Unable to persuade Duke Rodrigo and his brother Robert to reconcile, or convince Robert to apologize to Rodrigo, Odo watched Robert leave in a huff.

Otto was very reluctant, he knew that although Robert would be sent back to the battlefield of Zaragoza by William again, he and his brother Robert would definitely not fight side by side again, considering the conflict between Robert and Rodrigo, William would definitely separate the two and arrange Robert elsewhere.

Of course, Robert did not take this into account, believing that if he could meet his brother William again and confess Rodrigo's mistakes, he would be punished if he could not be dismissed as commander of the legion.

In order to get back to Paris as soon as possible, Robert and Córdoba's envoys set out by boat from the Garonne River, then entered the Loire River from the Bay of Biscay, arrived in Orleans, and then traveled north by horse to Paris.

Although the journey back to Paris by boat is hundreds of kilometers longer than travelling by horse, the speed is much faster than travelling by horse.

Riding a horse by land can only be carried out in seven or eight hours during the day, and at night it is necessary to stop and rest, and because of the need to take care of the horses, it is impossible to go at full speed, and it is good to walk one hundred and eighty kilometers a day.

There is no need to stop at night when taking a boat, and it only takes about ten days to reach Orleans, which is not far from Paris.

As soon as Robert arrived in Paris, he immediately took the envoys of Córdoba to the Palais de la Cedence to meet William. Robert, the envoy of Córdoba, will not forget that this is also a credit to him.

"Your Majesty, Lord Robert, Earl of Norfolk, has asked to see him outside the palace, and he has brought an envoy from the city-state of Córdoba." Faller Osborne knelt down in front of William and said.

"Didn't he fight with Rodrigo on the battlefield in Zaragoza, Spain? Why is it here? William was puzzled, but he chose to summon Robert anyway.

"Let him and the envoys of Córdoba in." William said, waving his hand.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Faller Osborne bowed and said.

In a few moments, Robert and the envoys of Córdoba were inferior to the palace under the guidance of Phaleosborne.

William didn't speak, just looked at Robert faintly, waiting for his time.

"Your Majesty, Duke Rodrigo is cowardly and incompetent, has a strong legion but sticks to the city, the enemy does not pursue when he withdraws his troops, he is cowardly in foreign wars, but good at internal fighting, but he has driven me out of the battlefield, and I ask you to be clear." Robert was the first to say Duke Rodrigo.

"I will investigate this matter and make a decision here, so I won't be busy making a conclusion yet.

What mission are you here this time, the people around you must be the ones you escort. William changed the subject and asked with concern.

For Robert's one-sided words, William is not far from believing in a word, following him for several years of Rodrigo, William knows him better, not greedy, not proud, and kind to others, that is, Duke Rodrigo.

Presumably there was a conflict between Robert and Rodrigo, and in the end, Robert was kicked out of the army by Rodrigo under the pretext of escorting VIPs.

"Your Majesty, he is the envoy of the city-state of Córdoba, His Excellency Grand Vizier Yusuf." Robert knelt on the ground and introduced himself to the Grand Vizier Youssef of the city-state of Córdoba.

"Is Córdoba, the capital of the Uumeyed dynasty in the past?" William couldn't help but ask.

"That's true, Your Majesty, I am Grand Vizier of the city-state of Córdoba, from the city-state of Córdoba in the south, and I am willing to be an offensive and defensive alliance with you and help each other." The Grand Vizier confidently raised his value and bowed down.

"The stakes are high at this time, so instead of making a decision, you can tell me what the city-state of Córdoba has to offer me, so that I can make up my mind." William waved his way and refused: "Tell me about the customs of Córdoba first, His Royal Highness Grand Vizier Youssef." ”

"Yes, Great King." The Grand Vizier of Córdoba bowed and said, and then he began to introduce himself.

Originally an ancient city of Phoenician and Carthaginian, it was colonized by the Romans in the second century BC, and around the first year of the Common Era (roughly during the Han Dynasty), Córdoba became the capital of the Spanish jurisdiction and the Roman province of Andalusia.

In 572, the Visigoths invaded, and Córdoba became a dependency of Toledo, the capital of unified Spain. Shortly after the Moorish invasion in 711, Cordoba became the capital of Spain under the occupation of ***.

In 756 AD, Prince Abd al-Rahman, a descendant of the Arab Umayyad dynasty, established the "White Food" kingdom, and the Umayyad dynasty, also known as the Umayyad dynasty, ruled most of the Iberian Peninsula.

The Umayyad Dynasty was known for its prosperous commerce and culture, and the city of Cordoba entered its heyday and became a world-famous metropolis, along with Baghdad and Constantinople, as the world's three major cultural centers.

As a result of gaining the status of a caliphate, Córdoba then experienced a period of prosperity. As the most populous city in the West, Córdoba has a population of up to 300,000 people, and it has become the most powerful capital in the world, with as many as 300 mosques in its heyday, and the Grand Mosque has been gradually expanded during this period.

In the 11th century, the caliphate was politically divided into two factions, the Murabidi and the founding unitarian sect of Berberism, and the Umayyad dynasty fell apart without an heir, and the former capital of Córdoba became an independent and autonomous city-state independent of its elder brother, the Moorish emir state.

Córdoba is a historic city with a long history, with countless cultural heritage and monuments, many relics left by the different ethnic groups that once lived in the city, especially the vast Arab civilization, which was the most glorious in medieval Europe, and the Great Mosque of Córdoba is a typical representative of it.

At the same time, William valued Córdoba's geographical location, which was strategically located on the Guadalquivir River, at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula, with Madrid and Toledo to the northeast, Lisbon in Portugal to the northwest, and Seville, Granada and Gibraltar to the south.

Its location was so advantageous that after the 12th century, Spain used Córdoba as an important military base.

William was naturally salivating over such a prosperous and geographically important city, but it was not yet the best time to capture Córdoba, but he could infiltrate the emir city-state through trade and military aid.