Hogwarts Everything is Three

On January 5, 1066, King Edward, the monarch of the Anglo-Saxon Wessex dynasty, passed away suddenly.

His death was like a starting gun, triggering a race for the throne of England.

But Harold Gwenson’s opponents are at a disadvantage. They are all on the other side of the sea, hundreds of miles away.

Since ten years ago, in 1056, in addition to not having the name of a king, Harold, who was entrusted to Wessex, has been in charge of all parties, but even though he sits on the right place and people, But he still has a problem-Harold still faces a big obstacle on the way to the throne. Although he is the most powerful man in England at present, although he is the brother-in-law of King Edward, he has no direct relationship with the royal family. Blood relationship.

Edward has left behind a blood relative, Prince Edgar, who is only fourteen years old, is Edward's nephew.

And Harold was also blessed by the weather-at least at this time he was also blessed by the weather.

Several great aristocrats in England have gathered in London since last Christmas. The seriously ill Edward had to elect the next king without a clear successor. Among the members of the noble council was a brother of Harold. Goss Gwenson-Earl of East Anglia.

With the help of his younger brother, they succeeded in persuading the Parliament to accept that England now needs a man who is good at ruling and possessing real power. As Edward’s minister of stock, Harold is ambitious and capable of fighting, and as a power. The actual controller-his father, Earl Godwin, successfully established a great dynasty, and accumulated a lot of territory and power for his four sons. The other two brothers of Harold Kent and the North Northumbria has a large area of ​​Tosti, together with Goss, a member of the aristocratic council, the four brothers divided up a large area of ​​land in England and Scotland and helped the family maintain power. People even think that the Earl of Godwin personally created the Edwardian management system-although they recently lost the northern brother, but Harold Gwensen became the best candidate for the new king.

And Harold himself is indeed a mature politician. He knew that he must take the initiative to encourage the Council of Nobles to support him as a throne. So a few minutes after Edward's death, Harold played his trump card-he declared Edward to the Council of Nobles. During the dying period, he told him to inherit the throne in person, but other people present did not reject his statement. Even the noble council itself liked to hear about it. They needed a strong king, not to mention this strong and brave The powerful king now gave them a perfect explanation.

Therefore, on January 6, 1066, the people of England just buried their old King Edward in the Westminster Abbey built by him, which was not yet fully completed. In the afternoon of the same day, Harrow De Gwensen was just a few steps away from the body of Edward who had just been buried. Under the auspices of the bishop, he smeared holy oil on his head, put on a crown, and was crowned as the new king of England-originally according to religion. As a rule, the new king must be crowned a few months after being elected.

It was not until many days later that the news of Edward's death and the quick ascension to the throne of the British Earl reached the ears of William, who was still training troops to strengthen his armaments in Rouen, the largest city in Normandy at the time, and the ruthless King of Norway Hara It was more days later when you used fire to suppress the countrymen who rebelled against his rule, and was informed by his rushed men—they heard the news from the traders who traveled to and from the North Sea.

The peace in England is running out. William is now organizing his own army into an expeditionary force. At the same time, Harald is dreaming of a great and immortal victory, but Harold faces a third enemy. A person closer to him-his brother Goss in the Gwensen family is the person who supports him most, while the one in the north is not so loyal.

Tosti, Earl of Northumbria, was expelled from England by Harold six months before Harold became king. This Tosti was also the father-in-law and ally of William, Duke of Normandy, and Baldwin, Earl of Flanders. Brother-in-law of the world.

Tosti is a very attractive person. He is more handsome, stronger and brave than Harold. He loves to fight with soldiers on the front line when he is commanding, but he is obviously in governing territory, he and his brothers. Far from it, Northumbria was messed up by him. He levied heavy taxes at will in his territory and suppressed other nobles. In fact, everyone knew that at least three Northumbria nobles were killed by him. Under the assassination.

