After confirming the anchorage of the Viking fleet, William immediately sent Rodrigo and more than 6,000 cavalry to destroy the Viking fleet.

William himself led his men and horses and more than 2,000 horsemen along the Trent and Uss rivers north to Yorkshire.

This time there was Duke Ossoff of Northumbria. With Bamburg's help, William met no massive resistance, and where he and the Normans were not resisted by the Northumbrians.

"Maybe that's the influence of the Bamburgh." When William saw this scene, he was quite emotional, but in his heart he was very interested in the Bamburgh family and Ossoff. Bamburgh became more and more vigilant.

William's eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at Ossoff with an imperceptible gaze, and he was determined that when he took control of England and succeeded to the throne of England, he would definitely find an opportunity to take back the title and territory of the Duke of Northumbria and expel the Bamburgh family from England completely.

William's army marched fast, and because he met no resistance, it took him only five days to reach Yorkshire.

The march of more than 200 kilometers in five days was already very fast, and if it weren't for the nobles and Sain along the way who kept coming to pay allegiance to William, William and the Normans would have marched faster than this.

In this way, William also surpassed the previous record of eight days it took him to arrive at Yorktown from Lincolnshire, and it was indeed much more convenient without the harassment of the local nobles.

"Your Majesty."

Not far away, the voice of Duke Rodrigo came, and he was seen hurriedly leading his cavalry out of York City to meet William.

"Oh? Has York City been taken, Rodrigo. William asked, curiously.

The last time William's troops came to York, he was impressed by the nearly ten meters thick walls of York and the high morale of the Northumbrians at the head of the city, and he had the impression that York could not have been captured so easily and quickly by the cavalry of the Duke of Rodrigo.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is like this, when we defeated the Varangian Guard of the Vikings, the Vikings left the Northumbrian army and hurried back to Yorkshire.

Subsequently, the Vikings took advantage of the laxity of the governor of Yorkshire to storm the city of York and sack it, and if we had not rescued it in time, I am afraid that it would have been in ruins. Duke Rodrigo said with emotion.

"So the Vikings have all withdrawn? Rodrigo, have you found the location of the Viking fleet and destroyed it? William asked, with a hint of eagerness in his tone.

In his mind, the destruction of the Viking fleet was more important than the survival of York City, because the Viking longship was the key to the Vikings' elusiveness, and as long as all the Viking longships were destroyed, the Vikings would have no advantage at all.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty." Rodrigo lowered his head, feeling a little lost, and said: "Two days ago, we rushed day and night, and hurried to the Viking fleet to get the anchorage, Bridlington Harbor, but when we arrived with the army, most of the Viking army had already left the port in a longship, and our army only had time to intercept more than 20 Viking longships, and the captured Vikings would exceed a thousand.

Later, we turned around and headed to Yorktown, where we found the Vikings who were still working in York, so we got rid of the Vikings and took Yorktown. ”

"It's really tortuous." William sighed, looked at Duke Rodrigo and comforted: "Rodrigo, you don't have to blame yourself, none of us would have imagined that the Vikings would retreat so decisively." Tell me what you learned and why the Vikings were so hasty to evacuate Yorkshire. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." After William's reassurance, Rodrigo calmed down and began to explain: "I have discovered the real reason for the retreat of the Vikings and Harald through the interrogation of the Viking chiefs and nobles.

King Magnus of Norway and Denmark was critically ill and could die at any moment, and Harald's hasty evacuation of Yorkshire must have had something to do with it. ”

"Magnus, King of Denmark and Norway......" William began to think when he heard the somewhat familiar name.

Magnus. Olafsson (1024 ~ October 25, 1047), known as Magnus, the 'Good King', succeeded to the throne of Norway from 1035 and from 1042 to Denmark until his death in 1047.

Magnus. Olafsson. Inglin was the illegitimate son of King Olaf II of Norway, but in 1028 his father abdicated and fled Denmark with his mother.

He returned to Norway in 1035 and was crowned king at the age of 11, and in 1042 he was crowned king of Denmark.

Magnus's reign in Norway and Denmark lasted until 1047, when he died mysteriously under unclear circumstances.

After his death, his kingdom was divided into Harald. Kingdom of Norway and Swain II. Kingdom of Denmark in Irivan.

Historically, King Magnus of St. Olaf died mysteriously in October 1047, but perhaps because of William, Magnus died mysteriously in September 1045, just before his decisive battle with William.

It's no wonder that Harald and the Vikings don't have the will to continue fighting.

Harald. After the loss of the Varangian Guard, it was clear that Inglin had the strength to fight again, but he was very determined to flee, and it was clear that he was far more concerned about Magnus's mysterious death than about the war.

Speaking of Harald. The reason for Ingrin's withdrawal has to be mentioned as another key figure, the famous founder of the Danish Irevan dynasty, King Swin II of Denmark.

Seyn II (c. 1019 – 28 April 1074) was King of Denmark from 1047 to 1074.

Sven II's father was Ulf. Munso, so he should be Swain. Ulfson, but his mother, Astelle. Cnutlin was the daughter of the sister of King Cnut the Great of England, Denmark and Norway, so he chose Estrisson as one of his names.

Sven was made a nobleman when Hadknout (son of Knut the Great) was king of Denmark and joined Denmark's war with Norway, but they were defeated by the army of King Magnus I of Norway.

When Hardknout died in 1042, Magnus proclaimed the throne of Denmark and made Sven a nobleman of Jutland.

From 1043 onwards, Sven began to confront Magnus, but was defeated and fled to Sweden.

The war between Sven and Magnus lasted until 1045, when Magnus's exiled uncle, Harad Hadrada, returned to Norway.

The confluence of Harald and Sven forced Magnus to declare a share of the Norwegian throne with Harald.

Magnus died in 1047, and on his deathbed he said that his kingdom would be divided, that Harald would be given the throne of Norway, and that Sven would be king of Denmark.

Reluctantly wishing Denmark to be owned by Sven II, Harald began to attack Sven II, and the war lasted until 1064, when Harad stopped attacking Denmark.

After being defeated by Harold Gwynson and killed in the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Sven II turned his attention to England, once ruled by his uncle Canute the Great.

Together with the Anglo-Saxon royal descendant Edgar, he attacked King William in 1069.

However, after the capture of York, Sven II abandoned Edgar after receiving payment from William, and Edgar was exiled to Scotland.

"It seems that Harald. Inglin suspects that King Magnus's bizarre death has something to do with Swain, and he hastily leaves with his army in order to compete with Swain for the throne of Norway and Denmark.

God has blessed me with the Norman kingdom, and I think that the war between Harald and Swain will last for a long time, and they will not experience an invasion of the kingdom of England for ten years. William had a guess in his mind, and although it still needed to be verified, he was relieved.