Time passed, and another year passed to the beginning of March 1039, when William was already a twelve-year-old adult, and decades earlier, in the days of Duke Richard, the Normans of eleven or twelve years old had to take part in their first hunt on a warship, hunting the wretched creatures that dwelt by the sea.

Of course, as early as the reign of Duke Robert, this barbaric tradition had long since been abolished by William's persuasion, and he was awarded an iron medal by William after attending a two-week military training and passing the examination.

In the past six months, in addition to paying attention to the development of his own territory and the training of the army, the most William has done is to run among the various princes, connecting the surrounding nobles to jointly resist the threat from King Henry I.

King Henry I had already achieved absolute superiority in the war with his younger brother, Robert Duke of Burgundy, and the day was not far off when he would be forced to submit to himself.

If Henry I had put his restless brother to death, who would be His Majesty's next target? There is no doubt that the mighty Duchy of Normandy will bear the brunt, and the Duchy of Flanders, the great prince of Flanders, will also be the target of Henry I.

In the face of the threat of His Majesty the King, the two sides naturally wanted to huddle together to keep warm, so William took his half-brother Robert Brown, who was only 8 years old. Morality. Contwell and Baldwin, Duke of Flanders, sister of 4-year-old Judith Brown. Fan. Flandersty was married, and both parties were offered an alliance against the threat of King Henry I.

Robert and Judith's marriage contract was finalized as early as September last year, but the alliance between the Duchy of Normandy and the Duchy of Flanders could not be so rash, even if William and the young Duke Baldwin V generally negotiated the framework of the covenant, but there was still no agreement on the conditions for the fulfillment of the covenant and the obligations of both parties to send troops.

It wasn't until Christmas Eve last December that a covenant was signed, which was largely satisfactory to both sides.

According to this treaty, when either of the Duchy of Normandy and the Duchy of Flanders was attacked by King Henry I, the other side was required to send troops against King Henry, without limitation, until the defeat of His Majesty the King or the conclusion of a peace treaty with him.

Of course, if William took the initiative to attack a prince, the Duchy of Flanders was also obliged to send troops, but it was limited to 5,000 troops, and Flanders was supposed to provide troops, bounties, and supplies.

For the Duchy of Flanders, William's obligation to send troops to them was the same.

From the moment he concluded an alliance with the Duchy of Flanders, William's nervous heart was finally relieved, and with the powerful Duchy of Flanders as an ally, William was finally no longer alone in the face of the powerful King Henry I.

Having ended the affairs of the Duchy of Flanders, William set his sights on his goal, the Duchy of Bretagany.

Through the unremitting efforts of William and his spy chief Emma, they forced Yudes, Count of Domenia, to raise an army to seize the title of Duke of Brittany by spreading rumors and coercion.

In addition, in order to make the Duchy of Brittany even more chaotic, William found a helper for the Count of Youdes, Josselin, Count of Broleck. Morality. Rohan, except that the reason why this count rebelled against the Duchy of Aaron II in Brittany with the Count of Youdes was to become independent from the Duchy of Brittany, rather than to put the Count of Youdes on the throne of the duke.

The territory of the two of them is right in the middle of the Duchy of Brittany, as long as the two of them join forces, they can instantly cut off the connection between the eastern and western territories of the Duchy, weakening the power in the hands of the duke, and then they only need to face the county of Laugean and the Count of Nantes, the capital of the east.

In the face of the joint rebellion of the two powerful counts in the principality, the Duke's palace of Brittany was in a hurry, and the palace of the Duke of Arran's younger brother Evenness was helpless.

Ivannes. Morality. Knowing that he was not a general skilled in military affairs, he had to turn to the bedridden current Duke Arun II.

Duke Arlen II, who was sick in bed, received

The palace minister of Evennes asked for help, so he had to force himself up, and ordered to gather the army of the vassals and lead the troops to fight against the rebels of Count Youdes and Count Josselin.

It's just that in this way, the little vitality left in Duke Aaron's body has been overdrawn, and his body, which has been seriously injured and has not healed, is getting worse and worse, and is close to exhaustion.

It's just that Duke Aaron is not worried about his only son Connan, who is still young, and he doesn't think that if he fails, Count Youdes, who seized the duke's throne, can still spare his son Connan.

The war between the army of the Duke of Brittany and the rebels on the side of Judes was protracted, and an army that lasted for a small half a year, with only two counties of Laugine and Nantes, Duke Aaron II was unable to defeat the rebels of the Count of Judès and Count Josselin, while the Count of Corneff and the Count of Leon, who could decide the outcome of the two sides, watched from the territory on the west side of their respective principalities, as if they could not see the civil war, and turned a blind eye to the co-optation of the two sides.

Hopeless, the Duke of Arlen remembered his cousin, William, Duke of Normandy, the famous Duke of Normandy, William the Lion Cub, whose help could only quell the rebellion of the Count of Youdes in his domain.

However, when the Duke of Aaron's envoy for help came to Rouen, the Duchy of Normandy, William happened to go to the county of Evreux to inspect the territory.

A few more days passed, and the Brittany messenger for help waited for William in the Duke's palace in Rouen, and had to return to Brittany in disgrace and tell the Duke of Arrun about the situation.

Upon receiving this news, Duke Arlen immediately understood the reason why William had been hiding from his envoys, and thinking of the fact that William had been sending more troops in Lower Normandy for the past two years, he knew that William also coveted the Duchy of Brittany like Yodes.

If only five years ago he had been in his strength, the Duke of Arran had the confidence to suppress any rebellion in the Duchy and dispel any covetousness of Brittany.

But now his body is almost unable to support it, and he has to face this terrible fact that he can't protect the duke title and territory he owns, and he can't even protect his young son Kongnan, who is only 6 years old.

Under the persuasion of his younger brother Ivannes, the Duke of Arun asked William for help on the condition that he would hand over his title of Duke of Bretagne to William and guarantee that his youngest son would inherit the title and domain of the Earl of Lawgen.

William was overjoyed to receive the official letter and conditions of the Duke of Aaron, and immediately agreed to the request for help from the Brittany envoy, saying that he would immediately lead his troops to quell the rebellion for the Duke of Aaron.

"The efforts of the past few years have not been in vain, thanks to Emma's bribery of the palace of Ivannes, and with his persuasion, I can rightfully inherit the Duchy of Bretagany."