Under William's orders, the war machine in Normandy was once again launched, and tens of thousands of troops, led by Count Hubert, marched towards the opposing camp.

However, when William sought a decisive battle with the Count of Boulogne, the Count of Boulogne, as the commander of the Flemish army, began to retreat when William's army arrived, and the previous banners and neat barracks were all illusions he used to confuse William.

Although William was very annoyed by carelessly letting the other party go, as the saying goes, the priest can't run the church and the abbey, no matter how he retreats, the Count of Boulogne can't give up his territory, the county of Boulogne, if he really ruthlessly abandons the county of Boulogne, it is just right for William to easily occupy here.

William's army continued to advance, and his First Legion and Guards moved quickly, and were about to catch up with the retreating Count of Boulogne, while the relatively less elite Third Legion and the various knights were left behind, and had to hurry behind William.

Turning to look at the Knights and the Third Legion far behind, William couldn't help but make up his mind to put the army in order and eliminate some of the less elite ones.

After all, William's army is now large enough, with a size of 50,000 people, and the number of elites in it is less than half, the first army and the guards brigade, and part of the second army can be counted as elite, and the rest of the army can only be counted as second-class troops or militia.

Now it is still the army that pursues the retreat of the Count of Boulogne, after all, no army can maintain its formation and combat effectiveness in a rapid retreat and being pursued, as long as they William did not wait for the three knights and the third army behind him, but ordered them to send their respective cavalry to catch up, and the rest of the infantry was full of pursuit behind them.

As the Flemish army grew closer, their commander, the Count of Boulogne, became more and more assembled, and he had to force the other nobles to hold back William's pursuit in order to buy enough time for his army to escape.

In the face of the orders of the Count of Boulogne, of course, the other nobles refused to do it, they were not subordinates of the Count of Boulogne, but nobles of comparable status, and they gathered to obey the orders of the Count of Boulogne, only because of the orders of their feudal lord, the Duke of Flanders.

If the Count of Bois Boulogne dared to do anything out of the ordinary, they would immediately jump out against the Count of Boulogne, and some of them would even lead their own army to join the Count of Boulogne.

Now, due to the orders of the Count of Boulogne, the whole army has been divided, some of them do not obey the orders of the Count of Boulogne, some leave the team without permission and flee in all directions, and some directly attack the direct army of the Comte de Boulogne.

Faced with this situation, the Count of Boulogne had no way to stop it, so he had to withdraw his army first, which was his important capital, and he couldn't easily throw it here, as for the armies of other nobles, he didn't want to take care of it at all.

Seeing the disintegration of the enemy army in front of him, William was very excited to order the cavalry except for the Guards Cavalry Regiment to pursue with all their might, striving to defeat the noble coalition army in front, and most of William's army was still aiming at the Count of Boulogne.

"Damn, this bastard William, why is he chasing so hard." The Count of Boulogne turned his head to look at the approaching Normans, and cursed.

"Knights, soldiers, ahead is the Château de Boulogne, the strongest castle in the vicinity, as long as we can get there, we are safe, no one can conquer this fortified castle." The Count of Boulogne shouted to his knights and soldiers.

Hearing the encouragings of the Count of Boulogne, his soldiers immediately erupted in cheers, and their steps became more diligent.

However, no matter how fast they ran, it was only a momentary exhilaration, and it did not last long, and most of the people saw after the initial exhilaration, no matter how hard they tried, to get rid of the approaching Normans, which undoubtedly made them even more desperate than the Boulogneburg, which was still far away.

At this point, no matter how much the Count of Boulogne tried to boost morale, the march of the entire army inevitably slowed down.

While the Count of Boulogne was in a hurry, William's cavalry began to maneuver around his army, either throwing them with their spears, or using lassoes to catch the unlucky ones, or suddenly cutting into the corners of the formation and scattering them.

Not to be outdone, the Count of Boulogne immediately sent his knights and cavalry to fight back, but it was not long before he saw his disadvantaged knights return.

At this moment, he just wanted to raise his forehead and lament, it was not that he was not strong, but that the Normans were too strong, and his knights were easily defeated by the scattered Norman cavalry.

He didn't have any hole cards in his hand now, and he wondered if he would run away with his cavalry first.

However, William would not give him a chance to escape, his guards cavalry had already been dispatched, and the most elite cavalry had been recuperating from the beginning, until the opponent was exhausted, and was sent by William to deliver a fatal blow to the opponent.

The glimmering panthery, the flat mounted spears, the neat pace and formation, and the deafening roar all made the Count de Boulogne and his men desperate.

They considered themselves no match for this cavalry, so they took the initiative to get out of the way when the other side approached, and surrendered one after another, except for a few unfortunate unfortunate ones who were impaled through the body by their spears and trampled to death by the hooves of their horses.

After rushing through the enemy formation and crushing the enemy, the Guards Cavalry expected that they would face the more elite knightly forces, but long before they could rush into the line, the Count of Boulogne had already fled with his few hundred remaining cavalry.

Having received this report, William was not disappointed, and now that his goal had been achieved, he had successfully routed the army of the Duchy of Flanders.

In a short period of time, the Duchy of Flanders could no longer gather a large army to confront William, and Duke Baldwin's last way was to surrender to William, and there was no other way to choose.

After hastily cleaning up the battlefield, William ordered the whole army to divide and capture the county of Boulogne, the capital of which was under William's own responsibility, and the rest of the barony, parishes, and cities were under his generals.

Compared to William, who had a large army, it didn't take much effort to capture an earldom.