Duke Friedrich of Lower Lorraine. Feng. Luxembourg, Duke of Luxembourg, Gisbert. Feng. Two Luxembourg brothers and Duke Floris of the Netherlands. Under the banner of retaking the Duchy of Flanders for their nephew (cousin), Baldwin V, Duke of Flanders, Hrufe led more than 23,000 allied soldiers into the county of Gender in Flanders and the county of Bourges, which was defended by the Duke of Richard.

Due to the banner of retaking the territory for Baldwin V, Duke of Flanders, the Flemish people throughout the Duchy of Flanders responded one after another, and the coalition army that went to Gend with their own weapons and horses agreed to obey the orders of the Duke of Flanders.

The Normans, who ruled the region, were confined to their castles in the face of a world enemy, not only in the newly conquered Duchy of Flanders, but also in some parts of the Duchy of Belgium.

This shows how failed the Normans were in their eight years of ruling the Duchy of Flanders, and how they did not digest the territory after so many years.

However, given the devastation caused to the people of the Duchy of Flanders by the crimes committed by the Normans eight years earlier, it is understandable that there has been a rebellion in Flanders.

At that time, there were three traditional enemies of the Normans, namely Anjou, France and Flanders, as one of the traditional enemies of the Normans, when they conquered the coastal areas of the Duchy of Flanders, the Normans really showed no mercy, many towns and villages were burned to the ground, countless castles were razed to the ground, and countless wealth and craftsmen were taken away.

Moreover, at that time, Baldwin V, Duke of Flanders, still ruled the southern counties of Artois and Yplind, the counties of Root and Zeeland, adjacent to the Duke of Andrew's Principality of Belgium, and his presence was a banner, a flag that reminded the Normans and the Flemish of hatred.

The Count of Bourges, the capital of the Duchy of Belgium under the control of the Duke of Richard, is now in danger, while the army of the Duke of Andrew is still trapped in the castle of Calais and stalemate with the Vikings.

Although Flanders and Burgundy were nearly 500 kilometers apart, William was able to learn about the plight of Flanders in time thanks to the convenient water transport and pigeon system.

Now that the war against the Duchy of Burgundy was at a critical juncture, but the Flanders region was in danger, William had to choose between the two, and he had to hold a court council to listen to the opinions of his vassals and nobles before making a decision.

"As Baron Centur said, the Duchy of Flanders has been invaded by the coalition of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire, and the Vikings entrenched in Calais, the Duke of Andrew and the Duke of Richard are in a state of being caught between the front and the back, and we must agree on a countermeasure as soon as possible, and you can speak freely." William sat on the throne, looked at the Norman nobles standing on the left and right of the audience, and spoke.

The first to speak was Roger, the commander of the Fifth Legion. Morality. The Count of Montgomery, he was one of William's important supporters, when the Normandy rebellion was raging, and most of the people who were willing to support William were those Norman nobles who were Frenchized, including Brionne, Beaumont, Montgomery, Ponthieu and other Norman nobles.

With the support of these nobles, William was able to defeat the Burgundian Kay. Morality. After Ivrea, he quickly established a firm rule in Normandy.

The elite of the Normans, Cotentin and Mortan, where the majority of Normans lived, were largely opposed to William's rule, preferring to support a nephew who was also related to the Duke of Robert as the Duke of Normandy than an illegitimate son.

Among them, Nigel of Cotentin, Lanouf of Besan, Ralph Tyson of Tierry, Greemel of Plessis and others were the Norman nobles who were most opposed to William at that time, and they were also William's opponents. Morality. Supporters of Ivrea.

In the end, of course, William defeated the rebels of Kay and the Norman nobles at the Battle of the Wals Dunes, wiped out a large number of Norman nobles who opposed him, and gave the land to the Norman nobles who supported him.

Thus, as one of the most important nobles in the Norman kingdom, Roger. Morality. The Earl of Montgomery came out to give his opinion, which immediately attracted the attention of William and the other Norman nobles.

"Your Majesty, the invasion of the Vikings and the armies of the HRE Empire into the western part of the Norman kingdom seriously threatens the security of our fundamental territory, the Duchy of Normandy.

In the event of the defeat of the Duke Andrew and the Duke of Richard, the Duchy of Normandy would be in flames, which would never be allowed to happen.

Your Majesty, I beg you to return to Normandy with your army and go to Flanders to support Andrew and Lord Richard and destroy the enemy outside the Duchy of Normandy. "Roger. Morality. Count Montgomery looked at William with a determined expression and expressed his opinion.

Despite being an earl and having a county as a fief in the Kingdom of England, he and the Montgomery family still owned a large amount of property in the Duchy of Normandy, which was their foundation, and their annual output and income far exceeded that of England's desolate territories.

Hence the Roger . Morality. Led by the Count of Montgomery, the nobles of Beaumont, Pontier, Brionne, Lebron, and Crepon all expressed their intention to return to Normandy with their armies to fight against the combined forces of the Vikings and the HRE princes, while the Duchy of Burgundy was temporarily abandoned.

Watching the Norman aristocrats on the field, they echoed Roger. Morality. William was also impressed by the opinion of the Count of Montgomery, who, like the Norman nobles, thought that the Duchy of Normandy was the essence of all his possessions and could not be lost, and that the Duchy of Burgundy could wait until he had defeated the invaders before trying to concoct it.

Just as William was about to make a decision, Rodrigo, Duke of Munster, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, it is a pity to abandon the results of the battlefield of the Duchy of Burgundy, we have occupied Auxerre and the north-central part of Dijon, captured the city of Dijon, and eliminated the main force of the Duke of Burgundy, as long as we work harder, we can completely occupy the Duchy of Burgundy."

But if we withdraw halfway, all these territories conquered with our blood will be lost, and our hard work will be in vain. ”

"Lord Rodrigo, you are right, but Normandy is extremely important to us, and it is really difficult to choose.

Since you have put forward your own opinions, you should naturally have a solution, so tell me about it. ”

William was also in a dilemma, on the one hand, Normandy was extremely important, but the results of the Duchy of Burgundy were also something he could not bear to give up.