William took advantage of the empty camp to set up a suspicious formation and played Gerhard, Duke of Upper Lorraine. Shawarman and Henry, Count of Palazzo, disgraced them.

Enraged, the Duke of Hauts-Lorraine sent an army to search for William's traces between the kingdoms of Zeeland and Gentle, vowing to take him and humiliate him, but what they did was doomed to be in vain, for William had already led his army south to join the Duke of Hubert in Brussels.

The Duke of Upper Lorraine and the Count of Farz had no choice but to take their anger out on Roger, who was still in Zeeland. Morality. Ottwell and his more than a thousand cavalry.

Originally, on William's orders, Roger. Morality. Having completed his task of delaying the enemy, Ottwell should have sailed south along the marriage and the Rhine, through the Maas, a tributary of the Rhine, to join William under the city of Brussels.

But this time, Roger. Morality. It seems that Altwell did not intend to retreat so easily, and he was ambitious to make a fortune in order to make him a mere baron to a noble earl or even a duke.

He knew very well that as long as he obtained enough military exploits, his behavior of Xu Dulu would be forgiven, and he could even be canonized for his military exploits.

It's not just Roger. Morality. Ottwell wanted to make a fortune before leaving, and his knights and nobles were also gearing up to add a dazzling feat to their own merit book.

Taking advantage of the Normans on the water, Roger. Morality. Baron Outville and his 1,000 cavalry were like a venomous snake coiled, biting at the enemy's weak point when he saw the gap.

In several general landing raids, Baron Roger and his more than 1,000 cavalry not only killed and captured thousands of enemy troops, including more than 60 HRE knights, and obtained extremely dazzling results, but more importantly, he successfully held back the Duke of Upper Lorraine and entangled them in the territory of the Count of Zeelland, creating excellent conditions for the Duke of Richard and Duke Andrew to march north.

Especially after receiving an order from William asking him to hold off the Duke of Upper Lorraine with all his might, Roger . Morality. Ottwell was even more proactive in attacking and disturbing the opponent's peace.

The Duke of Upper Lorraine and the Count of Palz, among others, were not against Roger. Morality. Outville's cavalry gritted their teeth, if it weren't for Baron Roger's Norman navy to help, the Duke of Upper Lorraine would really have swarmed his whole army and devoured Baron Roger and his Norman cavalry alive.

This time, however, Baron Roger did not seem to be able to take a bite of his opponent and leave immediately as usual, but kept hanging on to his opponent and making a gesture of imminent departure.

"I can be regarded as having caught you, and you can't escape this time!"

The Count of Falz led his cavalry to block Baron Roger and his cavalry in Fort Mielde, Count Zeeland, and behind him was Gerhard, Duke of Upper Lorraine, who had arrived to support. Shawatang's legion.

"So it's a beautiful plan to let me watch, let me relax, and then take the opportunity to escape.

It's a pity that this is the end, Normans, and you will have to pay for your provocation.

Little by little, I'm going to repay all the insults you've made to me, this time starting with the slick Norman cavalry. Duke Shawatan looked at the Norman cavalry trapped in the castle and thought proudly.

But will it really happen as the Duke of Lorraine had predicted?

At this moment, the neighing of a long string of horses came from the rear of the army.

"Which bastard knight took the cavalry behind the army? I'm going to punish those who don't follow orders and beat them. The Duke of Upper Lorraine thought so, and looked back.

Then, the sight in front of him made his blood freeze, and he saw two thousand Norman knights lined up behind him.

These Norman knights unfurled their banners and armor, and the armor of men and horses was embroidered with the national emblem of the Norman kingdom with gold on a red background.

Behind them were countless spears, swords, shields, and the Norman longbow that had made a lasting impression on him.

The rousing horn sounded, and the knights drew their guns and charged.

With the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, it seemed that the whole earth was trembling, and the Norman knights quickly approached the weak rear of the unprepared Upper Lorraine Duke Legion from far and near.

In the rear of the army of the Duke of Upper Lorraine, most of them are conscripts with weak combat effectiveness, and at this time, in the face of the fierce and unstoppable Norman knights, these conscripts have long been frightened and stupid, ignoring the obstruction of the Upper Lorraine knights, they have fled in a panic.

The sudden collapse of the levies set off a chain reaction, and the fear of the Normans spread like a contagious virus.

In the face of the Norman knights who suddenly appeared in the rear, their first thought was to be invincible, and what they wanted to do most was to run for their lives and escape from the Normans.

The Norman knights who launched the charge made contact with the rear of the Upper Lorraine Legion, and it was like a sharp blade cutting into butter, and the Upper Lorraine Legion was very smoothly split in half.

The only Upper Lorraine knights who could withstand the attack of the Norman knights in the rear were now attacked by Roger Murphy in the castle. Morality. Altwell and his thousand cavalry were entangled, and for a moment they could not get out, but could only watch as the army behind them was constantly pierced, charged, and routed by the Norman knights.

"Lord Duke, the army can't be assembled to fight the Normans, so it's better to sue for peace with the Normans first." Next to the Duke of Upper Lorraine, Count of Metz Goldfried. Feng. Mace suggested.

The Count of Metz's suggestion was a little more tactful, and the words of the Archbishop of Trier beside him were even more explicit: "Your Excellency, you better surrender to the Normans earlier, so that at least one life can be bypassed." ”

"What about your discipline as Archbishop of Trier?" The Duke of Upper Lorraine was tempted to question the Archbishop of Trier in this way, but to no avail, for the Normans were about to approach them.

"Your Excellency, Duke. Our army has been completely dispersed, and the cavalry of Henry, Count of Farz, is also entangled in the Normans, and it is impossible to rush to the rescue for a while, the Normans are rushing towards us, and we have little time to think about it. Bishop Trier continued to persuade him.

Even if he surrendered to William, Bishop Trier would not worry about him settling accounts after the fall, as long as he moved closer to William, he was afraid that he would be implicated.

"Okay, okay...... It's all up to you. ”

Survival and death were not a difficult choice, and between surviving and dying humbly, the Duke of Upper Lorraine and the nobles wisely chose the former, surrendering to the Normans.

On the orders of the Duke of Upper Lorraine, the whole army laid down its arms and formally surrendered to the Normans.