 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kunze kwokukakavadzana uku kwemhuri, Charles aifanira kurwisana nokupandukira kwakadzokororwa muAquitaine nokurwisana nevaBreton. Vakatungamirirwa nemachinda avo Nomenoë naErispoë, avo vakakunda mambo muhondo yeBallon 845 uye muhondo yeJengland851, vaBreton vakabudirira mukuwana kuzvitonga kwede facto. Charles akarwisawo vaViking, avo vakaparadza nyika yokuchamhembe, mipata yeSeine neLoire, uye kunyange kusvika kumiganhu yeAquitaine. Pakukombwa uye kupambwa kwakabudirira kweParis navaViking muna 845 uye kanoverengeka pashure pacho Charles akamanikidzwa kutenga kudzokera kwavo nomutengo mukuru. Charles akatungamirira nzendo dzakasiyana-siyana dzokurwisa vapambi uye, neChirevo chePistres cha864, akaita kuti uto rive rinotakurika zvikuru kupfurikidza nokugovera nhengo dzevatasvi vamabhiza, mutangiri wechiFrench chivalry akakurumbira kwazvo mukati memakore 600 akatevera. Nomurayiro mumwe chetewo, akarayira kuti mabhiriji akasimba avakwe parwizi rwose kuti adzivise kuvhozhokera kwevaViking. Mabhiriji maviri aya muParis akaponesa guta racho pakakombwa muna 885886. Charles akabatanidzwa mune zvematongerwe enyika neEmirate yeCordoba, achigamuchira ngamera kubva kuna Emir Muhammad I muna 865. Kubvira kuma860, muzinda weCompiègne wakava nzvimbo inokosha zvikuru kuna Charles uye iye akavamba musha wamamongi imomo muna 876. Muzana ramakore rechigumi Compiègne yaizivikanwa se Carlopolis nemhaka yesonganiro yayo naCharles. 