Since the words were not speculative, William simply did not say more, he had already met the king Magnus II of Norway that he wanted to meet.

His Majesty did not disappoint him, and he still had the courage to launch a counterattack against William even though he had lost almost everything, which really made William admire.

Sadly, however, his sickly and broken body could not carry his ambitions, so he had to carefully and in various ways try to maintain the balance of power within the Kingdom of Norway, much like Baldwin IV in history, who also suffered from skin diseases and used their broken bodies to support a kingdom.

"Order someone to take good care of him, and give this majesty the treatment he deserves as a king, and do not despise him." William commanded Duke Hubert.

"Yes." Master Hubert replied with a slight bow.

Hubert did not express any doubts about this, but Faller spoke up: "Your Majesty, why should the King Magnus II of Norway treat you so favorably? ”

"Faller, isn't Your Majesty Magnus wrong? No matter what language we use to disguise it, it cannot hide the fact that we are invaders and conquerors.

So we have to get our mindset right, and then we're going to do something that a conqueror should do. William shook his head and explained to Faller, "Your Majesty Magnus is a wise man, and since he has expressed his willingness to cooperate with our work, why not give him some preferential treatment?" ”

"Your Majesty is wise and wise, and we are foolish enough to fail to understand your deep meaning, and we really deserve death." Faller immediately knelt down with a puff and apologized to William.

"It's all right, get up." William didn't care about this, he turned to Duke Hubert and asked, "Are there still those nobles in Trondheim who are still resisting?" On my way here, I heard that the monasteries and castles on the island of the monks have not yet been taken, what is going on? ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, although our army has basically cleared the city of Trondheim, some of the main strongholds outside the city have not been occupied by our army, among which the Monk's Island not far from the north side of Trondheim City is one of them.

With a Benedictine monastery, a fortified fortress and a customs house, the island of monks was an extremely important defensive fulcrum for the city of Trondheim.

The defender of the island is Bishop Ere, Bishop of Nidarus, who is very hostile to us and has an extremely strong will to resist, and our soldiers are tired, so we will let it go for the time being. Duke Hubert replied with a bow.

"Quickly take Monk's Island, Trondheim City will be an important stronghold for our army to conquer the Kingdom of Norway, I don't want to have a presence around it that can threaten its security." William waved his hand and said to Duke Hubert.

"I understand, Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as you give me two days, I will definitely bring you good news." Duke Hubert solemnly promised.

At this time, outside the city, Trondheim was still crowded, the streets were full of groups of soldiers, and more than 2,000 transport ships at the port were busy unloading the remaining soldiers and all the supplies, which could not be completed in more than three days at the current speed of loading and unloading.

"I'm looking forward to your good news, Lord Hubert, and the loading and unloading of materials in the port area should also be accelerated, and local hired men can be recruited to help carry the supplies.

Time is running out for us, and we must strike the enemy hard before they react. William finally confessed.

"Yes." Hubert answered again and asked, "Your Majesty, who is the target of your next strategy, it is the northern princes Gudo. Klovin or Prince Olaf and Danes of Southern Norway? ”

"Gudo. Without the support of Magnus II, Clovin was nothing more than a rootless duckweed, but Prince Olaf of the South was a difficult opponent, and I had dealt with him several times, and I had known each other many times.

Olaf fought against our army twice, and although he was defeated by our army, I was deeply impressed by his bravery and skill, ability to bend and stretch, and forbearance and decisiveness.

If you want to deal with him, you must take advantage of the opportunity that the other party is attracted by Duke Rodrigo at this time, take the opportunity to attack him in the back, smash the enemy's lair, and give him a heavy blow.

As long as this battle is won, it can be said that most of the Kingdom of Norway will fall into the hands of our army. William nodded slightly, and told Hubert about his strategic deployment.

"Master Hubert, what is your plan?" William then asked.

"Forgive me for being stupid, I have never had a better strategy than yours, and my plan is the same as yours, but it is not as comprehensive as your strategic plan." Duke Hubert bowed and said humbly.

"Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing, Lord Hubert, you are too humble." William laughed and shook his head.

The city of Trondheim is separated from Prince Olaf's territories of Opland and Siffer by the towering Scandinavian Mountains, a mountain range with a large number of steep peaks that block William's direct access to Prince Olaf's domain, so William chose to target the nobles in southern Norway who supported Prince Olaf.

It would be much easier to remove Prince Olaf by the fact that he was attracted to Duke Rodrigo's army and cut off all his wings, and when he was alone.

What's more, southern Norway is the essence of the entire Kingdom of Norway, close to the busy Baltic Sea routes, commercially convenient, and relatively better in terms of climate and agriculture, and relatively no worse than some territories in England.

As for the territory of northern Norway, not only is the agricultural conditions harsh, the daylight hours are extremely short, and it is also far from the trade routes and hubs, such barren land can be saved for later exploration.

It was imperative that the main force of the whole army attack the relatively developed cities of Stirling, Brügen, Bergen, Scalé, Haurzonge, Walle, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Sheen and Oslo in the south, and attack the local war potential step by step until it was completely eliminated.

Speaking of Duke Rodrigo, William didn't know what the situation was on his side, whether he won or lost, and was able to successfully capture Oslo.

Although William did not expect Duke Rodrigo to successfully capture the city of Oslo, as long as he could attract the attention of Prince Olaf, for Duke Rodrigo, who continued to create miracles, William always had some expectations for him, hoping that he could bring him different surprises.