Chapter 353: If you want to drag everyone into the water
However, within a few days, Henry I confirmed this news with his secret agents who had been buried in Rouen for many years, and he realized that he was probably underestimating William's strength, and his strength in his hands could not be compared with William at all, and if he did not recognize the reality and insisted on attacking the Norman kingdom, the foundation of the Capetian dynasty would probably be lost in his hands.
Feeling apprehensive, Henry I immediately sent emissaries to the territories of his allies to inform them to abandon the operation.
The territory of Jooffroy, Duke of Anjou, was also his last countdom, the county of Tours, which was relatively close to Paris and Orleans, and the transportation was also very convenient, as long as you went south from Paris, and then boarded a boat on the Loire River in Orleans and went down the river to reach the county of Tours.
Therefore, Joufroois, Duke of Anjou, was one of the first to receive a summons from Henry I.
"Do you want me to give up revenge on William?" Jofroy clutched the letter tightly in his hands, and his deep words seemed to be the whispering of a demon, and the bruised tendons on his head made his demonic image even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Speaking of which, the Duke of Jofroy was so miserable by William that a huge Duchy of Anjou was forcibly occupied by William the counties of Mann, Anjou and Vendée, leaving only a small county of Tours.
He, the prince who bears the title of Duke of Anjou, who should have been respected by the princes and kings of France, has now become the object of their ridicule, and they have given him the insulting nickname of 'The Unprepared', which is simply pointing at his nose and calling him incompetent.
No self-respecting nobleman would be mocked like this, and even more so if the Duke of Frogis was a conceited fellow with great self-esteem, he could not bear to bear such a disgraceful infamy.
He wants to take revenge on William, he wants to take back everything he deserves, only then can he wash away his stigma and restore the glory of the Anjou family, what could be more important in the world than the family's reputation and glory?
Originally, the Duke of Jofroy had been invited by Henry I to deal with William, which coincided with his own ambitions, so he readily agreed and began to actively prepare for war, and so far he had recruited more than 8,000 soldiers, which was already the limit of what the county of Tours could support.
Now that the Duke of Frooyes was ready to attack the Normans, however, how could it be that Henry I wanted to send him away with a false intelligence and a baseless speculation?
The gloomy Duke of Ofroy's eyes suddenly burst into a scorching light, stood up and clenched his fists, pacing back and forth in front of his actions.
After some consideration, he decided to take matters into his own hands, and he was to lead his army across the Loire to attack the Norman county of Anjou, where the Normans were heavily garrisoned.
If the Duke of Froey knew very well the current situation, both the Normans and the French were ready for war, and they were tight, as long as there was a burning fuse, as long as the war began, he did not believe that the Normans would swallow their anger and not target the French kings and princes who were allies with him.
War will bring hatred and can also be overwhelming, and once the war has begun, it is not something that King Henry I of France can prevent, and then the total war between the Normans and the French will still break out as he wants.
This was also what he expected, because only through war could he regain his territory and glory and revive his family, which was what he thought about day and night.
Thinking of this, the Duke of Jofroy couldn't help but think of his father, the late Duke of Anjou, Fox III, how powerful and fascinating the Anjou family was at that time, the Duchy of Anjou was strong enough to overwhelm Aquitaine in the south and Normandy in the north, occupying the richest land in the Loire Valley, and was the most powerful prince of the Kingdom of France.
"Father.......
The Duke of Joofroy left tears of remorse for his defeat to William in two wars, the destruction of the Anjou family with his own hands, the killing of his father, the recurrence of his old illness and his death.
Duke Fulke III of Anjou (970 - 1040 AD; Old French: Foulque Nerra) was a very old Duke of Anjou and the builder of the first great medieval castle, with an estimated number of more than 100 fortresses, which, along with the abbey he built, still exist in the Loire Valley in France and are still preserved today.
His life was always accompanied by continuous wars, and under his expansion, the borders of the Duchy of Anjou bordered Brittany, Blois in Champagne, Poitou and Aquitaine.
Furk's first victory at the Battle of Brittany was in June 992, where he managed to defeat Connan, Duke of Brittany. The Duke of Connang's territorial ambitions for Anjou had a long history, and seven years later, he planned to ambush Fulk on his way to the thirtieth coronation in order to anger the pious duke.
Fulke and his men thwarted an ambush, killing Connan's son, Alain, in the process.
In 992 Fulke III besieged Connann at the castle in Nantes, where he was eventually killed in battle, and his successor was Duke Godfrey, who was regent of Duke Furk III when he was a child.
Fulke III was a natural knight and a fearsome warrior with a sensitive military strategy. He and the Duke of Champagne, Odd Blois, had many territorial and alliance conflicts, with their largest battle taking place at the Battle of Ponlevie in July 1016.
In 1016, Count of Anjou, Fulk Le Réchamp of France, attributed his victory over Audu Blois at Fulk Neira at Ponlevis to the result of the divine grace, and he made four pilgrimages to Jerusalem, which is his life. He also has two wives and three children.
In 994, Fuerke completed his first castle, Rangias, located 104 km east of the Loire. Like many buildings, it began with a wooden tower and was eventually replaced by a stone structure, fortified with an exterior wall, equipped with a thick-walled tower called the castle main building.
Slowly and continuously built more high-rise buildings surrounded by Furk: Montbazon, Montsa, Mirebeau, Montrichard, Nice, and even the Montboyau Tower, built in 1016, was erected on the banks of the Loire.
"The construction of the castle for the purpose of extending the power of a ruler was the strategy of Fulk Neila." That's why he built so many castles.
Fulker was also a devout Christian, who built, expanded, or endowed a number of monasteries and monasteries. Although he never learned how to write, he gave the school income to provide free education and financial aid to poor students. Fulk also made four pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
Looking back at his father's glorious king, and comparing it with the predicament of a level of deplorability, the Duke of Voyes felt that he had no place to be ashamed, and he would never allow himself to go on like this since he was a child, following the example of Falks III.
The only way to fulfill his wish was war.