In the Norman Kingdom, William's army gathered was less than 40,000 people, including 6,000 men of the Guards Legion, 18,000 men of the First Legion, 5,300 men of the Norman Knights, and more than 10,000 troops of the Norman militia.

With an army of less than 40,000 men in his hand, it was more than enough to deal with Henry I's coalition army, and according to the intelligence, the number of troops that could be summoned on the opposite side and the forces of his princes and allies was only this number, and it would not exceed 60,000.

However, as long as the war starts, all possible accidents may occur, and the most worrying thing for William is that the Holy Roman Empire will join him in the war with Henry I, even if only some of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire join the war, it will also put great pressure on William, after all, fighting on two fronts, whether it is military or material, it will also consume a lot of his energy.

With the relationship between Baldwin V, Duke of Flanders, and the Duchy of the Netherlands, the Duchy of Lower Lorraine, and the Low Countries, it was not difficult to get these princes into the war.

What's more, if William persecuted Henry I too much, the other party was likely to ask the Holy Roman Emperor for help with huge benefits, and William would have to face the double pressure of the French princes and the Holy Roman Empire.

Now is not the best time to attack the Kingdom of France, he knows this very well, not only the army of the Norman Kingdom is still on the way to conquer Ireland and Wales, even if the war is over, digesting these newly conquered territories will still involve a lot of energy of the Normans, and more importantly, in addition to the newly conquered territories outside the Duchy of Normandy, they are still not fully digested, and the rebellion of the local aristocratic forces has come and gone, although the rebellion has begun to decrease in this year, but it is still not to be taken lightly.

As his enemy Henry I analyzed, the newly conquered territories of the Duchy of Brittany, Anjou, Flanders, and Amiens Wissan were not yet able to provide William with a large number of soldiers and taxes, and the soldiers and taxes collected in these territories were not as large as William's investment, and it would take at least two years to digest them before he could command them as well as the Duchy of Normandy.

In order to meet the challenges that may arise, William needs to contact his ally, King Ferdinand I of Castile of Spain.

After the last ball, Ferdinand I saw that William was angry with his daughter for a long time, but fortunately, with the persuasion of his future mother-in-law, Sancha, and the persuasion of his fiancée Uraka, Ferdinand I bypassed him for the sake of William's sincere apology.

In order to make up for the relationship between the two sides, William provided Ferdina I with a large amount of money, not only gold and silver materials, but also a lot of weapons and equipment, plus he bribed Sancho and Alfonso two brothers-in-law to persuade him, which strengthened the relationship between the two sides.

William could get help from his Spanish allies, but he couldn't quench his thirst, and the Kingdom of Castile was still too far away from the Norman Kingdom. Ferdinand I could threaten the flanks of the Kingdom of France and make the Dukes of Aquitaine and Toulouse dare not act rashly, but he could not save the future crises.

Looking at the forces around the Norman kingdom, the only ones who could send troops to help him were the king of England and his cousin Edward the 'Confessor'.

In order to forge a stronger alliance with the Kingdom of England, William sent emissaries to England to prepare for the transfer of his sister Adelaide. Morality. Normandy was married to Edward, nephew of 'The Confessor' and son of his eldest brother, Edmond 'Ironbone' the former King of England. Adelin. Wickess.

He was ready to forge a stronger alliance with the Kingdom of England through his sister's marriage to the last remaining member of the Witches dynasty.

Edward the Exile, born in 1016 and died at the end of August 1057, was born Edward Adelin, the son of King Edmund II and Elgeth. As his father was defeated by King Canute, Edward spent almost his entire life in exile.

After the Danish conquest of England in 1016, King Edmund II had a son, Edward Adelin, who was said to have been sent to the Swedish court only a few months old.

It is said that Knut had instructed the Swedish king to murder or infant Edward Edlin, and instead the boy was secretly sent to Kiev, the then Grand Duke of Novgorod Yaroslav.

After more than a decade of exile there, the adult Edward Adlin married Yaroslav's sister Agaza. Vladimir. Rurik, with the support of the Rurik family.

In 1046, he went to Hungary again, where he was supported by the Hungarian king.

In 1056, upon hearing that he was still alive, Edward the Confessor recalled him to England and made him his heir. Edward proposed the undisputed succession for the last time in the Saxon royal family. News of Edward's existence came at a time when an ancient Anglo-Saxon monarchy, after a long period of Danish rule, was heading for disaster. Edward the Confessor was personally pious, but politically vulnerable, childless, and unable to effectively resist the steady advance of Godin, Earl of Wessex, by his powerful and ambitious sons.

Prince William, Duke of Normandy, also noted the issue of succession to the throne. The exiled Edward appeared at the right time, with the approval of the king and the kingdom's parliament, and he proposed a way out of the impasse, a kind of confrontation with Gwenson and William, and a legitimacy that could not be easily challenged.

In 1054, King Edward sent Eldred, Bishop of Worcester, to the Hungarian court to negotiate with the Hungarian king in exchange for the return of Edward from exile. Eldred was not initially successful, and in 1056, most likely, further negotiations were underway.

Edward Adelin finally arrived in England with his wife and children in 1057, but died unexpectedly within a few days of April 19, and he was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.

William is very aware of this history, and he has long been focusing on the Vices royal family, and he has long set his sights on the last family member of the Visace dynasty except for Edward the Confessor, a member of the Wickes royal family who has the right to inherit the throne of England, and the only son of Edmund 'Iron Bone', the previous king of England in the Vicesis dynasty, in the case of Edward the Confessor being unable to have children, Edward Adelin became the most important bargaining chip in William's hands.

In order to get back Eduard Edlin from Grand Duke Yaroslav of Novgorod, William paid a lot of price, and now it seems that it was all worth it.