William recruited noble vassals in England, Wales, and Ireland, but he did not use the First Legion, the most powerful of the five standing legions, and even in the face of the possibility of a full-scale war with the HRE Empire, William did not use the First Legion.

As William's trump card in his hands, only holding it in his hands is his greatest role, and being stationed in England can not only deter the Scottish King Macpace and the Anglo-Saxons, but also those who have evil intentions.

At the same time, it is the last barrier to protect the queen and the prince.

In the event of an accident with William, Duke Hubert, Osborne and his two brothers would support Richard the Younger, and William's First Legion and 5,000 Guards would put down the rebellion and secure the continuation of the Norman dynasty.

Therefore, until the last moment, until the last resort, William would not risk using the First Army to enter the war.

But now William had enough troops at his disposal, four standing legions, noble conscripts in England and the Norman kingdoms, noble conscripts in Wales and Ireland, and feudal knights and militia regiments everywhere, and if these armies were all put together, he would have a huge force of more than 60,000 troops.

Despite his large number of troops, William was still somewhat stretched thin to deal with the four main enemies of France, Norway, Denmark, and the HRE Empire, and to deal with the two battlefields of Burgundy and Flanders, and even more.

Among these enemies, William still valued the behemoth of the HRE Empire the most, and as for the Norwegians and Danes, they were still allowed to withdraw earlier.

The day after William received the nobles of the English vassals, the Earl of Schuisbury was led by Roger. Morality. Montgomery and Viscount Roger Stafford. Morality. Beaumont's reinforcements finally arrived near the Château de Calais.

Prior to this, the two had already made contact with Duke Andrew inside the castle, and they agreed to launch a decisive battle against the Vikings outside the castle.

In order to prevent the Vikings from escaping with warships after their defeat, Count Gerbo was also invited to lead a combined fleet to join the war and blockade the Vikings outside the port area of Calais.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Duke Andrew led more than 15,000 men from the Château de Calais, and arrived at the vicinity of the Château de Calais. Morality. Montgomery placed his army on Andrew's left flank, outflanking the Vikings.

His enemy, the combined Norwegian-Danish army led by King Harald IV of Norway, led more than 26,000 Vikings out of the camp and fought a decisive battle in front of the Normans.

To be honest, Harald IV didn't want to fight the Normans so early, he had already made contact with the princes of the HRE Empire, and there would be princes he had with in the future, and time was on his side.

However, as the Norman blockade intensified, it became increasingly difficult for the Norwegians and Danes to obtain supplies, and the small supplies they had previously received from the Netherlands and Lower Lorraine could no longer be sustained, and the Viking army trapped in the port of Calais would be in danger of running out of food if the blockade was not broken.

They had not tried to raid the nearby towns and villages and eat them, but they saw either uninhabited towns or abandoned villages, and the Vikings searched an area of tens of kilometers without finding any supplies.

Faced with this dilemma, a battle to the death with the Normans may be the best way at present, if the Normans are still cowering in the castle of Calais, Harald IV has nothing to do with them, but since the other party asks to go out of the city to fight, it is good for them, the field Vikings have not been afraid at all, even if the enemy is the famous Normans.

To be honest, Harald IV and his nobles looked down on the Normans at all, and they did not recognize the name of the Normans over the years, believing that they were just a fluke, and that when they faced the powerful Vikings, they would be revealed.

Harald IV and his nobles agreed to Andrew's request for a decisive battle at 1 p.m. in the afternoon.

There was no temptation, and there was no battle in front of the battle, and the decisive battle began immediately from the moment the two sides came into contact.

The first to speak out were the Normans' proud longbowmen, who pulled up their bowstrings and aimed their arrows at the same time, and the rain of arrows covered the Vikings' heads, obscuring the sky and the sun.

The Vikings, who had long been familiar with the Normans, raised their large round shields and formed a tight shield formation with each other to defend in place.

After a few rounds of arrows, only two or three hundred unlucky ghosts fell to the ground, and the rest of the Vikings survived with the help of shields.

The Normans' pride in the rain of longbows and arrows was ineffective, and Duke Andrew immediately stopped the rapid fire of his longbowmen, and instead ordered them to scatter and stop the enemy.

The infantry on both sides slowly approached, and as the horn sounded, the Norman and Viking infantry collided with each other, shield to shield, sword to sword, and the two sides scuffled.

However, relatively speaking, the Normans still had a certain advantage, because they were familiar with warfare, they either formed small battle formations in groups of three or five, concentrated on those who were left behind, or surrounded the gun array, and attacked the enemy army under the cover of the gun array.

Duke Andrew, who was in the rear, ordered the longbowmen who had been preparing for a long time to fire again, this time aiming at the weak point of the Vikings' rear, so that the longbowmen deliberately raised the angle of their shots so that the arrows could fall from the sky and hit the Vikings in the rear.

As the Vikings were fighting with the Norman infantry, they were unable to organize their shield defenses as quickly as before, and as the rain of arrows continued to fall, the Vikings in the rear were suddenly killed, and thousands of Viking warriors fell to the ground with arrows, and many more were also wounded by arrows.

The screams from the rear greatly affected the morale of the Vikings, and the Viking front began to loosen, after all, no one wanted to be killed by the rain of arrows falling from the sky, and they were tragically lost like cowards.

"William. Morality. Lord Count Crepon, please quickly lead the cavalry to attack the Vikings from the flanks and crush the enemy with one word. "Andrew knew that the time for victory was coming, and he immediately ordered William. Morality. The Count of Crepon took the initiative.

"Yes." William. Morality. Count Crepon bowed slightly, turned and retreated.

It's like you have a heart, Roger. Morality. Montgomery also led the cavalry sortie, and they made a detour to attack from the enemy's right flank.

Because the Vikings lacked cavalry, they could only watch as the Norman cavalry swaggered around and threatened their flanks.