As the Norman army continued to gather in Castile, not only several standing legions and the two Guards legions directly under William, but also the Norman nobles who rushed to hear the news from the country.

Fascinated by William's offer, the Norman nobles gathered on Burgos in Castile in order to seize the legendary pagan Moorish vaults filled with gold and jewels, and to occupy the fertile grange estates flowing with honey and milk.

This was another nationwide war of conquest, not only of the Normans, but also of the French, the Brittany, the Anglo-Saxons, the Low Germans, the Italians, and so on, and the warriors gathered not only nobles and knights, but also frustrated landless nobles, mercenaries, and adventurers.

Soon, the cities of León, Burgos, and Zaragoza in Castile became three large barracks, home to hundreds of thousands of soldiers, more than twice as much as William's standing army.

And this is not the most terrifying, the subsequent steady stream of soldiers to participate in this war seems to have no end, and the scope gradually expanded to the Holy Roman Empire, Northern Europe and the surrounding Sicily.

It's only been less than a month, and tens of thousands of troops have already been gathered, so if this situation continues, then what's the point?

Abad's father and son, who learned of this, were extremely worried about this situation, fearing that if war broke out and the other party launched a formal attack on their side, their country would most likely not be able to wait for reinforcements from Sultan Yusuf and would fall in a very short time.

In order not to use any means, including but not limited to splitting Christian countries or submitting to the powerful Castile, the Abad father and son have always been careful to treat their strong neighbors, but at this moment, in order to protect themselves, they have no other way but to strike first.

The proud attitude of the Norman envoy a few days earlier had made them determined.

At that time, the Norman envoys proudly demanded that the Abad father and son surrender their territory, disband the army, and go to Leon alone to ask William for forgiveness.

In the face of such a strong demand, the Emir of Seville, Abad Murdedid, after all, was the hero who conquered many Moorish emirates and unified the southern Iberian Peninsula, and he did not hesitate to give a domineering answer: "The Seville Mint is no longer minting gold, but steel." ”

Such words undoubtedly meant war, but at the moment there was still no reinforcement from the Mulabites, and the reply received by the Abad father and son was that the Sultan Yusuf was using troops against the Hamad family of the Kabyr rebels, and it was impossible to send troops to support them in the short term.

For now, Abad and his son decided to attack the city of Toledo on their backs, and then use it as a base to block the Norman army north of the Tagus and Tagus rivers.

There are two rivers in central Spain that can be used as natural hazards: the Guadiana River, which flows through Córdoba, which is the last line of defense to protect Córdoba, Seville and Grenada, and the Tejo and Tagus rivers, which flow through the city of Toledo, not far south of Madrid.

The Tagus River is an international river, in Spain the river is called the Tagus River, in Portugal the Tagus River, it originates in the eastern part of Spain near Tragacete in the Alvarracín Mountains, flows through the arid regions of Spain and Portugal, and eventually from near Lisbon such as the Atlantic Ocean.

For example, these two rivers are the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in Spain, and whoever can control these two rivers, as well as the surrounding fortress towns and strongholds, will be able to occupy an active and advantageous position in the following war.

On July 26, 1066, the Abad forces of Seville took advantage of the dark moon and high winds to raid the Castilian border town of Toledo, and after the fall of the town, the townspeople were sold into slavery by the Moors.

The fall of Toledo and the sudden outbreak of war did not panic the Normans, but allowed the nobles, who had been patient for a long time, to take the lead without waiting for William's orders.

On July 29, 1066, three days after the fall of Toledo, Archampaugh, son of the Count of Bourbon. Morality. Bourbon and Jourdan. Morality. Lucioni and the others mobilized men and horses from all over the world, and gathered the rest of the noble knights of the French, a total of thousands of men and horses took the initiative to attack.

Alchambo and Jourdain also captured the town of Galvez in one fell swoop.

Upon receiving the news, William immediately decided to send an army to the aid of the army of Baron Alchambeau and Sir Jourdin, although the two of them did not follow his command and attacked on their own, but William could not have watched the two of them be defeated by the Moors of Seville who arrived later, otherwise even he would have lost face.

The town of Galvez is less than 30 kilometres from Toledo, and Seville's Emir Abad Murdeide and his son Abad Murtaimide will not sit idly by.

Sure enough, the future emir Abad Murtimid himself led his men and horses to besiege the town of Galvez, but before they could actually start a siege on the town of Galvez, they heard that the mighty Duke of Munster and Marquis of Barcelona Rodrigo led an army of 15,000 troops in the direction of the town of Galvez.

Fearing Rodrigo's prestige and the Norman reinforcements that followed, Abad Murtimid had no choice but to abandon his plan to attack the town of Galvez and retreat to the nearby city of Toledo.

Pope John X was delighted by the victory of the Normans in their first battle, and his victory over the pagans was undoubtedly a cause for celebration, and he sent Rodrigo at the front a banner and a huge silver cross to congratulate him.

Since then, Rodrigo has taken these two relics with him on every expedition since then, using the power of religion to call and inspire the soldiers and civilians of the Norman Empire and Spain, and God's blessing has doubled the faith of Christians.

When Duke Rodrigo entered the town of Galvez, he gathered more troops that came later, and within two days he had assembled an army of 30,000, including two standing legions, including 5,000 light and heavy cavalry, more than 20,000 infantry, and thousands of archers.

Once the army had been assembled, Rodrigo led his troops to Toledo, intending to recapture the strategically important city of Toledo and clear the road to Córdoba, Seville and Grenada.