As soon as Harold took up his position at Sunlac Hill near Hastings, he arranged his army in a tight phalanx, with a stake fence in front of him, and the steep slope behind the hill made it difficult for the Normans to attack.

As soon as the battle began, William was in a disadvantageous position, and he had to attack upward along the slopes of the hills, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of William's battle.

William, who had always cherished his soldiers, did not like to risk the lives of his soldiers, and he was determined to test the strength of his opponent with his Norman longbowmen, who had the advantage in range and power, before making a decision.

The battle began, with archers and crossbowmen at the forefront of the battle formation, led by Earl Andrew, and the feudal knights under William left their camp, roaming around the long-range archers to protect the vulnerable longbowmen and crossbowmen, and to take on the heavy duty of guarding the long-range archers.

"Command the Honjin to move forward,"

"Order the feudal knights and gendarmes to be ready, and when the enemy formation is shaken by the longbowmen, the order is given, and you must immediately attack and disperse the enemy formation."

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With a series of orders, William's main formation also began to move forward, always maintaining a short distance from the long-range archery corps, ensuring that his own army could quickly support the long-range archery corps, or wait for the opponent to open a gap and immediately attack to expand the results.

William's plan was to disrupt the opponent's formation with a volley of crossbowmen first. Then he gave full play to the advantage of cavalry to quickly break through the defensive line, directly take Harold's middle army, and end the battle in a short time.

William ordered Earl Andrew to command the crossbowmen to fire arrows at the British positions, and then led the melee troops forward.

A rain of longbows and arrows rained down from the sky to the Harold position, and the whole battlefield was filled with the whistling of arrows and the tremor of bowstrings, and other shouts, footsteps, and cries were muffled by the thrilling rapid fire of the longbow.

William rode on a tall warhorse and took a bronze monocular from his squire to observe the enemy's situation, and he found that the Harold soldiers had formed a shield wall with large round shields in their hands, although many Harold soldiers were still killed by longbows, but the strong shield wall still protected his soldiers from the rain of longbows and arrows.

The shield walls and infantry arrays left over from ancient Roman times were a nuisance to William, and he was not annoyed when he saw that his longbows and crossbowmen could not do anything, so he led his melee troops forward.

"Andrew, you go back to your right flank first, and advance with me." William summoned Earl Andrew, who had returned in vain, and commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Andrew's face was slightly ashamed, and he only returned to normal after receiving William's order, and responded excitedly.

William smiled and nodded at Earl Andrew, after all, he was still a young nobleman, and it was normal for his mentality to be a little unstable after being hit, as long as he explained it.

Or the veteran Count Richard is calm and calm, he is the oldest and most experienced aristocratic general under William, William has to honor him many times, in William's heart, the Count of Charles and Count Hubert in military status are indistinguishable.

Count Richard is a veteran cavalry general, and William summoned him and ordered: "Count Richard, I entrust you with the gendarmes under the command of the Chinese army, and you must find the right time to break through the opponent's array from the flanks and flanks after our infantry and Harold's army are entangled together." ”

"I will live up to your expectations, Your Majesty." The Count of Richard nodded solemnly.

"The Mayor of Alc, Cellorin, the Baron of Lillebonne, William. Morality. Lillebonne, Baron Hugo of Saint-Pol. Morality. St. Pol, Guérand. Morality. Baron Ponthieu, William. Baron Martelley......

Ladies and gentlemen, you must return victorious in this battle! ”

William named seven or eight names in a row, all of whom were the noble commanders of the gendarmerie and feudal cavalry under his command.

"Norman will win! Norman wins! Many of his generals responded to William's expectations with cheers.

Then he looked at the two hairy lads of twelve or thirteen years old standing in front of him.

"Robert, Otto, today is the first battle for the two of you, you have to behave well. Although it is a little difficult for you to be a big war when you first join the army, I still have great expectations for you, after all, you are my brother, aren't you? ”

The two in front of him are really William's two half-brothers, the older one is called Otto. Morality. Conteville, the younger one is called Robert. Morality. Conteville, they are all the objects of William's key training.

Bishop Otto of Bayo. Morality. Odon de Bayeux (French: Odon de Bayeux), also known as Odon de Conteville (1036–February 1097), was Bishop of Bayeux, Normandy, Earl of Kent, England, and half-brother of William the Conqueror.

Otto was the son of Leu of Falais the mother of William the Conqueror and Erwyn, Viscount of Contville, and Robert, Count of Mortan, his younger brother. There is some uncertainty about the date of his birth, with some historians suggesting that he was born as early as 1030, so that William should have been 19 years old rather than 14 when he was made bishop of Bayeux in 1049.

Although Otto was ordained to the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, he was best known as a military man and statesman. Otto took an active part in the military campaign against Britain, he provided ships for the invasion of England and appeared in the Battle of Hastings, perhaps he did not really command the battle in Hastings, but inspired the army in the rear. He was with William, his scepter bearer, a group of servants, and members of his family.

In 1067, Otto became Earl of Kent and for many years was a trusted royal minister. In certain cases when William was absent (back to Normandy), Otto was the de facto regent of England, and sometimes he led the royal army to suppress rebellions (such as the Three Earls Rebellion). However, his clear sphere of influence is uncertain. Sometimes, on other occasions he also accompanied William on his return to Normandy.

During this time, Otto acquired huge estates in England, second only to the king in scope: he owned land in 23 counties, mainly in the south-east and East Anglia.

In 1076, in connection with the case of the Cron and the Diocese of Canterbury, a committee of high-ranking people from all sides tried Odo at Penenden Heath in Kent for three days. When the trial ended, Otto was forced to return many of his possessions, and his property was redistributed.

In 1082, planning a military expedition to Italy, Otto suddenly fell out of favor and was imprisoned. His motives are uncertain, and later chroniclers who wrote this history believe that Odo wanted to make himself pope, but there is no obvious evidence of the same era. For the next five years, Otto was imprisoned, and his English estates and the title of Earl of Kent were taken back by the king, but he was not removed from the bishop of Bayeux.

Start a rebellion.

In 1087, when Otto I was dying, he was reluctantly persuaded by his brother Robert of Mortaine to release Ode. After the king's death, Otto reinstated his countdom and soon organized a rebellion in support of William's eldest son, Robert Cossos.

After a failed rebellion in 1088, William Rufs allowed Odo to leave the kingdom despite the opposition of his supporters. Later, Ode stayed in Normandy to take up a post at Robert.

Otto took part in the First Crusade, serving in the ranks of the Duke of Normandy on his way to Palestine, but died in February 1097 in Palermo, on the way.