The two giants of the Northern Princes, Duke of Mercia, Leo Frick. Hewess and Duke of Northumbria, Sword. With the death of one of Northumbria and the other by his enemies, the two English princes who posed the greatest threat to William were removed. With Bamburg's allegiance, William finally put down the rival alliance of northern princes.

Subsequently, William made Westmoreland, Lancaster, Chester, and Schuwsbury earls in order to consolidate Norman dominance in the north of England and to monitor William's newly canonized Duke of Northumbria, Osophuf, and the Kingdom of Scotland.

However, in this good situation, there are also some discordant voices, such as the former Earl of Scheuisbury, who was robbed of the title of earl by William. Everguson is still at large.

Edric. In addition to Schulseberry's identity, Everguson is also the leader of a local bandit of thieves, with thousands of thieves at his disposal.

These thieves were active in the mountain forests of the counties of Schulsbury and Hereford, as well as in the neighbouring counties of Welsh, Bowshire County.

This group of thieves has a broad civil base in these counties, and they have always robbed the rich and the poor, robbed passing merchants and relieved people in need, and brought people into the gang by the way.

At the same time, Edric was the first to raise the slogan of expelling the Norman invaders, and won the broad support of the Anglo-Saxons in western Mercia who were dissatisfied with Norman rule.

William didn't pay much attention to this resistance at first, but ordered his nephew, Richard Earl of Schuetbury. Morality. Alfranche led the Wickesian army to exterminate him, and just in case, William gave him a Norman knight of 300 men.

As for why William did not lead the whole army to attack Edric with the overwhelming posture of Mount Tai, it was because most of the more than 30,000 noble vassals under his command had been disbanded, and the remaining 30,000 standing troops and civilian armies also had their own tasks.

What's more, both Scheusebury and Hereford are mountainous terrain, and the Norman knights and large troops can't use it, and no matter how many troops go to the mountains and jungles, it will only accompany Edric to play hide and seek.

This time, William sent his nephew Richard alone. Morality. Afranche went to kill Edric, also with the intention of some consideration.

After explaining everything, William led a standing army of more than 30,000 and began to inspect his newly acquired territories in the Duchy of Mercia and the Duchy of Northumbria, suppressing the disobedient Anglo nobles and Sains.

In the face of the glorious military might of the Normans, no nobleman in the northern counties of England dared to rebel against William's rule.

Everywhere he went, William summoned the local nobles, the Sain, and if anyone did not follow his orders, or if the nobles were disrespectful, William would arrest them for resentment and rebellion, deprive them of their property and throw them into the dungeon.

After a circle, dozens of nobles and nobles Sain touched William's brow and were locked in the dungeon, and William's dungeon was full for a while.

It was not until no one dared to resist or show resentment, and after accepting the allegiance of all the nobles, William was content to lead his army south to his capital, Wessex.

In order to control the northern counties, William left Duke Andrew of Belgium behind. Dalton and his Third Regiment were stationed in the city of York.

To this end, William appointed Andrew as Governor of Yorkshire, in charge of the militias in Mercia and Northumbria, and had the right to deploy the vassals in the north of England.

However, just as William was leading his army south through Warwickshire, he received a message from Richard. Morality. News of the Earl of Affranche being blocked in Scheuisbury.

Edric. Everguson's bands of thieves took advantage of the terrain and fought with Richard's forces in the mountains and forests.

Due to the small difference in the strength of the two sides, Richard was unable to achieve victory in the face of the Edric thieves who had the advantage of terrain, but was repeatedly ambushed by the opponent's archers in several battles, and lost a lot of troops.

In the end, Richard had to retreat to the plains of Schusebury, using the castle and cavalry to barely fight a draw with Edric's bandits.

William wasn't too worried about whether he could wipe out this band, but what was worrying was whether Edric's bandit would infest several other neighboring counties.

The surrounding counties of Chester, Derby, Hereford, and Worcestershire were all under fire, and Norman rule in these areas was still precarious, and if Edric led a bandof thieves to attack them, these counties would probably be captured by him.

If that were the case, William's face would be a clean one.

"Jeffrey. Morality. Baron Mantville. William looked at the somewhat unknown general on the side and nodded to Jeffrey's general.

Jeffrey. Morality. Baron Mantville used to be a training general under William, and he served with William very early, but later he had a bad luck, because he was responsible for guarding the territory and did not catch up with several major battles, so he was canonized as a baron a few years ago and did not rise to the title.

This time William led his army into England and let Geoffrey. Morality. Baron Manteville joined his own guards, but was the commander of a brigade.

During the successive battles with the Hastings and the Northern Princes, despite the fact that Geoffrey. Morality. Baron Manteville didn't have much to offer, but William was impressed by his steady fighting style, and he and his troops were the mainstay of the front line in several battles.

William took a fancy to Baron Jeffrey's steady fighting style that he deliberately ordered his general.

"Your Majesty." Geoffrey knelt in front of William and prostrate.

"Jeffrey. Morality. Baron Mantville, you have fought in several great wars, and I have made you the Earl of Hereford, and you have the county of Hereford. William drew his sword and tapped Jeffrey on the shoulder three times, looked at Jeffrey with a smile, and announced:

"You have taken your own heavy infantry regiment of the Guards to support Richard, Earl of Schusebury, and William has given you an additional force of five hundred Norman knights.

You will cooperate with Richard, Earl of Schusebury, in the extermination of Edric and his band of thieves. ”

"Your Majesty, your orders are my mission." Jeffrey, Earl of Hereford. Morality. Mantville responded excitedly.

When Earl Geoffrey stepped down, William summoned Faller. Osborne, commanded:

"Faller, you take someone to Worcestershire to secretly investigate Bishop Woolfstein.

I suspect that Edric's ability to run amok in counties such as Schulsebury and Hereford has nothing to do with the support of Bishop Woolfstein.

You've got to grab hard evidence of his and Edric's collusion, you know? ”

"Got it, Your Majesty." Faller understood what William meant, and he was going to attack the obnoxious Bishop of Woolfstein and take the opportunity to take back Worcestershire.