Prince of the Norsgaeles, brother-in-law of now Magnus II, Duke of Finnmark. Clovin led 20,000 men south to the city of Trondheim.

Most of the 20,000 people are tribal soldiers of the Finnmark tribe and the Sami tribe, these tribal soldiers and warriors are naturally impeccable, but they are all people who do not abide by military discipline, and it is very possible whether they can exert their due combat effectiveness, but even so, it is still unlikely that William's defenders who left in Trondheim City will hold Trondheim City with more than 3,000 troops.

Heard about Gudo. After Clovin led his troops south, William immediately gave up his plan to join up with Duke Rodrigo and go south to Denmark and east to Sweden, so he had to lead his troops north again.

"This threat is to be lifted behind us no matter what, Gudo. Cloving's death is assured, and we cannot afford to put Trondheim and the Kingdom of Norway under the threat of others! William said to the soldiers, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to send Gudo. All of Kloving's lands will be given to you, and I will give you all of them, and I will give you a portion of my southern Norwegian lands as a reward for the bravest nobles in the Norwegian war.

I will not hesitate to lose fame, titles, and land rewards, all of which you will need to fight for with your own sword! ”

"Long live Your Majesty, long live the Norman Kingdom!"

"Our army will win, we will win!"

The Normans raised their weapons and erupted in cheers.

Boosted by William's morale, the whole army moved faster than usual, and the vanguard cavalry unit even galloped from Telemark in southern Norway, more than 300 kilometers away, all the way to the outside of Trondheim in three days.

Fortunately, the city of Trondheim has not yet been reconciled with Gudo. When Cloven's army was encountered, William's 3,000 defenders who remained in Trondheim still endured the city, giving no one a chance to take advantage of it.

And, with the exception of William's elite cavalry, the rest of the infantry began to advance along the coastal land road.

In the Kingdom of Norway, the coastal environment is actually not bad, and there is also a winding road that passes through various cities along the coast.

The cavalry commander who arrived in Trondheim was Baldwin. Morality. Count of Brionne and Roger. Morality. The two Earls of Outville, who were responsible for leading the Guards cavalry and the Standing Legion cavalry respectively, were extremely elite troops that were unrivaled at the time.

Earl Baldwin and Count Roger agreed to build a perimeter defense line outside the city, and cooperate with the warships docked at the outskirts of the port area of Trondheim to hold the city, waiting for the arrival of William's army.

William was at Bergen, two hundred kilometers away from Trondheim, and hurried his army to Trondheim.

William is not worried about whether the city of Trondheim will be breached, he is more concerned about the king of Norway Magnus II in Trondheim City, this person is the ace of honor in William's hand, it is really because of the existence of Magnus II that the nobles of the Kingdom of Norway have joined him in the grand occasion.

Such an important figure would have been Gudo. Clovin is afraid that his momentum will be even more impressive, and countless Norwegian nobles and clan chiefs will rush to join Gudo. Clowen's command.

In order to prevent this from happening, William even sent his proud Guards cavalry, along with the standing cavalry of Hubert's headquarters, to lead the way to the city of Trondheim.

Just when William was concentrating on solving the Norwegian Gudo. While Clovingne was in the air, news came from Rome, Italy, that made him furious.

It turned out that the new Pope Sdwan IX was not accustomed to William's aggression in the Kingdom of Norway, and repeatedly reprimanded William, demanding that he withdraw his troops from the Kingdom of Norway and return the territories he occupied.

However, William turned a blind eye to this, and directly ignored the successive warnings of Pope Sdwan IX.

Pope Sdwang IX is the former Duke of Lower Lorraine, the son of Grotzer II of the Villain family, born in the Virginish family, who has been the Duke of Lower Lorraine for generations.

Originally, the newcomer Pope Sdwan IX and William had an inseparable hatred, and the Duchy of Lower Lorraine of the Vigerish family was taken away by William, and then he instructed the Grand Duchess Matilda to expel her mother, Beatecriss of the Vigerish family, and what William did made the Vigerish family fall into power and become a second-rate family in the Holy Roman Empire.

Fortunately, Sdwan IX, who was born in the Vigerish family, used various means to be elected as the Pope, which revived the prestige of the Vijès family.

The combination of old and new hatreds made Sdewang lose patience, and in order to restore the authority of the Pope and avenge William, he decided to attack the Normans in the Kingdom of Norway.

Rightfully provoked his killer rule, Sdwan IX punished William with excommunication, ordered the suspension of all operations of the Norman Church, ordered all nobles to swear allegiance to William, and called on the kings and princes of Europa to crusade against William.

This is the third time that William has been excommunicated, but this is not of any soft use, the church in the Norman kingdom has long been controlled by William, and William is respected as the suzerain of the kingdom church, so naturally he will not obey the orders of the Holy See to stop all church activities, or turn his back on William.

Not to mention the Norman aristocracy, these nobles have long since stopped taking the Italian Holy See in their eyes after repeated victories, if the Holy See speaks in a good voice, the Norman nobles can still accept it, but once the Holy See begins to instigate them to deviate from their oath and betray William, they will decisively stand by William's side and no longer ignore the Pope's edicts.

The same was true of the monarchs of other countries, who had already seen the horrors of the Normans, when Pope Leo IX united with the strongest emperor in the world, Henry III of the Salian dynasty, against William.

The combination of HRE and Rome, and the participation of Norway, Denmark and Sweden, could not defeat William, and even Henry III lost to William completely, forced to abandon Upper and Lower Lorraine, and the Holy See was forced to sue for peace.

Such a painful lesson taught all the European nobles not to provoke the Normans easily, otherwise they would be destroyed.

The reluctance of the monarchs, the Norman aristocracy, and the church to obey the papal decree made Stewan IX's extermination of William seem like a joke harlequin.

At this time, although William laughed at the stupidity of Pope Sdwan IX, he kept this time firmly in mind, hated the Holy See for doing whatever he wanted, and decided to go south to the Roman Empire after conquering the Kingdom of Norway.