At noon on the second day, outside Alençon.

The rousing sound of military music sounded by sixteen brass horns resounded throughout the land, and countless ordinary people outside the city were attracted by the sound of military music, and ran over the tall tents and ran around.

Unfortunately, the best position outside the fence around this temporary huge arena with a length of 400 meters and a width of 300 meters has long been occupied by the soldiers who rushed to watch, and the citizens and farmers who came to join in the fun had to gather behind the soldiers and look up.

On one side of the arena, there are three viewing platforms, one large and two small, with several steps filled with seats, and a huge red canopy blocking out the scorching sun.

On the huge viewing platform in the center, William sat in the center of the main seat, and on either side sat Osborne steward, Rodrigo Rodrigo. Diaz, Faller, Nelson. Freeman Old Knight, Jeffrey Knight, Andrew. Dalton Knights, Bruce. Walter and other cronies are heavy-handed.

With a wave of William's hand, sixteen trumpeters neatly stopped blowing the trumpet, put away the brass trumpet, and clamped it under the armpit of his right arm.

On the field, Sir Hubert and Sir Ronald came out of their respective armies, rode their horses in their hands, and stood in front of each other.

"Hubert, this time I will wash away the shame you brought me last time, and the position of chief samurai will be mine." Sir Ronald's eyes widened, staring at Hubert and hatefully.

"Sir Ronald, this is a futile struggle, and you will once again suffer a shameful defeat in this battle." Sir Hubert shook his head lightly, and made a look of contempt.

"You—" Sir Ronald was speechless by Sir Hubert's words.

At this time, a knight under William's stand held a red background double lion flag, rode to the side of the two, looked around the two left and right, and said, "Why are you here at this time? ”

"We are here to fight for the glory and honor of the chief samurai." The two of them no longer took advantage of their tongues and said in unison.

"You are willing to fight to the death, but you are not guilty of the past?"

"We do"

"Go ahead! Fight for the glory and honor of the chief samurai. ”

As soon as the knight with the flag had finished speaking, Sir Hubert and Sir Ronald turned their horses' heads and rode to William's stand, where they flattened their rifles in their hands.

William looked at the two people in the audience, nodded with a smile and said: "Sir Hubert, Sir Ronald, you are both my cronies and important generals, and the soldiers under your command are also my most cherished, I don't want to see any of you and any of your soldiers harmed."

Therefore, I have prepared a wooden spear and a wooden Norman sword for you, and if any of you are poked in the chest by these weapons, leaving a white mark on them, then you will be considered ineffective and withdrawn.

Fight hard and be with the strength that Heaven has given you. ”

"May Heaven give me strength." Sir Hubert and Sir Ronald said in unison.

At the signal of William's raised hand, Hubert and Ronald turned around and rode back to their respective formations, turned over and dismounted and returned to the team.

In the arena, the two armies were a hundred meters apart, facing each other.

Among them, Sir Ronald led a hundred infantry followers, they wore Norman helmets with pointed nose guards, short-sleeved chain armor, and in their left hands, they grasped the zither-shaped shield and a light javelin drawn with two lions on a red background, and held a two-meter-two wooden short spear in their right hand, and a wooden Norman sword hanging from their waists on their left side, looking fully armed.

Sir Hubert's side, opposite Ronald's side, was not so well armed.

Of the two hundred soldiers, only the twenty Norman hoplites in front of them had the same level of equipment as Sir Ronald, except that their shields were Viking shields with a small protective area, and in their right hands they were armed with wooden Norman swords.

The only type of defensive equipment that was widely used among the Vikings was the shield.

The Vikings used a round shield made of wood (usually a linden tree) that was plated with metal in the middle of the handle, which could be used to protect the hand holding the shield and to use the shield flexibly. Some shields were covered with cowhide, and some were even reinforced with metal spikes and corners.

This shield covers most of the legs, and there is a pointed head in the center of the circle that is used as an assault weapon to ram enemy troops.

Behind these Norman hoplites were New Army soldiers who had only been trained for less than a week.

They were lined up in a horizontal row of twenty soldiers, with a depth of nine men in the back, the first three rows wearing short-sleeved chain armor shirts, the last six rows wearing leather or cotton armor burqas, and holding spears of more than six meters in both hands in a tight array, and the erection of the guns was formidable.

The first three rows of spearmen protruded their spears from the gaps between the Viking shields and the shoulders of the Norman hoplites, and the dense tips of their spears were such that every enemy soldier attempting to approach the array would be attacked with more than three spears and a Norman sword.

The spears of the last three rows of soldiers were extended at angled angles, and the spears of the last three rows were almost vertical, which could swing the spears to fend off the enemy's flying arrows.

As William waved again, the trumpeter once again sounded the rousing military music, and Ronald's 100 men began to gallop from the infantry, while Sir Hubert's 200 men marched unhurriedly.

The distance between the two armies had been reduced to about 60 meters, and Sir Ronald estimated the distance, and gave a loud order as if he were deadly, and hundreds of men rushed out from the infantry in a shout, and threw a round of short spears at the phalanx.

Although there were twenty Norman hoplites in Sir Hubert's phalanx, holding their Viking shields high to fend off many of the short spears that were thrown, many of them were still hit and fell by the flying short spears.

Many soldiers of the New Army, who lacked practical combat experience, were directly stunned after being subjected to a wave of spear throwing, and stayed where they were, not knowing what to do.

Sir Hubert, as a veteran of the battlefield, was also secretly anxious when this situation happened at a critical moment, but he knew that he could not show any nervousness and impatience, which would make the already somewhat flustered soldiers even more confused.

Sir Hubert looked very calm and calm, raised his right hand and shouted loudly to order the soldiers to assemble again and prepare to meet the enemy.

Encouraged by Sir Hubert, the soldiers quickly came to their senses and filled the vacant battle positions, and they shook rapidly with their extremely long spears held high, and threw down a number of flying short spears.

The sun suddenly burst out, and Sir Ronald's soldiers were so stimulated that they couldn't open their eyes to the bright sun, and they couldn't project again with light javelins.

Sir Hubert seized the opportunity and gave the order to charge with his broad-bladed sword, and the roar of Hubert's phalanx was so depressing, that they rushed forward with a dense line of spears.