The arrival of the Northumbrian rebels in Byrne was eventually picked up by the soldiers of the new Abbot of Peterborough, Tourold, who entered the monastery via the Borheath Gate and learned of the latest situation in the north from the sentry, so the lord of East Anglia went north at full speed with the Norman army and sent twenty ships to occupy the island of Erie.

At this time, the English brigade was hurrying towards the mouth of the Humber River, and only Prince Edgar and Hafdan the Ironbeard, the old Danish guard under Hereward, led the rear army to guard against the Norman pursuit. Edgar led "Tofi" through the woods, and occasionally saw several beech huts looming in the dense forest, about the residence of ancient hermit monks, "Tofi" sometimes smelled some aromas, so he threw Edgar aside, ran to nibble on some raspberries and the like, at this time Prince Edgar stopped with the Danish guards, and admired the wild nettle white flowers around him. "Ironbeard" was very talkative, and from time to time he talked about the strange things of the ancient saints that he had heard from Dean Brand, from St. Guthrac of the Moors to St. Merlot of the ancient Britons. The old man seemed to have had a lot of experience, and in addition to the phrase he often reminded the crowd, "I fought with King Canute in the past," he sometimes mentioned things in Ireland and other places, including a Gaelic hermit he had seen in his youth in a green robe, with skin as rough as bark, and the old Danish guard chattering about the hermit's quirks, and his robes embroidered with Celtic pagan patterns, and brilliant spots that shone like fireflies, and ornaments of turquoise and amber, and finally he said, The hermit did not believe in God or hell, but he believed in the absurd legend that snakes could transform into cats, and that beautiful spirits in the woods lured humans to sleep in the same bed.

"Ironbeard" Hafdan was very old, his lush beard had turned silvery-white, but his legs and feet were very neat, and he did not look red and panting when he marched with Edgar and the English knights. It's just that his voice is like rusty chain mail rubbing, and people always worry that if he continues to talk, he will ruin his own throat.

Edgar listened to the old man's rough chatter as he watched the movement behind him, and Heriward and his men should have advanced to a safe distance, he thought. But the road was not destined to be quiet forever, and at noon the next day, just as the English and Danes were resting by a deep stream, the sound of horses' hooves finally appeared.

Edgar listened carefully, and noticed that the enemy who was chasing him did not exceed thirty horsemen, he swallowed the cheese in his hand, his expression remained unchanged, and said to his knights: "The enemy is all heavy cavalry in armor, we must not retreat, if they are driven to the flat road, even if we are defeated, I am afraid that the loss will not be light." Now across the stream, we will block it on the spot, and the enemy's horses will not be able to wade through the water, and we will surely force them to retreat. ”

The knights immediately lined up, and the Danish guards also put bearskins on their heads, raised their Danish axes, and stood at the front of the procession. Edgar removed the yew longbow from his saddle, tied the quiver to his belt, and stood at the back of the line with two English Sain.

The Norman knights soon came into view, tall warriors armed with tall horses and well-armoured warriors galloping along the path to the stream, across the bank from the English. Edgar kept whispering to everyone: "Stabilize the formation!" ”

After seeing the English on the opposite bank, these Norman knights began to divide into two teams, the front line lined up on the water's edge, they raised their whips, kicked the horse's belly, and urged the horses to wade forward from the shallows, the English approached in formation, condescending to attack, "Ironbeard" Hafdan was like the ancient Norse berserker, wielding a giant axe, chopping the enemy's war horse into flesh and blood, almost into two pieces. The English knights, armed with their rifles, pointed diagonally forward, resisting the onslaught of the Norman knights who rushed to the shore. Several horses slipped on their farriers by the water's edge and fell into the water, splashing all around as if it were raining.

The Norman knights in the back row, seeing the chaos on the opposite bank, immediately rode their horses upstream, until they were far away from the English line, they took off their iron armor and shirts, and only wore light military uniforms, Norman iron helmets, long swords, and kither-shaped shields, and jumped in one by one, regardless of the turbulence of the water, and these warriors swam forward with all their might, hoping to reach the opposite bank as soon as possible, and then attack the thin line of the English from the flank.

When the first Norman was about to reach the shore, he looked up, but suddenly a shining armor light appeared in front of him, it turned out that Edgar saw the Norman's roundabout movement upstream, and immediately followed with the two Seins beside him, blocking the opponent's side attack. Edgar held a longbow and fired an arrow sideways at the Norman knight on the water, and the thin enemy happened to raise his head and was being targeted by Edgar at close range, piercing the mouth with an arrow. Next, Edgar continued to shoot arrows at the surface of the water under the protection of two English Sein, who wore long chain mail, and a Norman was holding his horse and wanted to cross, Edgar waited for him to reach the middle stream, and fired three rounds successively, all of which were fork-shaped arrows, the first two missed, but the momentum sank, and the water was like a break, and the third team cut the face of the war horse, and the horse went berserk, and suddenly turned the enemy upside down. Edgar saw that his long-range shot was not effective, and began to wait patiently for the enemy to approach.

After about three or four men approached the shore, Edgar fired only one arrow, which missed, so he drew his sword and, with an order, rushed down with the two shield-clad Seon on the left and right. In the distance, two Normans were still wrestling with the current, and they heard the sound of killing on the shore ahead, but they could only hurry on the surface of the water. Soon, several Norman knights on the shore were reduced to floating corpses, with terrible wounds vaguely revealed in the tears of their robes, and the surrounding areas were also stained with blood. Edgar's feet were submerged in the stream at this time, he put away his long sword, and drew an arrow from his waist, aiming at an enemy, but the opponent was protected by a helmet, and most of his body was in the water, Edgar could only aim at the opponent's arm, and after several attempts, he gave up, he then took out a piece of arrow like a shovel, and shot diagonally at the water surface close to the opponent, this arrow was extremely powerful, and hit the water next to the Norman, and in an instant it shattered like an icicle, and the water debris shot everywhere, this huge threat made the Norman immediately turn his head and swim back. As soon as Edgar saw the opponent's exposed back, he raised his bow and fired, and the enemy was caught off guard and was directly cut off by a piece of arrow.

The remaining six enemies were a little frightened when they heard the sound of the water arc piercing, and under Edgar's intimidation, these Norman knights all turned and swam back, and once they landed, they jumped on their horses and galloped away like beasts escaping their snares.

After returning to the main force, the Danish giant axe of "Ironbeard" was already covered with blood, the bearskin on his head was becoming more and more hideous, there were seven corpses on the shore and water, and the four captured horses were finally pacified by the English and joined the ranks of the knights.