Duke Andrew's statement was shared by many Norman nobles, and the Norman Empire was better to share Spain with other countries than to share it with other countries.

As the emperor of Spain, William wanted to take the entire Iberian Peninsula for himself.

"Since you agree with Duke Andrew, then follow suit.

The lands occupied by the Moors in this war against Iberia, except for Seville, Grenada, and Córdoba, which will be under my direct jurisdiction, the rest of the lands such as Valencia, Murcia, Badajoz, Lisbon, and Macalho will all be awarded to those meritorious soldiers! William nodded slightly, and opened his mouth to promise everyone.

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

The nobles cheered, and according to William's arrangement, this was equivalent to giving the usual reward to all the meritorious generals in the territory to be conquered in the future, and William took only the other half of them.

William's arrangement was obviously extremely generous, after all, in the previous war of conquest of Castile, William only gave out Barcelona, Portogaya and Santiago, and the rest of Castile, León, Zaragoza and Aragon were completely under William's direct control, which obviously did not satisfy the appetite of the nobles.

"Roger of Montgomery, Richard of Afranche." William looked at Roger, the commander of the Fifth Legion. Morality. Count Montgomery and Commander of the Seventh Legion, Richard Brown. Morality. Said the Count of Afraches.

"The minister is here."

"The two of you are the commanders of the Eastern Route Army, leading 20,000 troops and responsible for attacking Cuenca and Valencia."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Duke Andrew, you are the commander of the Western Route Army, leading 20,000 troops to attack Lisbon and Eravu and other places."

"Yes." Duke Andrew accepted William's order with a little reluctance.

Although Duke Andrew accepted William's assignment, it was obvious that he was a little reluctant, after all, he had not become the main force in the attack on Castilla, and now he had become the commander of the division all the way, so he naturally had some complaints in his heart.

"Andrew, the direction of your strategy I have assigned you is not inferior, and once the Murabites declare war on us, your Western Route Army will threaten the enemy's flank, and its role will be on par with that of the Central Route Army led by me myself." William smiled and said reassuringly.

Duke Andrew looked like a donkey, and when he heard William's reassurance, he immediately accepted William's order quite happily and gladly became the commander of the Western Route Army.

"Rodrigo, I will lead an army of 50,000 with you as the middle army, heading south to Córdoba, Seville, and Grenada."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After the arrangements were completed, William and the people agreed that they would officially start with the Moorish states such as the Abad dynasty in half a month, and before that, everyone had to replenish supplies and soldiers to prepare for the next successive wars.

Although the Normans did not officially declare war with the Moors in the past half a month, the situation on the border was extremely tense, because the Normans did not hide their intention to go south, but began to openly and openly send grain and grass to Leon.

When the news of the Normans' intention to attack southward reached Seville, the capital of the Abad dynasty, the Abad monarchs were horrified.

At this time, the Abad dynasty was in an eventful period, and the second Abad emir, Abad Murdedid, was already old, and the country was struggling for the succession of the dynasty, and how could he not be frightened to hear that the mighty Norman Empire was intending to conquer them?

Abad Murtaimid, son of Abad Murtaidid, proposed to his elderly father to ask for help from the Murabit dynasty in North Africa in order to increase his political popularity.

"Father, with the only strength we have, we cannot compete with the powerful Norman heretics, and the only way to repel them is to ask for reinforcements from the Sultan Yusuf of Mulabit!"

"I, Abad, have a long-standing rift with the Murabits, and it is unknown whether they are willing to send troops to help us."

Emir Abad Murdeid did not sternly reject his son's proposal, giving Murtaimid hope of convincing his father.

"Father, this time the Normans are going south, it is not only us Abad who are threatened, but also the Sultan of Murabit, once we are destroyed, will Mulabit be able to survive?"

Although the Abad and Murabit dynasties were not in harmony, the Murabites were very disgusted with these profligate *** princes, and they thought that these *** princes were more hateful than those calephine at every turn to seek help from Christian countries.

But even so, in the face of a common enemy, Yusuf, who wanted to come to Murabit, would not refuse their request for help.

The father and son agreed that in order to defend themselves against the invasion of the Christian Norman Empire, they immediately sent an emissary to Ibn Tashfin, the emir of the Murabit dynasty in North Africa, to ask for help.

At this time, there were two great men in the Murabit dynasty, one was Abu Bakr ibn 'Umar, the sultan of Murabit, and the other was the cousin of the sultan, Yusuf ibn Tashfen, who was the deputy sultan and the deputy head of the group.

As a sultan, Abu Bakr ibn 'Umar was not known for suppressing tribal civil strife in the desert in the southern part of the Murabit Sultanate, but his cousin Yusuf ibn Tashfen was famous, and even William had heard of his fame, so much so that the princes and nobles of Europe knew that the Sultan of Murabit was actually Yusuf.

A few years earlier, Yusuf, who had been appointed deputy patriarch of Murabit, had conquered Morocco in the north, Western Sahara in the west, and Mauritania in the east, and then Marrakech as his capital in Morocco.

At this time, Yusuf's strength had already far surpassed that of his cousin Abu Bakr Sultan, so much so that except for a few areas in the south of Murabit, most of the rest of the Murabites supported Yusuf as a deputy sultan.

When Abu Bakr ibn 'Umar put down the tribal civil strife in the southern desert, he realized that his cousin Yusuf had far surpassed his own power.

Fearing that Yusuf would attack him, Abu Bakr ibn 'Umar had no choice but to return to his base in the Western Sahara Desert to escape Yusuf's rebellion against him.

After Abu Bakr retreated, the Murabit dynasty was divided into two parts, with the powerful Yusuf leading Morocco and Mauritania as deputy head and deputy sultan, and Abu Bakr ibn 'Umar as sultan retreating to Western Sahara.

This is also the reason why Abad and his son will ask Yusuf for help, compared to the weak Abu Bakr Sultan, Yusuf is obviously more powerful and prestigious.