People were overwhelmed and began to defect to the South. Harold had two choices at the time. If he supported his brother, there would inevitably be a civil war, but if there was only one thing learned in England in that century, it would be During the Civil War, the Vikings would take advantage of the void and conquer them all as they did before. So this was a dilemma. Harold had to make the right decision, sacrificed his brother, and avoided the Wei The invasion of the Beijing people-at least avoided for a few months.

And only three weeks after Harold became king, this Tosti united his illegitimate son William in Normandy to start his revenge plan. Now he hates his brother so much that he wants to regain the territory, he wants revenge.

On the beach of Normandy, the brothers turned against each other and caused trouble.

"My brother, he is a liar dog!" Tosti, who was much taller than William, was slightly behind the Duke of Normandy by half a step at this time, and said loudly behind him.

William, who walked slowly in front, didn't look back: "You came here all the way to tell Lao Tzu what Lao Tzu already knew?"

"He betrayed me, and my family." Tosti didn't care about the vulgarity of William, who had dyslexia and was actually illiterate. He replied in a lower voice, noting that William stopped and looked back at him. Tosti continued to persuade him in a more sincere tone: "I came here to clean him up."

"Then why should I believe you?" William stared at the former Earl of Northumbria with his own eyes. "You are connected to him by blood."

"I can't change this fact, but I can help you. He stole my land, and he stole your crown." Tosti did not avoid William's gaze, but looked at each other sincerely, "Unite , We can beat him."

William just continued to stare at him for a while, then slightly nodded and turned around, and continued to move forward without speaking.

The former Earl of Northumbria’s desire for revenge made him not stop at William. He also hoped to gain the support of another big warlord. After the trip to Normandy, he sailed with Harold’s anti-eyed brother Tosti. Thousands of miles, travel north to Norway, seeking the support of the ruthless man.

A few weeks later, in the longhouse of the Norwegian Highland Lord.

"Oh, what did the black sheep come to Norway for?" Harald, who was sitting behind the lord’s long table with his two confidants, looked at Tosti Gwensen, who was standing in front of him. Wrestle, but what other use do you have for me?"

Tosti pulled his mouth for revenge, enduring the rudeness he regarded as a barbarian: "Most English nobles hate my brother. They will support me. As long as you support me, they will also support you. , They will support you."

"Do I look like an idiot?" The Viking king leaned on his back and asked the former Anglo-Saxon nobleman.

"You are an unprecedented warrior in Scandinavia. England is your handy thing. If you attack now, your reputation will last forever."

"Inbattlestormweseekonlee, Withskulkingheadandbendingknee...Iwilloutandcarvemynameinlegend (in the storm of war~www.ltnovel.com~ We will never bow to our knees... I will turn my name into a legend. Harald Hadra the Ruthless Da, also known as Harald III, the King of Norway, reached out to Tosti Gwensen, the former Earl of Northumbria.

The two reached a consensus and then jointly formed an invasion force, ready to attack Harold's England from the north in the late summer. At the same time, a thousand miles to the southwest, William himself was already ready.

William, who had just finished praying with Matilda, who was a distant cousin and wife, said in a tone of tenderness that was completely different from the usual cruelty: "When summer comes, you will be ready."

"If this is God's will, then his will will be fulfilled." The devout Matilda looked at her husband with some admiration. She was completely confident that William would be favored by the Lord to win this war.

In the London palace, Harold knew nothing about enemies coming from two different directions.

In the royal hall, Harold’s closest brother, Goss Gwensen, Earl of East Anglia, walked beside his brother: “Half of happiness comes from patience. King Edward often said this.”

"The most famous saying." The new King of England, Harold, walked to his throne and sat down, adding to his brother Goss who was standing beside him, "The other half is a sharp sword."

Obviously, in the heart of Harold, who thinks that he is a king is different from the previous earl, because he is connected to the Lord because of the monarch power, he still knows all the laws of power politics. He knows that someone will want to crown his crown. Take it away with his head.