The seventh charge of the Duke of Normandy finally broke the Breton infantry line, and Stephen of Blois was now completely out of strength, still holding the enemy's spear on horseback, fighting to the death, and on his right, more than a dozen Blois knights were still fighting with the Normans. The men and horses on the ground were dead and wounded, and the men on the horses stabbed fiercely with swords and spears, and they fought for a long time, and they were already hungry and thirsty, but in order to prevent the Normans from having the opportunity to cover up their comrades, they all repeatedly entered the battle with their lords, until the Raven Banner of the Duke of Normandy appeared in front of them.

The Duke of William had been running in the Brittany army for a long time, and he had already changed three horses under his seat, and the Spanish horse that he had ridden in Hastings had also fallen, and now the red horse originally belonged to the Count of Evreux, and after the bloody battle, he became more and more irritable, and the Duke of Normandy armed with his spear and rode to the left flank of the Blois, ready to crush Stephen's knights completely.

The Duke was located near a woodland, and when the leaves fell in winter, the frozen ground was dark like halberds, and dozens of fleeing Breton soldiers hid in this gloomy meadow to try to find shelter from being trampled and stabbed by the cavalry on the flat ground, but Duke William's interest was not on them, and after reaching the flank of the Blois Knights, he turned and passed, avoiding the woods, and went straight to Stephen himself!

The Duke of Brittany's men and horses had completely withdrawn at this time, and Stephen was about to leave the battlefield, but he saw the Duke of Normandy's crow banner appear again, and under this battle flag, the enemy's elite cavalry was as strong as a bear, attacking with the momentum of crawling mountains and rivers. As soon as these Norman knights of Finreal wolf took over, they knocked most of the Blois knights off their horses, and some of them were also impaled in the belly, and their mounts fell to their knees, their bones broken. Stephen survived from the hooves of the bladed horse, and when he saw that the enemy was strong, he did not dare to continue the battle, so he hurriedly kicked the spurs and turned to flee.

Seeing the complete collapse of the enemy's left flank, the Duke of Normandy wanted to pursue for a while and completely force the Bretons out of the battlefield, but there was a familiar sound of bull's horns in his ears. He looked to the south, where the horn was heard, and saw that a large number of English cavalry had already appeared in the direction of his central position, and they were sweeping from the banks of the river, trying to break into his rear position.

The Duke immediately ordered Bishop Otto to return to his own team, but still a little relieved, and sent the Earl of Evre, but he and his eldest son Robert turned their spears to the west of the English, intending to cut off the opponent's flank.

King Edgar had five or six hundred cavalry at his side, and they stormed north to support the Brittany, but after seizing several flags, they found that the Brittany position had been planted with the Duke of Normandy's crow flag and the cross flag. The King of England did not hesitate for a moment, and shouted to the lords: "Turn the whole army, target the Duke of Normandy!" ”

Duke William did not expect this surprise attack of the enemy, at this time the main force of Otto and others was far away, and the number of knights around the duke was only enough to fight, so in order to avoid being captured, he had to run in the direction of the northwest woodland. Edgar's knights were tired from fighting with the Normans for a long time, and many of their horses were foaming at the mouth and their body temperature was getting higher and higher, but the stakes were so high that the king ordered the men to rush forward and capture the enemy chieftain. "Alfred" still had some physical strength, and soon carried his master close to the Norman ranks, Edgar saw a group of Norman knights break away from the group and try to intercept him, so he rode straight into the opponent's formation, he was superb in swordsmanship, constantly slashing and resisting, and soon passed through several people, and all the enemies encountered were slashed by the king's sharp blade, and those unprotected horses were covered with blood, and the Normans who lost their mounts were quickly killed by the English knights who followed.

The remaining twenty or so horsemen around the duke seemed to be exhausted, and Edgar was about to continue to rush forward, when a horse suddenly rushed out of the middle of the enemy formation, and the horseback knight was quite short, like a child, Edgar was suddenly stunned, and it turned out that the short knight lifted his helmet and revealed a familiar face, which was Robert, the eldest son of the Duke of Normandy.

The King of England did not expect to be reunited with his old man here, and heard the other man shout loudly: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lay down my arms and be your hostage, and I only ask Your Majesty to spare my father!" ”

Edgar remembered his days in Normandy, and was hesitating, when suddenly the voice of men and horses came from behind him, and the English looked back and saw that it was the men and horses of the Earl of Evreux who came to the rescue. Edgar saw that although the horses around the Duke of Normandy were exhausted, they could not be broken in a moment, he sighed and wanted to leave here. At this moment, Robert suddenly came down from his horse, threw his helmet and weapon on the ground, and said to Edgar, "Your Majesty, I have promised to be your hostage, and now I wish to keep my promise and let my father return." ”

Roger in the England team was a little eager to try on the side, quite ignorant of the threat from the rear, and took the opportunity to attack William, Ulf saw that he looked different, snorted coldly, and slowly stepped forward, blocking his horse's head.

Edgar finally made a decision, he wiped the blood on the blade with a piece of fur, put the sword into the sheath, and then waved his hand, a Thane stepped forward and dragged Robert back into the formation, and then the English gave way to both sides, the Duke of Normandy and a group of knights passed through the formation, William was unwilling to bow to King Edgar, refused to put away the flag, so he quickly returned to the reinforcements of the Earl of Evreux, Edgar only pretended not to see, both sides began to withdraw from the battlefield, the Normans were not many troops, and did not want to stay for a long time, Soon it disappeared to the banks of the River Val.

As the fighting between the north and the south had gradually subsided, the abbot Longfrank from Italy came to the English camp on behalf of the Duke of Normandy and negotiated in the presence of the Duke of Brittany and the Count of Blois. The Duke of Normandy promised to renounce the use of the title of King of England and recognize the Duke of Geoffrey's rule over the Duchy of Brittany. The English, for their part, pledged not to retain troops in Brittany or Normandy, for which the Duke of Normandy was willing to pay a ransom in exchange for the withdrawal of the English. King Edgar then added that the Strait would henceforth be neutral, that all English and Norman ships would have the right of passage, that both sides would promise to rescue each other at sea, that there would be no more plundering of ships on the coast as had happened before the Earl of Iul, and that Normandy would not provide ports and supplies for the Danish invasion of England.

Until the treaty was completed, Robert would return home as a hostage with the King of England until the ransom was paid. LongFrank was on a mission in Rome and therefore would also act as a witness to ensure that this "holy truce" between the two sides was fulfilled, and after completing his diplomatic mission, the famous monk took his leave. After the king of Edgar sent the Duke of Brittany and the Count of Blois out, he went to the camp to visit Hughed and the other wounded, and the bloody battle of this day caused nearly 2,000 casualties among the English, and the losses of the Duke of Normandy were also unusually heavy, about 30 high lords, nearly 100 of the honorables, and more than 3,000 soldiers.

In the camp of the Normans, looking at his father's body and the more than ten arrows taken out of the mutilated body on the side, the knight Walter de Vernon was silent, just holding his father's long sword. Although the war of Saint-Lô was over, Walter had only just begun his career on horseback.