In less than a quarter of an hour, under the attack of only fifty incendiary bombs, the huge Brionne Fort was surrounded by raging flames, and countless defenders of the Fort Brionne were scrambling with all the tools they could find to try to extinguish the fire, and the billowing heat and smoke could still be felt even by William standing in the distance.

Whining... Woo woo... Woo

With the sound of horns, dozens of siege towers slowly advanced under the impetus of the shield-wielding soldiers, and the huge infantry behind them did not stop, and they also followed the siege towers step by step.

Whoa...

Countless sharp arrows pierced the sky, like a torrential rain, mercilessly striking at the head of the city, piercing a rebel, and a scream stimulated the sound of the floating ground.

The mighty longbowmen, led by Baron Andrew, succeeded in suppressing the castle's firepower, so that almost no rebels dared to show up at the city's head, and they could only cower from the towers, and shoot weak arrows from the shooting holes with the protection of masonry.

Behind the advancing army, fifteen counterweight trebuchets did not stop, and their target was no longer the ruined walls, but the towering towers that became their main concern.

No building could withstand a three-hundred-pound projectile, two or three if one didn't work, let alone a masonry tower.

As the towers collapsed, the towers could no longer provide shelter for the rebels, so they braved the rain of arrows to raise their shields on the walls, and dozens of slowly approaching siege towers made them break out in a cold sweat.

"Damn it, damn bastard William." After paying a lot of casualties for the army, Kay finally led people to extinguish the fire in the castle, and when he led his troops back to the city wall, he saw a mess of the castle and the slowly approaching siege equipment, Kay couldn't help but curse, and slammed his right hand into the city wall to vent.

Originally, Kay expected that this towering and fortified castle would be able to withstand William for at least four or five years, and with the 6,000 defenders in the castle and countless food and grass ordnance, Kay was confident that he would hold on to it for a long time.

After secretly uniting with the Duke of Anjou, Kay was even more confident, in his opinion, if Anjou invaded Normandy, William would definitely not sit idly by, so that the siege could be lifted, but he could not have imagined that William had such a powerful trebuchet and stone projectiles in the flames of hell in his hands, and Kay had to deal with it in a hurry due to his lack of preparation.

Now he had no confidence that he would be able to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from Anjou, and if he was defeated again, the noble coalition under his command would probably tie themselves up and sacrifice themselves to William, and the thought of this possibility made cold sweat instantly break out on Earl Kay's forehead.

Bang bang bang ... Boom boom...

As the siege towers leaned against the walls, drawbridges were lowered and slammed into the city, and countless soldiers, led by Baron Richard, Baron Ronald, and their respective dismounted knights, rushed to the head of the city.

The first to charge was not William's Praetorian Guard, but the two troops of the Knights of Eifler and the Knights of Mortan, and the Praetorian Guard under William was still on standby under the city, as a reserve they excitedly wiped the weapons in their hands and were eager to try.

The Eight Hundred Evler and Mortan Knights still exerted their tremendous combat effectiveness after dismounting, as the arrows of the whole army, they easily tore through the enemy formation, relying on the sturdy full-body plate armor that had just been changed on their bodies, and the Norman sword in their hands reaped the lives of the opponent to the fullest.

The defense of the full-body plate armor against slashing and stabbing completely exceeds that of the current mainstream chain mail, except for some blunt weapons such as maces, flails, halberds, etc., the rest of the weapons cannot hurt these knights at all.

Facing this group of invulnerable enemies for the first time, the rebels who did not have blunt weapons in their hands could not help the other side, and the rebels, who had lost the courage to continue fighting, began to scatter.

The Norman knights' minions and infantry followed their masters closely, and slashed into the rebel array through the gaps that the knights had torn open.

At the critical moment, Earl Kay led his direct army into the battlefield, and the original precarious situation was scorched again, and for a while, both William and Kay could not help each other.

In the melee, everyone can only rely on the sword and shield in their hands, there is no other way to take advantage of it, now trebuchets, bows and arrows and other long-range weapons have completely lost their effectiveness, tens of thousands of people crowded on the narrow city to fight each other, as the siege of the main general of the Baron Richard is already covered in blood, although he is exhausted at this time, he still shouts loudly to inspire the whole army.

The scorching situation on the battlefield did not last long, as thousands of longbowmen climbed to the top of the siege towers, slaughtering the unsuspecting enemy one by one with a condescending superiority, and the Praetorian Guards on standby below the castle joined the battle, led by Barons Hubert and Baron Rodrigo.

With the addition of this new force, the balance of war has completely tilted in William's side, and the aristocratic rebels, who could not see any hope of victory, gave up resistance and fled separately, while those rebel soldiers who did not have time to escape surrendered in a single way.

The siege lasted all day, and William observed the battle from a watchtower not far away, and was greatly admired by Baron Hubert's use of various siege engines and his smooth command skills.

Without Baron Hubert's masterful commanding skills, William would have had to shoot Faller and the gunpowder army up to the city and use gunpowder to blow the castle walls open, but then William's secret weapon, gunpowder, would have been exposed to everyone, and this weapon would no longer be able to play a surprise role.

In the evening, the sky gradually darkened, Baron Hubert had led the army to the center of the castle suddenly, and now most of the castle area has been suppressed by our army, only the main tower in the center of the castle is still standing there, and it is difficult for Baron Hubert to break through here without the help of siege equipment.

"Hubert, congratulations on being able to break through Brionne in one day." William rode his horse to Baron Hubert's side and congratulated.

"I didn't expect to be able to storm the castle so easily, maybe it's because the Kay rebels are weak, the defenders in these castles are obviously much weaker than the Kay rebels we encountered in the Battle of the Wals Dunes three months ago, it seems that Kay has not recovered his strength in the past three months, which gives us the opportunity to take Brionne Fort easily." Baron Hubert modestly explained.

"It's not surprising that after the utter defeat of the expelled Kay, not many nobles are willing to follow him, and most of this garrison is a temporary conscription, and there are not many knights and retinues." William nodded slightly in agreement.