One in William's life, the loyalty of his half-brother Ode of Bayeux and Robert of Numtan, both of whom played an important role in his life.

William, who was well acquainted with this history, held Otto in high esteem. Morality. Conteville and Robert. Morality. The two Contwell brothers had great expectations for them.

"We will respond to your expectations with practical actions." Otto and Robert replied excitedly.

"I'm looking forward to it." William smiled and nodded.

Just as William was about to order the general assault to begin, his royal bard and knight, Aiu Taylor, begged his master William to let him be the first to charge.

William agreed to his request, and Taylor Fer charged at the British alone, brandishing his sword and lance and chanting an ancient version of Roland's song.

Taylor's offer to fight was very much in line with William's wishes, and whether he won or lost, he could arouse the fighting spirit of the Normans.

Taylor Fer lived up to William's expectations, heroically storming the formation of the Harolds, killing a heavily armed British soldier with a mounted rifle, followed by slashing two Anglo-Saxon militiamen with a knight's sword. Then, when he turned his horse's head and was about to return to his own position, he was unfortunately pulled off his horse by the British soldiers who surrounded him, and he was tragically killed in battle.

William covered his forehead, couldn't bear to look at it, and ordered loudly with full anger: "The whole army is attacking, for victory!" ”

"For victory! Come on! ”

Then the Norman infantry and cavalry charged together, led by William himself and Viscount Ferdinand, and the cavalry was divided into two groups, a large part of the cavalry including the gendarmes led by the Earl of Richard from the left flank, and the cavalry on the right flank led by the Earl Andrew, ready to attack around the rear.

On the front line, the infantry and cavalry went head-to-head with the defending British troops, the first to come into contact with the feudal knights on the left flank, and the gendarmes were still retained by the Earl of Richard as a trump card.

However, due to the use of powerful Danish axes by the British, this round of cavalry attacks left only a pile of chopped horses and corpses. The shield wall of the British army remained impregnable, and the British soldiers began to shout "Holy Cross" and "Get out, get out".

When William led the infantry to approach the British shield wall, the well-equipped Norman infantry with iris shields was attacked by the British infantry with a mixture of weapons such as javelins, spears and tomahawks, and the Norman infantry also returned fire with dense guns and long arrows and tomahawks, and the battle situation of the Chinese army became anxious for a while.

Subsequently, the legion led by Andrew on the right flank made contact with the British shield wall. Due to the inexperience and unpreparedness of the powerful British defense, and the fact that the right wing army was mostly composed of ineffective mercenaries, Italian Norman pirates, militiamen, and levies, and the feudal knights, led by Andrew, left the right wing infantry in an attempt to encircle the rear, these soldiers did not last long and quickly retreated.

The left flank of the British army, probably led by Harold. Led by Goldwinson's brother Sussex and Earl Giles of Surrey, a man of great youth but certainly no bad command artist, the left flank of the British army rushed out of formation and descended the hill to pursue.

Seeing that his right flank was driven down the hill by the British and pursued all the way to the plain below the hillside, Earl Andrew immediately gave up the hard-won opportunity to attack the rear, and led more than 1,000 Norman knights to ride back.

On the hill, the British army was able to fight the Normans with a strong shield wall, and even defeated the rabble on the right flank, but on the flat ground, without the protection of the shield wall, this part of the British army was quickly dispersed by the Norman cavalry who arrived quickly, and Harold's younger brother, the Earl of Gilles, also fled back to the camp in disarray.

The Harolds kept the front line unbroken through after the battle began, and they returned fire with a mixture of weapons such as javelins, spears, and tomahawks, inflicting considerable damage on the Norman hoplites on the front line, and although these injuries were not fatal with the protection of armor, they still affected the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

William was annoyed by the inability of the Chinese infantry to break through, and immediately organized his soldiers again to launch a second wave of attacks, and the two sides engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.

However, Andrew's right flank cavalry and infantry suddenly retreated back, which also caused the Norman auxiliaries deployed near the right flank to waver.

In the midst of the chaos, the news of William's death was once reported on the Norman side. To make matters worse, part of the soldiers on the left flank of the British army, led by the Earl of Gilles, also broke away from the line and began to pursue the retreating Norman infantry.

At the last moment, William immediately changed his horse, took off his helmet, and waved the golden double lion flag on a red background, and began to boost the morale of the whole army.

William regrouped and slowly disengaged with the Harold army on the hill under the command of Viscount Ferdinand.

Immediately, he led the cavalry of the Chinese army, and cooperated with the feudal knights of Earl Andrew, who arrived to launch a counterattack against the British infantry who had broken away, and then quickly divided and surrounded them.

As William retreated, Count Richard also led his army to disengage with the handsome right flank, slowly retreating and then regrouping on the left flank of William's army.

"The shield wall of the Harold army is not easy to break, and the strong attack has suffered heavy casualties on our army, Count Richard, Count Andrew, what are your good ideas?" William didn't blame Andrew for his failure, smiled and patted him on the shoulder to whisper a word of comfort.

"We may withdraw to the camp first, and when we come with bed crossbows, ballistae, and counterweight trebuchets, we will surely be able to break the shield walls of the British army with stone bullets and crossbow guns, and even the strong walls will not be able to resist the stone bombardment of the counterweight trebuchets, how can flesh and blood resist it?" Count Richard made a very sound suggestion, and he did not want his soldiers to suffer heavy casualties, although the hit rate was not high, the movement was slow, and the maintenance was inconvenient, but it seemed to him that borrowing siege equipment to open the gap was indeed a good note.

"We don't have enough time to wait any longer, and I must crush Godwin's army and lead it to London before King Edward can get reinforcements from the northern princes, the Duke of Mercia and the Duke of Northumbria. Otherwise, our army's struggle will be in vain, and it will not be possible to obtain the benefits to match it. William thought about it, and vetoed Count Richard's proposal.

"Your Majesty, when my left flank infantry retreated, the right flank of Harold's army, led by Harold's brother Giles, rushed out of formation and went down the hill to pursue. Perhaps our army could order the Norman cavalry to repeat the tactic of "deceitful defeat" and repeatedly lure the British troops on the hill to come in pursuit.

As long as the opponent gets down the hill and gives up their advantage - shield walls and tight formations, our army can easily defeat the opponent. Based on his own experience, Earl Andrew summed up and put forward his own opinion.

"Good idea, Andrew, this 'deception' operation will be carried out by you, and the gendarmerie troops will be transferred to you for command first, don't disappoint me!"

Andrew's approach was well-reasoned and conducive to a quick win, and it was worth trying, and William decided to go with his approach.