In the autumn of 1031, on the plain meadows, thirty kilometers from the city of Rouen, a column of cavalry on the march was changing formation.

In just a dozen seconds, this cavalry unit of 120 people had already lined up in two dense horizontal columns, and the distance between each cavalry was no more than half a meter, and some even leg-to-leg.

As the trumpeter blew the trumpet, the cavalry lowered their slender spears, which were six meters long, leaned against the grooves of the Hungarian shield, and jogged to start.

After two hundred meters of acceleration, the speed of this cavalry was already comparable to that of a nomadic cavalry running at full speed.

They straightened their spears and aimed at the stakes in front of them and sprinted forward.

"Bang... Bang bang... Bang... Bang"

"Bang bang... Bang bang... Bang Bang Bang Bang"

With the sound of crashing and the cracking of the rifles, the wooden stakes on the ground were already unrecognizable, some of the broken spearheads were completely gone, some were pierced and flew out, and some were trampled to pieces by the horses' hooves.

The cavalrymen who rushed over the stake discarded their broken spears, drew their cavalry knives beside them, turned around and galloped towards the hundreds of scarecrows on the other side.

Lined up in a tight and neat double formation, the snow-sparkling cavalry swords were raised, and they raged like a hurricane, leaving only a mess of straw piles.

"Long live the fellow cavalry, long live Normandy."

William leapfrogged out of the cavalry ranks, drew his cavalry sword, and cheered.

"Long live the fellow cavalry, long live Normandy, long live Prince William."

All the cavalrymen raised their cavalry swords and cheered in unison.

That's right, these are the results of almost half a year of Wilhelm's training, a medieval version of the Polish hussars of 120 men.

If you look closely at the equipment of the companion cavalry, you will see that these cavalry are very different from the Polish hussars from the 17th century onwards.

First of all, these companion cavalry were not equipped with two huge wings on their backs, and after William's experiments, it was found that these two huge Polish hussar wings had no effect other than decoration, and even hindered the safety of the galloping cavalry.

Secondly, the horses of the companion cavalry were equipped with vests and burqas.

This steel vest was equipped only on the front of the horse to withstand the spear's stabbing blows, while the burqa was attached behind the front vest to protect the horse's flanks and backs from bows and arrows.

Finally, these companion cavalry were equipped with shields and maces in their hands compared to the Polish hussars from the 17th century onwards.

The Hungarian-style shield, painted with brightly colored stripes, is made of wood and covered with iron sheets, and has a peculiar asymmetrical shape, with one corner pointed and raised high to one side, and a semicircular groove on the other side for the slender spear, which is nearly 6 meters long. The shield sits securely in front of the saddle, holds the slender spear in place with a semicircular groove on the right side, and has a large protective area that is well protected against arrows and swords.

As for the companion cavalry, the mace was used to deal with the medieval knights who looked like tin cans. This mace can not only break half the price of steel, but also cause secondary injuries such as broken internal organs, broken ribs and spine, and massive bleeding in the body.

In fact, in addition to these new equipment experiments and improvements, the light armor and cavalry swords originally designed by William encountered many difficulties in manufacturing.

Let's talk about light armor, the light armor that the Polish hussars were equipped with in the 17th century weighed more than half the weight of the full-body plate armor, but the protection ability was not reduced much, which allowed the Polish hussars to have both the protection and impact capabilities of heavy cavalry and the high speed of light cavalry.

Light armor made of medieval steel now weighs about half as much as it originally intended, due to the failure of metallurgical technology in 1031.

Since the fall of ancient Rome, the metallurgical techniques of bronze and steel have been gradually lost during the successive barbarian invasions of this millennium.

The hardness of bronze swords in Roman times was roughly around 300 HV, and now the hardness of the best steel swords made in 1031 in the Middle Ages is only 200 HV.

1031 and the 17th century is a 600-year technological gap, and now the armor commonly equipped by cavalry is a kind of chain mail with iron plates and plates and chain composite armor, plus a burqa made of wool, it is conceivable that the original design of light armor has become medium-sized armor, and the original design of the cavalry scimitar has become a cavalry machete, which is also drunk.

Fortunately, the golden finger of the advanced era also came into play, and this was the horseshoe of William's cavalry to equip his partner.

The prototype of the horseshoe, the horseshoe, appeared in ancient Roman times, and due to the invasion of the barbarians, the horseshoe gradually disappeared.

It wasn't until the 9th century that the horseshoe was invented.

For more than a hundred years, from the 9th to the 11th century, horseshoes were not valued by knights, and although they were equipped, they were not widely used among cavalry.

The first to use horseshoes in warfare was William I, the conqueror in the air, that is, William himself.

Ha, this is really amazing, open the golden finger to your head.

Retracting his scattered thoughts, he turned around and looked at the cavalrymen with an average age of only twelve years old, and recalled the extraordinary impact of this cavalry before, William's face could not help but show a look of pride.

Yes, proud!

Half a year ago, this hussar, which only existed in William's imagination, finally took shape after overcoming all kinds of difficulties, improving various weapons and equipment, and sorting out and summarizing the tactics and training methods of dozens of pieces of parchment.

"Gather your formation and march towards Fort Rouen."

With a wave of his right hand, William galloped towards Fort Rouen, followed closely by the hussars behind him, hundreds of hooves of horses playing a carnival of thunder and lightning.

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Stomp Stampede... Stomp Stampede...

Wilhelm, who was only five years old, stood tall at nearly 1.4 meters, and behind him was surrounded by a neat queue of freshly dressed and angry horsemen, and slowly entered the Fort of Rouen with rhythmic horse steps.

This spectacular scene immediately attracted many nobles, knights, soldiers and their families.

They marveled and envied, some cheered, some screamed in surprise.

This is what William wants, he wants to declare his existence as the heir to the duke at all times, to show his strong side, and to eliminate the disadvantages of his illegitimate status.

Of course, these were of no use to the landed nobles, whose purpose was to become dukes, and William's status as an illegitimate son fueled their ambitions.

Near the city gate, in a place where William did not notice, a well-dressed 24-year-old man, surrounded by twelve heavily armed knights, saw William's shocking scene entering the city.