"Royal..."

William rode to the place where Hubert and his fellow cavalry were assembled, and saw that Sir Hubert was directing his fellow cavalry to warm up and check the equipment before the battle, William smiled and nodded.

"Sir Hubert, how are the cavalrymen doing?" William asked, leaning over to Sir Hubert.

"Your Highness William, the cavalry are in good shape, they are not afraid of the night and the enemy, and they are full of confidence." Sir Hubert, wearing armour and holding a rifle and shield, could not salute, so he nodded back to his head.

"Well done Sir Hubert, how are Faller and the Javelinmen now, where is the enemy?" William asked, turning his head to look ahead at the sound of battle.

"His Royal Highness William, Faller is leading 36 javelinmen cavalry to take turns throwing light javelins to harass the enemy, and just now two javelinmen returned from the front line and brought back information about the enemy in front." Hubert just followed William's gaze and pointed to the place of battle in front of him.

"In that case, Sir Hubert, tell me about the enemy." William asked, turning his head to Sir Hubert.

"Well, Your Highness William, judging by the flags of the enemy in front of them, they are one of the Viking fleets in the North Sea, numbering 120 men. All of them were protected by large round shields, and the first three rows of 60 men wore chain mail or scale armor, and their weapons were varied, but most of them were tomahawks and short spears, and there were fewer archers. At the moment they are setting up a shield wall gun formation to defend themselves against the throwing of light javelins, and they are not moving. Sir Hubert spoke without hesitation of the situation ahead.

The battle between the two sides was 800 meters ahead, and William could only see two blurred black shadows facing each other by the faint moonlight, and the larger black shadows seemed to shrink into a ball, unmoved by how the Javelin cavalry led by Faller seduced them.

William looked at the situation on the battlefield, touched his chin and pondered for a moment: "Since the other party wants to defend the cavalry in place, let them stay where they stay, let the two light cavalry return to inform Fale to divide into three groups to take turns to attack and disturb the other party, be sure to nail the opponent, pay attention to saving physical strength and javelins, and try not to suffer casualties." Sir Hubert, I ask you to lead 20 of your fellow cavalry to the banks of the Seine, to find their pirate ships and burn them, to cut off the retreat of these pirates, and to find the ships on fire, these pirates must be in great disarray, we have agreed to blow the trumpet and launch a charge together to break the enemy, and your task is to make a loud noise behind the enemy lines to disturb the enemy. Rest assured, the initiative is now on our side. ”

"As you command, His Highness William." Sir Hubert sent two light cavalry to inform Phall of the battle plan, and he led 20 of his fellow cavalry to make a detour to the banks of the Seine in search of the pirate ship.

William saw Sir Hubert lead part of the cavalry away, turned around, and ordered the cavalry opposite: "Cavalry, now we are in place to repair and preserve our physical strength, monitor and pin down the enemy, and be ready for battle at any time. ”

When everyone heard this, they dismounted according to the order, and rested on the spot with their weapons.

......

On the battlefield, in the ranks of the Viking Regiment, Giselbert looked worriedly at the dozens of javelin cavalry who harassed them, and they divided into several waves to attack and rest in turn, and from time to time sent cavalry close to throw javelins to attack them.

Just to counter the javelin cavalry's javelin attacks, many Viking warriors have already thrown their short guns without permission, and less than half of the Viking warriors still have short guns.

The javelinmen used the horse's dashing power to gain a longer javelin throwing distance, keeping a safe distance from the Vikings' short spear range, and occasionally throwing light javelins with a leisurely look.

Obviously, they still had some strength to spare, and the Vikings were constantly keeping an eye on the movements of this army, raising their round shields in layers to form a reliable shield formation to defend them.

"Chief Barend, if you want to go like this, the Viking warriors will be dragged down by these light cavalry, not to mention that there are heavy cavalry on the hillside, we can't sit still, Chief Barend." Giselbert hurried over from the crowd and approached Barende nervously.

"Don't panic, Giselbert, these light cavalry pose no threat to us, and if they dare to come close, they will be crushed with an axe. The only thing to worry about now was the heavy cavalry massed on the hillside, and if they charged, it would be a lose-lose situation, and the deal was not worth it. Barende shook his head and patted Giselbert on the shoulder and comforted.

"Yes, Chief Barend. So how are you going to destroy that lowly bastard William's heavy cavalry? Giselbert quieted down and asked.

"Keep going, of course, the heavy cavalry on the hillside hasn't thought we're charging for so long, and it's clear they're not sure they're going to defeat us. As long as we attack William's baggage camp, those cavalry will have to fight us in close combat, how can the heavy cavalry without the ability to charge defeat the great Viking warriors, the great Viking warriors have never lost in hand-to-hand combat. Barende touched the long braid on his chin with his right hand and pondered for a moment.

"Yes, Chief Barend, please give your order." Giselbert said respectfully with a happy and sincere expression.

"Hmm" Barend turned around, looked at the camp ahead, and said loudly with a finger of his right hand, "Viking warriors, don't worry about the spears of those rats, they can't break our oak shields." Pay attention to all of them, move at full speed and target the enemy's baggage camp. ”

"These abominable rats, kill them"

"Lord, Chief Barend"

"Yes"

The Viking warriors shouted in response, tapping their shields in agreement.

At this moment, a Viking warrior at the front of the line shouted: "Chief Barend, the heavy cavalry on the hill has been divided, and a heavy cavalry is moving towards our flank. ”

"Aha, this William is really stupid, if all the heavy cavalry gathers together, it will be really difficult to deal with, where can William beat us after dividing the troops now. Go ahead, keep going. Barende looked forward and laughed.

Everyone in the Viking Regiment was very excited when they heard this, as if victory was in sight, and their steps were a little brisker.

William and Faller were shocked to see the Vikings moving at full speed toward the camp, but they didn't expect them to have such courage.

Faller, who led the javelinmen, no longer retained the strength of the cavalry, and ordered all the javelinmen to throw light javelins with all their strength to slow down the enemy.

Faller knew that the success or failure of this war would depend on who could destroy the enemy's ship camp first and make the opposing army feel uneasy.

William, who was on the hillside, was also quick to respond, and instructed the steward Osborne to organize conscripts to defend the camp. Don't look at the old butler's kind and kind appearance, he is William's grandfather, the old Duke Richard II's personal guard knight, and he has not lost his skills.