In the arena, Sir Hubert, who was receiving cheers, was alerted by William's loud reminder and noticed the six intruding knights.

Dressed in white eagle robes on a red background, with a small round shield hanging from their left hand, Norman swords and crossbow jugs pinned to their waists, and a crossbow on their backs, they looked like the knights of William's old rival, Earl of Mortan, Kay, and it was obvious that they were not in good shape.

At this time, Sir Hubert did not have a single weapon at hand, the sword and shield were lost in the duel, and the two-handed greatsword he brought with him was inserted in front of the viewing platform ten meters behind, which could be described as unarmed.

Despite the lack of a half-sword weapon in his hand, Sir Hubert was not flustered, confident that his flesh was the most powerful weapon of all, and that even unarmed could defeat the six Burgundian knights who pounced.

Sir Hubert, however, was anxious as he fixed his eyes on the crossbow they had taken from his back.

The crossbow is the name given to the Chinese crossbow in Europe. China had already used crossbows in the Warring States period at the latest, and the famous army led by Pang Juan was ambushed by Sun Bin's crossbow array, and the whole army was annihilated.

It is known as the knight killer, not only has a long range but also has a high penetrating power, and the chain mail of the knights is completely ineffective against the shooting of defensive crossbows.

Historically, the crossbow appeared in the 11th century, and some people may say that the crossbow was first introduced from the Middle East during the Crusades.

However, the author has reason to believe that the Duchy of Normandy, which was founded by the Vikings and Normans, who established colonies in the Mediterranean as early as a hundred years ago and called the king, had the opportunity and motive to obtain crossbows from Egypt, the Middle East, and North Africa and imitate them, bringing this very powerful weapon back to the Duchy of Normandy, but their circulation was not very wide, and only a few crossbows were used as sneak attack weapons.

Therefore, the historical fact that the so-called crossbow appeared after the end of the 11th century of the Crusades is not accurate, and it can only be said that the crossbow was carried forward during the Crusades.

Sir Hubert, who had heard of the name of the crossbow, was completely unsure of whether the dove breastplate could defend against the longbow shots, and although he wore the jiu (first sound, the 'dove' of the spotted dove's 'dove') breastplate armor could defend against the longbow's shots, he was not at all confident that the dove breastplate would be able to defend against the crossbow's shots.

Sir Hubert's eyes swept around, and found that the shields he and Martin had dropped before were at the sides of the six Burgundian knights, and instantly gave up the intention of picking up the shield defense crossbow arrows from the arena, and turned his body towards the six upper Burgundian knights, and quickly retreated.

In order to prevent himself from being fired at by the six crossbows, Sir Hubert took a red cloak six meters long from his back with his right hand, intending to retreat under the cover of the cloak.

"Drink... Ahh

Sir Hubert roared angrily, picked up the red cloak he had taken off with his right hand and threw it forward, the cloak with a length of one meter six and a width of one meter two spread out a red barrier in the air.

The six Upper Burgundian knights, led by the knight of Tim, raised their crossbows and were about to shoot, when they saw a surprising scene - Sir Hubert's figure was completely covered by a two-square-meter red cloak spread out in the air, and he could not find his target at all.

At this time, there was a shout of killing behind these six people, and it turned out that Osborne's butler was late with more than a dozen knights and soldiers.

After following William's instructions and killing several Upper Burgundian knights who were lying in ambush around him, Steward Osborne was able to chase them down and appear not far behind them.

What was even more terrifying was that Osborne's butler was even followed by dozens of knights under the command of Baron Richard, who also held swords high in their hands and rushed towards the six of them with fierce looks.

For these knights under the command of Baron Richard, although their chief warrior lost, it was a duel in the open, and conspiracy and assassination would not be allowed to defile this sacred duel, and these allies who had jumped out to assassinate Sir Hubert would not allow it.

Time was running out, and they had no choice but to shoot their crossbow arrows at their cloaks, hoping that one or two of the six crossbow arrows would be able to get away with it.

Whoa... Whoa... Whoa...

Six bolts burst out of the air, passing through the thin cloak that spread out in the air, and continued to shoot towards the person behind the cloak.

Bite... Clang...

Less than two of the six bolts fired in quick succession hit Sir Hubert's dove breastplate, and the smooth, hard plate of the arrows collided, causing no damage to the sturdy dove breastplate at all, except for a little spark on it.

When the cape in the air hit the ground, Knight Tim and the others looked at Sir Hubert unscathed and the two crossbow arrows that fell to the ground, completely unable to believe that anyone could survive the salvo of the crossbow known as the knight's killer.

At this time, the knights under William's command, the soldiers led by Osborne's steward, and the knights under the command of Richard had already surrounded them, and Knight Tim and the others had no time to shoot crossbow arrows again, and their target Sir Hubert was already under the protection of the shield array.

Originally, Knight Tim and the others planned to blatantly shoot Sir Hubert on the field again, arouse the hatred of William and others for Richard's side, and provoke a war between the two sides, so that Baron Richard would lead his troops to attack William, and it was best to kill him here.

It was clear that Sir Hubert was unscathed by the dove's breastplate after being shot by a crossbow arrow, and William's side, despite being provoked, maintained a certain calm, and took the protection of Ser Hubert as the first goal, and did not point the object of hatred at Richard's side but at the six murderers present.

At this time, the six Upper Burgundian knights had to deal not only with the enraged knights from William's side, but also with the knights of Baron Richard, who had come up from the siege.

At this time, they also knew that there was no chance of winning the hard fight, so they planned to surrender to Baron Richard's side, at least they were still allies, and if they fell into the hands of William's side, there would be no way to survive at all.

However, just as they were about to hand over their weapons, Osborne's steward, who was mixed in the middle of the knights of Richard, mercilessly stabbed the long sword in their hands, and within a few moments no less than four Upper Burgundian knights, only their leader, Knight Tim, and another survived, and successfully surrendered to the knights of Baron Richard.

At this time, hundreds of cavalry, heavy infantry and archers on both sides of William and Baron Richard were arrayed and confronted each other in the small arena under the organization of their respective knightly officers, and the air exuded a strong smell of gunpowder, as if a little spark stimulation could make the two sides dry.