The county of Mortan in western Normandy has always been a disobedient region, and since William's ancestor, Rollo, the first Duke of Normandy, conquered Lower Normandy or Western Normandy, his successor, Duke William the Longsword, acquired two lands of Cotentin and Afranche in 933, and the county of Mortan was completely ruled by the Normans.

However, the gene of disobedience in the Mortan region has never disappeared, and for a hundred years, every nobleman who has been canonized as the county of Mortan has acquired a gene called disobedience and rebellion, and Cay and the Counts of Mortan in Burgundy are outstanding representatives.

Historically, William had to move the capital of Normandy from Rouen to Caen, the capital of the county of Mortan, in order to keep an eye on the disobedient nobles of Mortan.

Now, on the battlefield of the Vals Dunes Plains, the rebellious Mortan nobles, led by Kay, brazenly attacked their duke, without the slightest hesitation.

The earth trembled and shook, and thousands of horses roared and kicked. Osborne's 1,000-strong cavalry battalion of light and heavy cavalry divided into several groups to intercept the onrushing Mortan noble knights, there was no doubt that William's side, which was more organized, won the cavalry battle, while the Mortan noble knights lacked coordination and leadership compared to William's cavalry, and the same was true for the infantry behind them.

After leading the cavalry in pursuit for a while, Faller led a battalion of cavalry officers and men back to William's main camp.

In this battle, William's cavalry lost less than 30 men, of which only a few were killed, which was the result that William could only achieve by equipping the cavalry with full-body plate armor and using intensive formation training.

On the other hand, the noble knights on Count Kay's side suffered heavy losses, no less than 150 died on the spot, and as many as 400 lost their combat effectiveness, and now there are less than 800 cavalry in Kay's hands who can maintain their formation and combat effectiveness.

The scales of war had unconsciously tipped in William's favor.

Furious at the news of the crushing defeat of the front-line knights, Kay seemed to be a red-eyed gambler who sent all his 20,000 dubious soldiers into battle without much thought.

After receiving Kay's order, the nobles who led the troops had different thoughts, at this time they had just suffered a crushing defeat, and their hearts were not optimistic about Kay's future, including Nigel, Baron of Codontin, Baron Lanouf, Baron of Besan, Hammer, Baron of Afraches, and Baron Glime, Baron of Plessis, all retained their power, and only sent some levies and light infantry to the front, while their elite heavy infantry, archers and cavalry were left behind, as if they had to say that they would run away if the battle situation was not good.

"Damn, these nobles who eat inside and out, do they think William will let them go? Naive! Angrily, Kay drew his sword and slashed it into the air a few times, and said in a hateful voice, "Order my direct knights and the Upper Burgundian knights to take their whole army on the line, and make sure to open a gap in William's line, so that he can defeat his damned bastard William in one fell swoop!" ”

Before the herald could leave, Kay rode his horse in front of the nobles, and said with a grim face, "My lords, what's the use of you preserving your strength now? Will it be able to withstand William's army, or will it be able to keep its territory safe?

If we lose this battle, the territory, wealth and army will be the bastard William's, don't think that he will forgive you leniently, I know his character very well, don't look at him as kind and polite, in fact he is a selfish and cruel monarch, and even your life will be lost at that time, and after being captured by William, you will die of old age and illness in the dark dungeon. ”

Seeing that the nobles' expressions were relaxed, Kay looked at the young Baron Nigel of Cotentan and said, "Baron Nigel, you should not forget how William killed your father Baron Rayek in his life more than a year ago, have you forgotten that you once swore revenge on William?"

And you, you have also seen how he treats us nobles who have betrayed him, and if he fails, we will either die in battle or die in the dungeon in the future.

Fight, my lords, for yourselves. ”

"His Highness Kay is right, we should not preserve our strength, only by putting our all our efforts into it can we have a glimmer of life." Baron Afranche was the first to speak.

With Baron Affranc at the lead, the nobles swore that they would throw all their forces into battle.

However, before Kay could leave satisfied, the light infantry and levies on the battlefield were the first to engage William's army under the pressure of the Warlords.

William gathered his two infantry regiments, the Guards, and the two thousand longbowmen of the standing militia, and handed them over to Andrew. Dalton commanded.

As soon as Andrew, who was familiar with the battle formation, took over the control of the longbowmen, he fully exerted the powerful firepower of the two thousand longbowmen, and on the front line of the war, the longbowmen threw a dense rain of arrows at the terrifying rate of fifteen arrows a minute at the slowly approaching enemy army.

Commanding longbowmen is also Andrew's old job, and the longbowmen who lose each unit are like one person under Andrew's command, almost pointing to where to fight, and always aiming at places where the enemy army is concentrated, but a few rounds of salvos can break up the local formation.

Under William's order, a thousand cavalry soldiers rampaged through the chaotic infantry line, four thousand horses' hooves ruthlessly trampled on the fragile human body, and a sharp blade slashed through the neck of the enemy soldiers, and bright red blood splattered out.

Faller and the cavalry were already surprised by this cruel scene, and they did not show any sympathy at all, but pursued the rebels even harder.

"Devil, this is the devil's army!" Countless infantry were scattered and ran towards the Kay rebels' base with a howl, and the cavalry led by Faller also consciously drove the thousands of white troops together, preparing for these white troops to storm the Kay line.

"Baron Hubert, Baron Richard, Sir Ronald, Knight Geoffrey, you quickly lead your respective armies to press, break through the gap opened by the cavalry regiment, and I will crush the rebels of Kay in one fell swoop.

Andrew, the longbowmen you lead are going to continue to provide fire support to my soldiers and break up any rebels who gather together. William keenly seized the fighter plane and commanded as he looked around at the crowd.

"As you command, His Highness William." All the generals responded loudly, and hurriedly rode their horses to command their respective armies.