The Norman kingdom continued to grow and continue to grow under William's power, but his subjects, especially his noble vassals, and especially the warlike Normans, were more desperate for a war.

The long peace was a torture for the Normans, and three years after the end of the war, there were waves of war motions within the Norman kingdom, some of them collectively petitioning, and some of them kept coming to the Palace of the Sydi to meet William, hoping that William would start a war so that they could gain glory and land and satisfy their desire for conquest.

As a king, William did not want to start a war at this time, on the one hand, the fact that feudal law and other laws were still being implemented in an orderly manner, and the outbreak of war might hinder the implementation of the law, on the other hand, William was now also the father of three sons, whether it was Richard, who was already seven years old, or Friedrich, who was only three years old, and Robert, who was one year old, they all needed William's care.

William did not want his children to grow up in the smoke and war, even if the war might not affect the country.

However, this was not determined by William's will alone, because the war was already the will of the people, and both the nobles and the commoners, after tasting the benefits of conquest, were optimistic about the war, and they had already begun to kidnap public opinion.

With the fermentation of public opinion, there were constantly Normans who could not bear the more adventurous character in their genes, and were attracted by Caesar of Sicily to go to Italy for adventure, which William could not tolerate.

Now, William had no choice but to find a lucrative position for this current of thought and wage a war of conquest against a certain region.

Thinking of this, William also sighed from time to time, being the monarch of the Normans, sometimes lucky, but also a lot of inconvenience, because the Norman beast is almost untamable, and all William can do is guide it to attack in his favor.

William looked closely at the huge map hanging behind him, this map directly occupied a whole tall wall, on which it was drawn from Poland and Hungary in the east, to Lisbon in Spain and Portugal in the west, to Norway and Iceland in the north, and to Egypt and North Africa in the south.

William's eyes continued to search for this target, but the surrounding countries were not suitable to move, Spain Castile in the west was his ally, the Holy Roman Empire in the east was still strong, Norway and Denmark in the north were difficult to entangle, and the interests were few, and Italy in the south was involved in the whole body, and it still needed to be slowly figured out.

Looking around, there is little room for expansion, which is one of the reasons why William has not waged war against any benefit in recent years.

At present, the only place in the surrounding area that can be the direction of the Normans' attack is the Moorish emir state in Spain, but the Moors attacking Spain need to take into account the ideas of their father-in-law, Ferdinand I, because the Moors in Spain have long been the established sphere of influence and strategic targets of the Castiers, and without their permission, William could not launch a large-scale war of conquest, unless he wanted the alliance between the Normans and the Castils to break down.

A small fight in Spain was not enough to satisfy the Normans' desire for conquest, so where was the right place to attack?

Wilhelm's eyes lit up as he swiped eastward with his whip, quickly skimming over the vast territory of the Holy Roman Empire, all the way to Denmark and Brandenburg, and a little more heavily towards Mecklenburg and Pomerania.

"Yes, and Mecklenburg and Pomerania, all of which are the territories of the polytheistic pagans, who launched a polytheistic rebellion eighteen years ago and plundered the local Christians, and I used this excuse to conquer them!" William had a flash of inspiration, and an idea skimmed through his mind.

If the attack on a Christian country would be besieged by other countries, why not target the heathen?

At that time, the general opinion of society was that killing a heretic was not murder, but could be respected by others.

William did not agree with this view, but in contrast, he could only acquiesce to this view, and the best targets for conquest now could only be Polamenia and Mecklenburg.

Pomerania is a geographical and historical region located on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland and northeastern Germany, with coastal islands including Usedom, Wolin and Rügen, as well as the Haile Peninsula and the Vistula Peninsula in the Bay of Gdansk.

The whole Pomeranian region can be roughly divided into three principalities: Mecklenburg, Pomerania and Pomeraria, of which the Duchy of Mecklenburg includes the four Earls of Mecklenburg, Wille, Rostock and Rügen, the Duchy of Pomerania includes Walsgart and Schzingche, and Stolp and Danzig belong to Pomilaria.

In the late 10th century, the Grand Duke of Poland, Mieszko I, conquered the entire Pomeranian region, including Mecklenburg, Pomerania, and Pomilaria.

But eighteen years ago, in 1038, there was a non-Christian revolt in Poland, and the polytheists of Poramenia occupied Pomerania.

At present, the entire Pomeranian region is occupied by two polytheistic tribes, the Mecklenburg chieftain Conyito, while the two other principalities of Pomerania and Pomilaria are owned by the Pomeranian chieftain Zemomisr.

Although the Pomeranian chieftain Zemomisr has a wider territory, in terms of overall strength and military strength, it is the Mecklenburg chieftain Kangyito who is superior.

On the one hand, the Pomeranian chieftain Zemomisr was already dying, while the Mecklenburg chieftain Kangyito was young and much stronger than the other side in terms of military capabilities, and on the other hand, the Duchy of Mecklenburg was close to Germany and Denmark, and its degree of development was not comparable to that of the remote Poramenia and Pomilaria.

According to ordinary people's thoughts, it must be more appropriate to choose to attack the Polamenian chief Zemomisr in the east first, but for William, it is necessary for him to care about which of the two hens is stronger?

Moreover, the conquest of Mecklenburg and Pomerania required the use of naval transport troops, so it was necessary to occupy a good harbor and search the surrounding area, and only Rügen, a lonely island, was suitable as a base for advance.