Chapter 643: Triple Good News

After the Battle of Stralsund, the Normans made rapid progress, conquering the entire Duchy of Mecklenburg and marching into Pomerania.

At this time, the only Pomeranian tribe in the Pomeranian region was now a wrecked ship that was about to sink under the attack of the Normans, Brandenburg, Saxony, Denmark and Poland, as if it were sinking at any moment under the beating of a violent storm.

The Normans marched by water and land to Volgast, sweeping from west to east, aiming for the city of Szcche, the capital of the Pomeranian tribes.

Comparatively speaking, the Normans were the fastest, and while the other princes were still organizing their armies, the large Norman forces had already captured the city of Volgast, and the North Sea Fleet, to which they belonged, was even faster. Morality. Under the command of Admiral of Gael, an army of 5,000 landed near Shzche and directly threatened the capital of the Pomeranian tribe.

If it weren't for the Pomeranian garrison of tens of thousands of troops in the city of Shitzinghe, this humble city would have been conquered by 5,000 Normans.

Even if the city is rudimentary, it is a mixture of civil engineering and masonry, and with a well-defended city and a tall castle, it is not so easy to conquer.

In the Middle Ages, a single castle was enough to control a large number of territories, and the lords used the castles they occupied to organize armies to attack everywhere, and as long as the castle was not lost, he would not fail, so whether or not he could conquer the castle of Szzche was the key to the elimination of the Pomeranian tribes.

The Norman armies were constantly gathering in the city of Szzcze, and the states and vassal states were not idle, the Kingdom of Poland occupied the kingdom of Danzig, Brandenburg and the Danes divided the kingdom of Svupsk, and Brandenburg also occupied part of the southern part of the kingdom of Schzcze, except for the Duchy of Saxony, which unfortunately did not gain much.

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The news of the Battle of Stralsund and the total occupation of the Duchy of Mecklenburg brought back to Paris, which made the citizens of Paris, who were already in a frenzy, not knowing where the two wild lands of Mecklenburg and Pomerania were, but this did not prevent the mission of Paris from cheering for the victory of the Normans.

The willingness of the French in Paris to cry out for the victory of the Normans shows that the French had begun to submit to the Normans.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Normans generally speak French, and the Normans themselves are a people formed after the Nordic Vikings settled in north-France and intermarried with the local French, they speak French, write French, and believe in Christianity, except for the difference in customs, everything else is basically the same.

France was ruled by the Normans, and in the eyes of the French it was like a change of dynasty in the East, and the Normans were also part of France, so it was acceptable for them to rule France.

Compared with France, the historical conqueror William after obtaining the Kingdom of England, but more valued his hometown Normandy and the territory in France, in the eyes of the Normans England may be an overseas colony, which is why in history when the conqueror William died, the eldest son inherited Normandy, and the second son inherited England, for the Normans, England is always less important than Normandy.

Even his descendants, as well as the Norman aristocracy, were a group of French-speaking rulers who did not speak English, and the famous Richard the Lionheart only visited England twice, preferring to stay in Normandy and Aquitaine rather than England.

Historically, King Lionheart once threatened to sell London for a few thousand pounds, which shows how low the importance of England was to the Normans.

However, this is not the case now, since William made London the capital, England has become increasingly important, and many Norman nobles have not only owned territories in England, but also in France and Normandy, which have become an integral part of the Norman kingdom.

Today, the citizens of Paris rejoice not only in the victory of the Normans in Mecklenburg, but also in the birth of William's third son, Robert.

For a few years, William invited the citizens to a carnival feast, where all Parisian missions, whether high or low, were entitled to gastronomy and lively acrobatic performances.

By celebrating various festive revelries, William was gradually changing the image of the people of Paris with hatred and brutality towards the Normans.

You must know that before the Normans entered the Kingdom of France, they fought with the then King of France Henry I for more than ten years, and small wars continued, and large wars often occurred.

Although William had told his noble generals to be disciplined and not to plunder and slaughter civilians during the war against the French, tragedy would inevitably occur since the war had begun.

After moving into the Kingdom of France, William's enemies were now his people, and what William wanted to do as a ruler at this time was to resolve the hatred between the Normans and the French because of the war, so William even moved the capital from London to Paris, and completely set the weight of his rule here.

For several years, William's family has been providing various benefits to the citizens of Paris, such as public baths, large libraries, grand theaters and other buildings that can be entered for a small fee.

The establishment of these buildings won William a lot of praise from the people of Paris, and he has gradually been accepted by the people of Paris and France, which is the result he most wanted to see.

"Your Majesty, this is information from the Archbishopric of Cologne." Russell. Morality. Bayolle respectfully presented a piece of information to William.

"What a surprise!" William opened the information and took a quick look at it, stood up and said excitedly.

It was a few days of great success, with the birth of his son Robert, the glorious victories in the wars of Mecklenburg and Pomerania, the capture of large territories, and finally the infighting of the Holy Roman Empire, as he expected.

Archbishop Anno II, who had worked with William, was finally attacked by Henry IV, the younger emperor of the Nassau court, at his instigation and encouragement.

Archbishop of Cologne Anno II in collaboration with Duke Otto of Bavaria. Feng. Together, Nordheim kidnapped the young Henry IV and coerced the Empress Dowager Agnes into surrendering power, and finally Anno became regent of the empire, and the dukes who had stolen the royal lands became powerful.

Welf, the son-in-law of Duke Otto of Bavaria, but loyal to the Sallian dynasty and Henry IV, stood up against his father-in-law's atrocities and assembled an army to wage war against Duke Otto.

This time, it is not known whether it will be possible to set off a civil strife on a large scale and tear the Holy Roman Empire apart, as William had hoped.