless civilians and militiamen.

William planned to have the Second Army sail from the port of Narbonne in the Duchy of Toulouse, to go south to Zaragoza, to land at the ports along the coast of Tarragona, and then to occupy Tarragona and Lleida all the way north.

With the strength of Duke Rodrigo's Second Legion, it was not difficult to achieve these goals, even against the Emir State of Zaragoza.

But the only concern for William was that in the event that the Emir of Zaragoza was left to support itself, they would turn to the two strongest Crescent states in the Iberian Peninsula, the Emir of Zulenen-Toledo and the Emir of Aftahid-Badajoz, in the south.

If the two Crescent states were to go north with a large army of emirs and emirates, the situation would be very complicated, and Tarragona would bear the brunt of the battle.

Therefore, he fought quickly, occupied Lleida and Tarragona, routed the army of Zaragoza, and then fought with the emir of Zaragoza, Ahmed. The most important thing is that Hood made peace, swallowed the two territories, and landed in peace.

"Brother, we must keep in mind your orders, and we will fulfill your wishes even if we put our lives on the line." Otto and Robert said solemnly.

"Go, the Castiers have begun to attack the Emir of Zaragoza, you must hurry south, my order has been passed to Duke Rodrigo and Count Roger, they will not stop their army waiting for you.

Alright, you all go down quickly. William finally admonished.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The two of them kowtowed in response.

As for the future disposition of the two kingdoms of Lleida and Tarragona, William decided to canonize them to his brothers Otto and Robert, which is why he appointed them as Duke Rodrigo's lieutenants to the left and right, so that he could accumulate prestige in the war so that William could convince the nobles when he canonized them.

As for Duke Rodrigo, William decided to make him Duke of Valencia in the future, and the three counties of Valencia, Castellón and Denia would be his fiefdoms.

As for whether Duke Rodrigo will become bigger, William is not worried at all, his original territory is the Duchy of Munster in Ireland, and Valencia is 108,000 miles away from Valencia that William intends to grant him in the future.

What's more, in the future, William intends to let Duke Rodrigo's two sons, Rodrigo Jr. and Alva, inherit the two duchies of Valencia and Munster respectively, so that they will not form powerful princes that threaten his rule.

In addition to Duke Rodrigo, William did the same with his other vassal nobles, and when he canonized these meritorious noble domains, he would give them land and titles that were very far away from their original domains, so that the feuds had to divide the realm in two, allowing the eldest son and the second son to inherit it separately.

According to the law of equal inheritance of the domestic aristocracy, the nobles' territories will only become more and more dispersed, and finally they will not be a threat to the royal family.

As the Normandy royal family that ruled the country, because William had established the primogeniture law early, unless it was a domain that William gave to his son during his lifetime, his inheritance would be inherited by the eldest son.

In the future, the royal family will only grow larger, the king's power will become stronger, and the nobles who enforce the law of equal inheritance will never be able to pose a threat to the Normandy royal family.

Of course, if William found out that his vassals had openly entered into primogeniture against his will, he would deal with him mercilessly, strip him of his title and title, and arrest him and put him in prison as an example.