William regrouped the battle line again, reverting to the previous three-line formation: the troops on each flank were divided into three lines according to typical Roman tactics, with crossbowmen on the first, heavily armed heavy infantry on the second, and heavy cavalry on the third.

As the proposer of the 'deceit' tactic, Earl Andrew's right flank corps was given by William with a military cavalry battalion of 600 men and a heavy infantry battalion of 800 men, which was enough to stabilize the weaker right flank troops.

Excluding the cavalry that reinforced the right flank, the number of gendarmes and guards cavalry in William's central army still exceeded 2,000 cavalry, and this powerful cavalry gathered was enough to become the last straw that crushed the British army at a critical moment.

Today's protagonist is the superior Norman cavalry unit, William began to order the Norman cavalry to repeat the "deceit" tactic, the whole army of more than 5,000 cavalry in three batches in turn, each dispatch of no more than 1,500 cavalry, leaving enough living force in case of emergency.

William's left, center, and right flanks were attacked by cavalry, and they howled and rushed to the solid shield wall of the British army on the hill with their weapons, and just as they were approaching the British line, they recognized the javelins and spears and other throwing weapons in their hands, and then stopped outside the range of the opponent's javelins and throwing axes, laughed and cursed the British troops, and insulted the other side as much as they could.

This round of javelin throwing due to the speed bonus of the cavalry galloping, both in strength and range surpassed the opponent's boss, only these more than 1,000 javelins caused nearly 100 Dragon Banner Legion and Combatant Legion elite casualties, unfortunately more than 100 Anglo-Saxon militia were killed by stray arrows.

Although the number of casualties was small, the Dragon Banner Legion and the Combatant Legion, which were the mainstays of Harold's army, did not exceed 2,000 people, and the casualties of nearly 100 elite soldiers were enough to make Harold's heart ache.

What is even more infuriating is that a wave of javelin throws on the opposite side caused a large number of British casualties and did not withdraw, insulting the Godwin family with all kinds of foul language outside their own range, and some brave Norman knights rode horses to approach the British line, and made various provocations against the British troops holding on to the hills.

This is not enough, after this group of Norman cavalry troops left, another wave of Norman cavalry came, with the experience of the last time, this time the elite casualties were greatly reduced, but there were also dozens of people, and if they continued to defend passively like this, they would be dragged to death by the Normans sooner or later.

The already wild Anglo-Saxon nobles left the hill line without permission and descended the mountain to pursue the Norman cavalry.

At this time, the Norman cavalry, who had been waiting for a long time, attacked from the flank and rear, and charged and divided the British troops who were pursuing them down the mountain.

Lost the protection of the shield wall, these Anglo-Saxons lost their greatest reliance, and they were like young children who were arbitrarily rubbed by the burly Norman man, and in a quarter of an hour, most of the British troops pursuing down the mountain were wiped out.

At this time, because part of the British army was lured by the Norman cavalry, there were many gaps in the shield wall on the hill, and William keenly grasped the fighters and ordered the longbowmen and crossbowmen on the front line to shoot at the gap in the shield wall.

Sure enough, without the protection of the shield wall, the inner front was more of a weak Anglo-Saxon militia, who were defenseless against the flying longbow and crossbow arrows, and in just three rounds of arrow rain, thousands of British troops fell.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Harold hurriedly ordered the legions to reorganize their formations and strengthen the frontline shield walls, which finally resisted the arrows of the Normans' long-range legions.

Seeing that the rain of arrows of the long-range archery corps was being resisted by the reorganized shield wall, and that it was no longer effective, William once again ordered his troops to carry out the tactics of deception again.

With the experience of the last time, Harold and his British troops were not annoyed and embarrassed by the insults and mockery, and went down the mountain to pursue them without permission, and they continued to hold on to the hill and prepared to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements tomorrow to fight William.

The unsuccessful Earl Andrew was not discouraged, since the provocation had no effect, then he fought with the real sword and gun of the cavalry, and then returned defeated, he did not believe that no Anglo-Saxon nobleman could resist the temptation to defeat the Norman knights, he believed that the other side would be pursued again without authorization.

During the day, the Norman cavalry made several performances of attacks and retreats in front of the British defensive lines. Each time, a part of the British army would pursue what appeared to be a rout, but each time the Norman cavalry turned back and annihilated.

William repeated his old tricks, and twice in a row used deception tactics to lure the British army to come after him, constantly depleting the British army's vital strength, and he led the cavalry of the Chinese army to launch a counterattack against the British infantry that broke away from the line, dividing and surrounding it.

Whenever the British army broke away from the hill position, there would be a gap in the shield wall, and it was time for the longbowmen and crossbowmen of the long-range shooting regiment to perform, and the British troops on the hill also suffered heavy losses after the number of shots.

The Normans used knights and archers to turn their opponents around, which greatly demoralized the Harolds.

Convinced that he was no longer lured by the defeat of the Norman cavalry, William ordered the Normans to stop the attack and regroup, and began to lead the army to attack the British shield wall head-on, each attack weakened the shield wall by a point, and left a large number of corpses of British and Norman soldiers.

By 3-4 p.m., the two sides had been battling hard in Hastings for seven hours, still without a win.

By this time, the British line was almost crumbling, and the repeated charges of the infantry and cavalry of the Norman army had made the British line extremely weak, and now the British line was full of peasant troops with low combat effectiveness.

Despite the heavy losses suffered by the British, Harold's main forces remained motionless in the mountains.

But William began to fear that if night came, his own equally tired regiments would have to rest, and perhaps return to the ship, where they would be the prey of the British navy, and the other side would have reinforcements and time to recuperate, and that he would not be sure that he would once again have the great advantage he had in the event of another war.

"If the British continue to hold the line and drag on the battle late into the night or the next day, it will greatly affect their quick decision." William frowned slightly, looked up at the sky, it was only four o'clock, but the sky was already a little dark, it seemed that tonight would be a quick general, he had to hurry.

As the Normans prepared for a desperate final charge, William ordered his archers and crossbowmen to take the lead again, this time the archers adjusted their firing angles, and most of the bows fell on the heads of the peasants in the rear, causing a large number of casualties.

This adjustment had an immediate effect, inflicting great damage on the British troops who broke away from the line, forcing the British to erect a shield wall and remain still.