"What a glorious Lombard Iron Crown, and your splendid figure dazzles me!" William carefully lifted the golden iron crown adorned with jeweled francs from the gold stand with both hands, and sighed in a daze.

"This is the legendary holy relic, the Lombard Iron Crown made from the iron nails on the cross of the Son Jesus? How sacred and beautiful, this crown is definitely the crown most worthy of His Majesty's status! Duke Rodrigo was also firmly absorbed by the sacred and gorgeous iron crown, and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Your Majesty, you have unearthed this crown, it is the will of the Lord, it is the Almighty and All-Knowing Lord who has shown that you are the Destiny of Italy and Rome!" Faller. Osborne shouted with an exaggerated look.

Their words were clearly endorsed by the noble knights who had followed them in search of the Lombard Iron Crown, which had not been seen in front of people since 1028, when Henry III's father, Conrad II, crowned Pavia with the Lombard Iron Crown.

Some people say that this Lombard Iron Crown is still in the hands of the Sallian royal family of the Holy Roman Empire, passed from Emperor Conrad II to Henry III, and then to Henry IV, but William knew that this statement was wrong, because after the last war, William had explicitly asked Henry III for the Lombard Iron Crown, but in any case could not get any news of this Iron Crown.

Another theory is that this iron crown is in the hands of the most powerful secular monarch in Italy, Duke Ezzo II, the Duke of Lombardy, this statement is actually somewhat inconsistent, the situation is not as Ezzo II claimed to be, he holds the Lombard Iron Crown, but is collected by the Church of Italy, perhaps the Holy See once used the Lombard Iron Crown to crown Ezzo II as the King of Italy as a condition, ordered him to send troops to attack William's army, but in fact he does not have the real ownership of this iron crown.

Previously, William also believed that the Lombard Iron Crown was in the hands of Ezzo II, but in fact he was misled by the other party, if it were not for God forbid, its whereabouts were found by Duke Rodrigo, maybe William would have lost the crown relic.

"Long live His Majesty William! Long live His Majesty William! ”

"Long live His Majesty William! Long live His Majesty William! ”

"Long live His Majesty William!"

William received the iron crown of Lombardy, and everyone present was also very honored, and everyone cheered in unison.

"Phalle, go and prepare for my coronation, I will hold an unprecedented coronation ceremony in Milan and proclaim me king of Italy!" When the cheers of the crowd had subsided a little, William commanded Faller.

"Yes, my majesty!" Feeling so honored to be able to accept William's assignment to be in charge of his coronation, Faller immediately fell to his knees in excitement and bent down to receive the command.

"Lord Rodrigo, I order you to lead the Second Legion and the Fifth Legion, with a total of 26,000 men and horses, to pacify the Duchy of Lombardy, Verona and other territories in the Po River Plain in northern Italy as soon as possible, especially the city of Pavia in the south of Lombardy, which has held several coronation ceremonies, and must be taken down!" William then turned to Duke Rodrigo and gave an order.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do everything in my power to capture Pavia in the shortest possible time, and pacify the whole Po Plain and northern Italy!" Duke Rodrigo knelt down on one knee and replied with sonorous words.

"Lord Rodrigo, I'm sure you'll be able to do it, please!" William nodded to Rodrigo and said.

William decided to choose Milan as the place where he would be crowned King of Italy, rather than the place where the Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II was crowned with the Lombard Iron Crown, because Milan was the place where Napoleon the Great would be crowned.

At that time, Napoleon was both a great statesman of the French bourgeois revolution and an ambitious military dictator. The French Empire he established led to the final defeat of the French Revolution, but he was also a wise pioneer in defending against foreign enemies and strengthening France's strength.

The success of Napoleon's series of political strategies was due to his "clever plan", that is, he "put on the clothes of ancient Rome", "spoke the Roman language to carry out contemporary tasks", and realized the military line of foreign expansion that some emperors of the Roman era were accustomed to.

Napoleon was extremely arrogant and asked Pope Pius VII to come to Paris to coronate him personally, in order to use the great religious appeal of the pope to make the French people and even the European people recognize his "legitimate status".

At the time of the coronation, Napoleon refused to kneel in front of the Pope to be crowned by Pius VII, but took the crown and put it on himself, which caused great repercussions at the time, because the European pope at that time was in Rome, Italy, he was the nominal suzerainty of European countries, whether it was an emperor or a king, he needed the pope to crown, and Napoleon's own coronation of himself at that time did break this tradition, which was really shocking.

With the worship of Napoleon the Great, William deliberately followed Napoleon's initiative, held high the banner of the Roman Empire, implemented the expansion policy of the Roman era, and finally established a new era of Roman Empire, which is a very practical strategic plan.

Just look at William's expansion process and goals, first in Normandy into England and the British Isles, then in France, and after the capture of England and France, he seized large territories of the Rhine plains from the Holy Roman Empire, and then he set his sights on Spain and Italy.

Although it was inconvenient for William to do it when he was his father-in-law, once his three brothers-in-law Sancho, Alfonso and Garcia fought for the throne, William could take the opportunity to intervene in the war for the throne and seize the three kingdoms of Christian Castile in Spain.

If William had succeeded in his goal of seizing Italy and Spain, and then expanded into North Africa, wouldn't his empire be the Western Roman Empire of the Middle Ages?

The scope of his rule for himself coincided with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire more than 500 years ago, which has to be said to be a kind of providence, a manifest destiny given to him by God.

Under William's direction, the Norman war machine was once again in full swing, and the 2nd and 5th Corps, led by Duke Rodrigo, began to march around the Duchy of Lombardy, and the 4th Corps of the Duke of Richard, who was stationed in Milan, began a war to conquer the entire Po Plain and the Alps.

And in the city of Milan, at this time Faller. Osborne was busy preparing for William's coronation.