More than 4,000 French knights were first baptized by the rain of arrows from Norman longbowmen, and then by the charge of powerful Norman knights.

After the first battle, the four thousand French knights still retained their combat effectiveness and only two thousand horsemen, and the two thousand French knights who escaped were chased by less than six hundred Norman knights, although they had more troops, they did not dare to turn back and fight the Normans.

When the French knights who had escaped escaped fled back to Henry I's home camp, Henry I roughly counted the number of French knights and found that there were less than 600 knights left in his camp.

Similarly, in the Norman formation, William was also counting the results of the battle, in this battle the Normans killed less than 200 French knights, and the captured knights as high as 2,300, most of the rest took advantage of the chaos to flee in all directions, some successfully returned to Henry I's own camp, and some were missing.

The reason for such low casualties was partly because the knights generally wore chain mail, which gave them adequate protection, and partly because William specifically ordered them to do so.

Captive nobles and knights were able to demand ransom, which was a major part of the war.

However, William did not value these things, he preferred to recruit noble knights willing to serve the Normans from among these captured knights.

Knights were formally trained cavalrymen in the Middle Ages in Europe, possessing fiefs granted from lords and allegiance to lords, fighting and serving their loyal lords, they were not only rare professional soldiers in this era, but also knights were loyal guards in medieval Europe to protect the interests of the Christian Church and maintain the feudal order.

The political basis of Christendom's monarchs over medieval Europe was knights, and without knights who were loyal to their lords, they could not rule their own domains.

If William wants to rule the Kingdom of France, he must have the support of the knights, at least some leading parties, and the French knights are at least strong professional soldiers, William also covets them, if he can get the loyalty of the French knights, William's cavalry strength can increase by at least one-third.

However, the war was not over yet, and these matters could be postponed, and William turned his gaze to the battlefield again, and he found that King Henry I on the other side had not moved since his French knights had been defeated, and the situation was a little strange.

"Did the knights of Henry I die after being badly wounded? Whether it's true or not, I'm going to try it again. William thought to himself that this was a good opportunity, and if he did it right, he could successfully defeat the French army.

To be on the safe side, William decided to send an army to the test, and he glanced at Roger. Morality. The Earl of Montgomery, seeing that his old god was there, looked calm and unbreakable, and secretly decided in his heart to look at Roger. Morality. Montgomery said.

"Count Roger, you lead the cavalry of your headquarters to investigate, and if the time is right, you should return to the army first and report this matter to me."

"Your Majesty!" Count Roger bowed and retired.

Count Roger is not much younger than Count Hubert, he was born in 1012, he is now 39 years old, and he is also an experienced veteran, but he joined William's command a little late, and he did not receive much attention from William, so that he missed the opportunity to become a vassal of the kingdom.

Count Roger and his thousands of knights continued to provoke in front of Henry I's army, trying to lure the other party to attack with humiliating words.

However, the soldiers of King Henry I's army were more tenacious than the Norman army, but no matter how provocative Count Roger was, the other side ignored them.

Finally, Count Roger spotted his awaited opportunity in the army of the King of France, and the direct forces of Henry I, including the army he divided into and the reinforcements provided by other vassals and princes, both had certain weaknesses in the connection of forces, but the situation was different.

Instead of immediately attacking King Henry I, Count Roger returned to William's home with his army, telling him about the warplanes he had found.

William felt very comfortable with Count Roger's actions, and he was not as unruly as the other Norman nobles, and always maintained a humble and courteous posture.

After listening to the narration of Count Roger, William decided to launch a final attack on Henry I, as the saying goes, "The mountain is not me, I will go to the mountain." Since Henry I was grinding in front of William, don't blame anyone.

Soon, William led his entire army across the trench towards Henry I's army, and although his army outnumbered them in combat effectiveness and numbers, he still did not dare to be careless, so the whole army marched relatively slowly, and always maintained a tight formation.

At the same time, the Norman knights under William attempted to encircle Henry I, bypassing the slow-advancing central infantry line.

This time the attack and defense changed, William was no longer the defender, but the attacker, and Henry I's army was just waiting for the Norman army to attack.

When the Norman longbowmen reached a range of 200 yards, they began to bend their bows and arrows to fire at Henry I's army in order to kill and neutralize the enemy.

This was followed by dozens of large formations of Norman heavy infantry and a small number of crossbowmen and light infantry, which were less than 100 meters in front of the enemy under the cover of longbow fire.

"Woo... Woo... Woo..."

The loud horn sounded again, and dozens of infantry phalanxes began to make their final charge while keeping their formation unchanged.

Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ...

Everywhere there was the clashing of armor, shields, and weapons, and the Norman infantry and the main French infantry were engaged in a fierce engagement, followed by crossbowmen and light infantry, who occasionally took the lives of their enemies with their crossbows, javelins, and swords.

At the same time, the cavalry on both sides of the enemy flanked also detoured into position and began to charge the enemy's flanks and rear.

The flanks and rear flanks of the French army were supposed to be one of the weakest links in the opposing army, and if they were to be slashed by the enemy behind them in the heat of battle, even the strongest army would have been crushed.

In the middle of the battle, the fate of Henry I's defeat was irretrievable, and his ace, the French knight, had been hit hard, and he no longer had any confidence in the fate of defeat.

So he fled, and yes, Henry I left his army behind, rushed out of the encirclement with nearly a thousand French knights, and rode his horse towards Paris.

The French army, which had lost its backbone, began to crumble, betrayed by their loyalists, and rendered them incapacitated.