After defeating Cay in Burgundy, William sent soldiers to expel Cay from the country, escorting Cay all the way to his hometown of Upper Burgundy.

Having stripped Cay of all his domains and titles of nobility, William eagerly led his troops across the Seine and toward Rouen.

The city of Rouen, once the capital of the Duchy of Normandy, returned to William's hands two years after William's departure, and the city was able to send itself to William's side under the pressure of William's army.

The county of Rouen, although it is the same size as the county of Evreux, is much more prosperous, the population is large, and the number of troops that can be recruited is even larger, if it were not for the occupation of the county of Rouen by Cay in Burgundy, he would not have been able to organize an army of 25,000 to compete with William at the Battle of the Dunes of Vals.

Of course, after two years of continuous exploitation by Cay in Burgundy, the county of Rouen no longer had the grandeur of the reign of William's father, Duke Robert.

Even so, the strength of the county of Rouen is still not inferior to the county of Evre, and its political significance is comparable to that of Evre and Moldan.

For several days, William and Lieutenant Baron Andrew still led the Guards and part of the Praetorian Guard to garrison the county of Rouen, while Baron Hubert, Baron Rodrigo, Baron Richard, and Vice-Baron Ronald were assigned by William to attack the Barony of Lillebonne, the Barony of Avrel, the parish of Fecon, and the largest city in central China, Alc.

Most of the nobles who occupied these territories had joined Kay's rebels, and for Kay, William could spare the cunning expression as promised, but they had no good luck with these unrelated traitors.

To this day, William remembers how he left Rouen in embarrassment, and it was these local nobles of Rouen who, after the death of William's father, Duke Robert, raised the flag of rebellion, encroached on William's estate, and even brought in Rouen the two men of Cay of Burgundy and William the Younger of Auburg.

William didn't bother to deal with these rebellious nobles, ignoring their pleas for mercy, "Now that I know what I did before begging for mercy, your unscrupulous shouting in front of me two years ago is still deeply engraved in my heart." William thought.

After several battles with William, these rebellious nobles were so weakened that they were unable to resist William's army, and in less than a week, William took these titles and territories into his hands, and even in the parish of Fekang, William appointed a cousin uncle close to him as the new bishop of Fikang.

The cousin, Richard, was the eldest son of William's late uncle, Archbishop Raobo, and was forty-eight years old. Morality. The Normandy priest actively approached William and became his leader, and as a reward for his loyalty to him, William appointed him bishop of the parish of Fécon, becoming one of the two giants of the Archdiocese of Normandy.

William still had three baronies, including the capital of Rouen, the barony of Lillebonne, and the barony of Avrel, as well as a large city of Alc, waiting for William's disposal.

After thinking for a while, William decided to hand over the city headed by the city of Alc to the officials of the Duke's Palace, and at the same time prepared to give the title of Baron de Lillebonne and thirty estates to Lieutenant Baron Andrew, as a reward for his loyal followers along the way, and let Andrew rule the region of Lilleborn on William's behalf.

Considering that Phale was still not mature enough to take on the title of Baron of Avreur and the position of Governor of Avreux, William decided to keep the Barony of Avreur and serve as William's direct domain together with the capital of Rouen, and send dependent officials to govern on his behalf.

As soon as the county of Rouen was decided, William couldn't wait to gather all his troops again, and in the midst of everyone's confusion, he led the army to attack the county of Erborg again.

Just a few days ago, William had received information from Emma, an urgent military message about the Duke of Anjou.

According to information sent back by Emma's spies in Anjou, an army of more than 10,000 men had been secretly assembled to target William's Duchy of Normandy.

In recent days, their conscription into the army, the conscription of labor, the collection of rations, etc., have become more and more unscrupulous, and these spies have been able to discover the purpose of this army.

"Ten thousand elites, more than twenty thousand troops, commanded by the only son of the Duke of Anjou, Count Enman, and Count of Tours, Jofrois, it seems that a great war is imminent and inevitable." Looking at this information, William couldn't help but whisper to himself worriedly.

In order to pacify Normandy and put an end to the protracted rebellion before the two sides officially began, William had to lead his troops again, this time targeting the last rebel leader, William the Younger, Earl of Urburg.

The county of Auburg, as a small county divided from the county of Rouen, its face is less than one-third of Rouen, only a county capital called Ouer, a city called Faure and the parish of Oumale, with few troops and weak economy, it is the weakest county in the entire Duchy of Normandy.

As William the Earl of Eburg, his strength is naturally not as good as that of Kay, who previously supported the Grand Earls of Mortan and the Counts of Rouen, so in the rebel camp he can only respect Kay as the leader of the faction, no matter how unwilling the Count of Eburg is, he still has to accept this reality, after Cay occupied Rouen, he was even quieter as if he had accepted his fate, and no longer jumped up and down with Kay.

The reluctant Earl of Eiburg was so angry that Kay had robbed him of his position as leader of his faction that he did not send a single soldier to join Kay's army at the Battle of the Dunes of Vals.

It was precisely because of this unintentional move that the Earl of Öbourg avoided a fiasco that was enough to wipe out his entire army, preserved his strength well, and stubbornly defended the Earldom of Öburg.

However, even though he united all the nobles in the territory and put together a coalition of more than 6,000 nobles, in the face of the oppressive army of 20,000, the Earl of Eiburg still did not have the confidence to compete with William's army, and his heart was very desperate.

Under these circumstances, the Earl of Öburg decided to sacrifice his knee to William, and came to William with his army to surrender to him, swearing allegiance to William in front of everyone.

Due to the looming threat of the Duke of Anjou, and William's lack of confidence that he would be able to deal with the army of the Count of Castle in a short period of time, William had to accept the allegiance of the Count of Castle, giving him a certain amount of autonomy and only asking him to lead his army to fight for William.

Under the frequent communication between the envoys of both sides, this was the meeting and allegiance ceremony between the Earl of Castle and William.