In 1066, the sky of Europa was still overcast and gloomy, and even the past Christmas and a century wedding could not dispel the clouds above.

The three brothers of Iberia, Castil, León, and Galicia, almost simultaneously set their greedy eyes on each other's domains, and they began to gather knights and horses in spite of their brotherly affection, and the atmosphere between them was extremely tense.

In France and England in the Norman Empire, one noble knight after another with their vassals began to quietly assemble in Paris, London, Rouen and other cities, except for the First Legion to defend Italy, almost all the standing legions began to recruit soldiers and prepare for battle.

The Holy Roman Empire, which had been dormant for several years, also seemed to smell of gunsmoke after Henry IV came to power.

Henry IV was an ambitious emperor and a king of great self-esteem, and he was humiliated by the fact that he had been coerced by Anno II and others to marry Berta, Princess of Savoy, so he was desperate to punish the Archbishop of Cologne, Anno II, and the Dukes of Savoy and Swabia, who had inflicted the humiliation on him.

Now that Henry IV has fledgled his wings, he began to actively plan to dissolve his marriage to Berta, Princess of Savoy, which is likely to be the trigger for a new round of civil war in the Holy Roman Empire.

At this time, William's interest in the Holy Roman Empire was far less than his concern for the Three Kingdoms of Castile, and in addition to his own long-standing ambitions for Spain, his and Urraca's suspicions about the cause of Ferdinand I's death were several important factors.

Questioning the cause of Ferdinand I's death, William and Urraca had sent emissaries to the courts of Burgos and León to question Sancho, Alfonso and García as early as the previous year, but received perfunctory answers.

The three of them always avoided mentioning the cause of Ferdinand I's death, and when asked why they kept it a secret, they said it was to deter the Moors so that the succession to the throne could be completed.

However, where can William and Uraka believe such a statement?

At that time, Castille cultivated an outstanding martial spirit in the battle with ***, and obtained a large amount of land and population in the land recovery movement, and was already on par with the Moors in terms of strength, not to mention that the Moors were already scattered at this time, even if Castile was divided into three at this time, it would not be the opponent of the three kingdoms of Castile.

Willian and Urraca on the one hand, Sancho, Alfonso and Garcia, on the other, have also brought the once-strong Norman-Castile alliance to the brink of collapse, and relations between the two sides have become particularly strained.

However, in the face of tension between the two sides, Sancho, Alfonso and Garcia began to fight for their respective thrones.

First, the king of León, Alfonso, saw that Castille and the Normans were at odds, and thought that Sancho would be tied, so he could not wait to launch a war against his weaker brother Garcia to seize the kingdom of Galicia.

Galicia, as a territory that was conquered in the last ten years, was weaker than the Kingdom of Leon in terms of strength, and Alfonso was also a well-known king, so at the beginning of the war, the army of León was victorious and went straight to Fort Santiago.

Just when Alfonso was complacent, Sancho of Castille declared war on Leon despite the pressure of the Normans, and to everyone's surprise, he declared war on the Kingdom of Leon at the same time as he declared war on the Kingdom of Galicia.

"Sancho is too arrogant, doesn't he take me seriously?" When William received this information, he was equally shocked.

After thinking about it, William could also understand Sancho's thoughts, although the alliance between the Norman Empire and Castile collapsed due to the trend of Ferdinand I, and the relationship between the two sides tended to be tense, but after all, there was no complete break, right?

What's more, now Castille has long been the largest of the three kingdoms in terms of size, not only has the original territory of the Kingdom of Castile, but also Zaragoza and other places, as well as Toledo's Nagon, as the king, Sancho has Gonzalo and many other brave knights, and its strength even exceeds that of León and Galicia combined.

With this premise, Sancho is confident that he will be able to defeat his two failed younger brothers in the shortest possible time, and take over Leon and Garcia, which are his own, before William can react.

As long as he can completely bring Leon and Galicia under his command, even in the face of a full-scale attack by the Norman Empire, Sancho is still confident that he will defeat all the Normans with the natural danger of the Pyrenees.

The situation of the war was indeed as strong as Sancho had predicted, and with the help of Gonzalo, his horseman, he led 20,000 troops to defeat the more than 10,000 troops led by Alfonso, who had been hastily released from the front line, and occupied the city of León.

Immediately after Sancho subjugated Diego, Count of Odoveye, and Sancho, Count of Astorga, almost half of the entire kingdom of León was occupied by Sancho, and Alfonso, as a loser, had to lead the remnants of his army to hide in the castles of Zamora and Salamanca.

The other Galician king, Garcia, had already lost a large number of elites in the previous war, and now he heard that Sancho had easily routed Alfonso's army, so he was even more reluctant to confront Sancho head-on.

"William, it's time to send troops, now Sancho has an all-round advantage, if it drags on any longer, then we won't have any chance!" Uraka walked up to William, stretched out his upper hands and held William's hand tightly, and persuaded him.

"Will the nobles of Castille support us? With only suspicion of the cause of my father-in-law's death, I am not sure that the nobles of Castille will support us in seizing the crown of Castile. William shook his head slightly, unconvinced.

Although he had been prepared for it, the more critical the moment, the more he feared that the nobles of Castile would rebel violently because of the war he had launched for the throne, so that the war would be prolonged, giving his enemies an opportunity.

"Don't hesitate any longer, William, I have already contacted the nobles of Leon, Burgos and Zamora, and the Count of Biscay, Eneco, and the Count of Vaildolid, Perrod, are willing to support us, so why worry about this?

I am the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand, and you are his son-in-law, so isn't it reasonable and legal for us to stay in Castile? Seeing William's hesitant appearance, Uraka frowned slightly, and persuaded again and again.

"By the way, William, what do you think this is?"

As he spoke, Uraka slowly opened a richly decorated square box and handed it to William.

"It's... Grail!!! ”