It is understandable that Baldwin V, Duke of Flanders and Thibaud, Duke of Champagne, were ready to make a move, one was completely defeated by William and forcibly took away most of the Duchy of Flanders, and the other was manipulated by William as a puppet, and the Duchy was full of Norman voices, both the Norman officials and the Norman garrisons in Chartres and Blois were extremely disgusted by the Duke of Champagne.

But it was the Duke of Burgundy, Robert. Morality. Burgundy, the younger brother of Henry I of the Kingdom of France and the second in line to the throne of the Kingdom of France, William could not think of a reason for him to act with himself.

William mentally reviewed the information of Robert, Duke of Burgundy, in his mind, trying to find some clues from it.

Robert I's Burgundy (1011 AD – 21 March 1076), known as "The Elder" and "Ty-Hardy", was canonized as Duke of Burgundy from 1032.

Robert was the son of King Robert II of France and the brother of Henry I of France. In 1025, after the death of his eldest brother Hugh Magnus, he and Henry betrayed their father, King Robert II, and defeated him, forcing him to return to Paris.

In 1031, after the death of his father, King Robert II, Robert took part in a rebellion against his brother Henry I, with the support of his mother, Queen Constanza, Queen Mother.

Peace was finally achieved when Robert I, Duke of Normandy, helped King Henry I return to Paris and Robert received the Duchy of Burgundy (1032).

During his reign, he was nothing more than a robber aristocrat without control, he often plundered property, especially that of the Church, he seized the income of the diocese of O'Tam and the wine of Dijon, he stole the abbey of Saint-Germain from Auxerre.

In 1048, he divorced his wife Ellie, and subsequently assassinated her brother Josaran and her father, his father-in-law, and his father-in-law, Damas I, with his own hands. Morality. Samuel.

In the same year, Bishop Aduin, Bishop of Langer, rebelled against St. Nancy of the church to avoid "exposure to the violence of the dukes", in which his first son, Hugh, was killed on the battlefield at a young age.

In general, Robert the Elder, Duke of Burgundy, was a ruthless bandit aristocrat whose quest for wealth, territory, and titles was endless, for which he could go to church wealth, kill his brother-in-law and father-in-law, divorce his wife, and even send his eldest son to the battlefield to be killed.

Considering the character of Robert the Duke of Burgundy and the amount of information he had at his disposal, William could be sure that Henry I had paid and promised a great deal of benefits to draw Robert the Duke of Burgundy into the anti-Norman camp he had formed, and it was not known what the price Henry I had paid.

"It's a pity! ......”

William secretly screamed in his heart, Robert the Duke of Burgundy, who had a feud with King Henry I of France, was a very useful chess piece in his hand to contain Henry I, as long as the Duke of Thin Foundation was obsessed with the French throne, William was sure to provoke the conflict between him and Henry I.

However, when William heard the Duke of Burgundy, Robert, and his hater, Henry I, he really wanted to carry the Duke of Burgundy's ear and say, "Mouse eyes!" Stupid! ”。

Of course, even if the Duke of Burgundy fell to the side of Henry I, William didn't care, the strength in his hands was fully capable of resisting the joint attack of the French princes, William won the last war with dignity, and there was no reason to lose this time.

What's more, in dealing with the short-sighted Duke of Burgundy, William may not be able to pay a greater price to win over the other party to join his camp, but William feels that it is not worth it.

In addition to King Henry I of France, Baldwin V, Duke of Flanders, Thibaud, Duke of Champagne, and Robert the Duke of Burgundy, other nobles such as the Count of Sens, the Count of Bourges, and the former Duke of Anjou, Count of Tours, and Jomphroy, Count of Tours, joined Henry I's camp.

In addition, the Count of Vimandua and the Archbishop of Reims did not join the anti-Norman faction formed by Henry I, either of them had no reason to oppose William, and the other was instructed by the Holy See and the Pope not to be enemies of William, of course, the main reason was that they were all afraid of William in the last war.

William turned his gaze to the south, and the Poitou family, which owned the Duchy of Aquitaine, the Duchy of Poitou, and the Duchy of Gascony, as well as the Duchy of Toulouse, the southernmost point of France, had no intention of joining either side at all, and they seemed to be planning to play soy sauce all the way.

In the last war, Duke Gichiome VII of Aquitaine was beaten miserably by the Emperor of Spain and King Ferdinand I of Castile and could not take care of himself, this time he faced the invitation of Henry I, and even if he had a grudge against William and Ferdinand I, he did not dare to oppose William again.

"Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope" This is the true portrayal of the Duke of Aquitaine, even if he is very tempted to jointly besiege William, but he also has to think carefully about the consequences, last time he couldn't even beat Ferdinand I's side, if he faced William and Ferdinand I on both sides, then wouldn't he immediately hit gg?

What's more, he knew very well that both William and Ferdinand I had ambitions for Aquitaine, Poitou, and Gascogne, and if he failed again, William and Ferdinand I would not let him go as easily as last time, and the three dukedoms would lose at least Poitu and Gascogne.

The Duke of Toulouse, who was close to the Duchy of Aquitaine and the Duchy of Gascogne, feared William and Ferdinand I as well, and although he had not participated in the last war, he did not think he would survive the defeat after witnessing the devastation of the Duke of Aquitaine.

"Henry I is just uniting the princes of North France and trying to make trouble for me, which is completely self-defeating!" William said confidently.

William kept an eye on the movements of Henry I and the French princes, and at the same time ordered the standing army, militia, and knights in the Norman Kingdom to begin an urgent build-up, and at the same time ordered the Earl of Rodrigo, who was far away in Ireland and Wales, to send part of the expeditionary force to begin to return to the Norman Kingdom.

In this way, under William's instructions, the war machine of the Norman kingdom began to turn in an orderly manner.

But when William was a little nervously looking forward to Henry I bringing the French princes to kill, he suddenly received a piece of news that caught him off guard:

As the leader of the anti-Norman faction, King Henry I of France ......