William's infantry and long-range divisions were ready to fight the enemy to the death, but the Norman cavalry was the first to come into contact with the HRE army, and it was not yet time for the infantry to come into play.

The Norman cavalry numbered more than 6,000 people, of which the standing cavalry accounted for most of them, and most of them belonged to the cavalry units of the Guards Regiment and their respective legions, mainly composed of low-ranking nobles, knights and descendants of down-and-out knights, etc., and formed a strong cavalry corps after strict training.

This part of the standing cavalry differed from the rest of the feudal knights in that they were more focused on teamwork, using uniform cavalry spears and cavalry swords, and the armor on their bodies and the horses under them were also uniformly assigned by William.

The oncoming standing cavalry of the legion formed a neat phalanx like tofu blocks, jogged and lowered the scarlet cavalry spears, and then gradually accelerated to the maximum.

Thousands of cavalry spears gleaming with a cold light were pointed at the HRE knights, and behind and flanked by cavalry regiments of feudal knights and their attendants, their characters were mainly responsible for harvesting heads and expanding the results of the war.

Don't underestimate these Norman feudal knights, although they did not have the well-trained and uniform cavalry of the legion, they were definitely not lacking in courage and combat effectiveness, and their records were impeccable, having defeated many powerful units such as the Varangian Guard, the English Dragon Banner Legion, and the Byzantine Ironclad Paladins.

As the opponent of the Norman knights, there were more than 9,000 HRE knights.

In the face of the Knights of the Shinra Order, which was more than half of his own, Gerald, the commander of the cavalry company of the First Legion, was not afraid, he bravely put down his spear, held his shield tightly, and did not hesitate in his heart.

The commander of Gerald's cavalry company is only less than 18 years old, but he has already reached the rank of cavalry company commander, and he has a bright future.

He was born into a family of Norman knights in the kingdom of Enman, and as a young man he was known throughout the kingdom for his bravery and indomitability.

As an adult, he inherited his father's knighthood and domain in the kingdom of Enman, and joined the First Legion of Hubert, Duke of Anjou, with his attendants.

Because of his skillful horsemanship, bravery, and reputation in Normandy, Gerard was quickly promoted to the position of Captain of a Cavalry Squadron, responsible for leading perhaps thirty or so regiments of standing cavalry.

Subsequently, he was assigned to William by Duke Hubert as the captain of William's Guards Cavalry Squadron.

It is well known that William is particularly fond of promoting capable young heroes, regardless of their origins, as long as they are capable and loyal, they can be reused.

Duke Hubert let Gerard follow William, also because he loved him and hoped that he would have a good future.

The Knight Gerald lived up to his expectations, and at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, he led his cavalry squad and a coordinated brigade to defeat the Vikings on the west bank of the Derwent River.

Later, he cooperated with the infantry to kill the younger brother of the Danish king, the Danish giant Asby the Bear. Manso.

Because of his outstanding merits, he was promoted to the position of captain of the Guards Cavalry Company by William's line of fire, and was responsible for commanding hundreds of knights instead of the former company captain who died in battle.

At the same time, he also received his first title of nobility, becoming a lieutenant baron, owning five estates in Northamptonshire, England, with a total of 1,300 acres of arable land.

Gerald had an enviable fortune, but he was not the only Norman to be appreciated by William.

William began to reign in Evreux in 1035, he recaptured Normandy, conquered Brittany, Anjou and Flanders, seized the Kingdom of England and Ireland, Wales, and fought dozens of battles in the past ten years, and dozens of high-ranking nobles were promoted for merit, and thousands of nobles were awarded titles and territories, and Gerald's success was not too outstanding.

At present, the brightest new star in the Norman kingdom is still the first man of the kingdom, Hubert, Duke of Anjou. Morality. Stafford, who followed William for more than ten years, rose from a lowly knight to the noble Duke of Anjou, and his experience was unprecedented.

Gerald is striving for Duke Hubert.

The HRE knights in front of him were getting closer and closer, and their spears seemed to be poking into Gerald's eyes, but he was not afraid, and his desire for territory and title overcame some fear in his heart.

Gerald clenched the scarlet cavalry spear in his hand and aimed it at the face of the HRE knight in front of him.

Blood splattered, screams came, and Gerald felt the scarlet cavalry spear in his hand thump, snapping and breaking the city in two.

He glanced at the HRE knight he had killed, and the one-meter-long red spearhead sank into the opponent's head, blood poured into it, and his body slowly fell.

Gerard did not have any leisure to observe the death of his opponent, so he immediately discarded half of the cavalry spear more than three meters long, pulled out a new cavalry saber with a blade length of 90 cm from his waist, and raised his right hand flat to aim at the incoming person.

The new cavalry saber in Gerald's hand has a blade 90 cm long, a thick back and a thin blade, two blood grooves carved on each side, and the middle and end are very straight except for the slight curve at the front of the blade.

This new cavalry saber can not only be chopped and chopped, but also tougher and split, and the blood grooves on both sides of the blade bring a great killing bonus to the cavalry saber.

And with the dark and backward medical conditions of the Middle Ages at this time, the enemy who was cut by the cavalry saber could not escape death.

With a pop, the sound of blades entering flesh was heard, and Gerald and one of the HRE knights staggered by, his newly made cavalry saber slashing through the neck of a knight.

Driven by the galloping warhorse, the cavalry saber in his hand easily broke through the double chain mail that protected his neck, and a bloody arrow shot out, and the HRE knight fell to the ground limply.

Of course, there are still many Norman nobles like Vice-Baron Gerald, who are brave enough to crown the three armies, but more Norman knights are more mediocre in ability, relying on tight cavalry arrays, shoulder to shoulder, and wantonly slashing the Shinra knights in front of them in a way that fights more and fights less.

It's not that these Norman knights are not as good as the Shinra knights in front of them, their combat effectiveness is on average much higher than that of the German knights, but they will not rely on their strong combat power to break away from the team, unlike the Germans who are aggressive.

Because several wars have proven that this kind of dense cavalry battle formation can exert its own combat effectiveness several times, and can greatly reduce its own casualties.

The Normans were always a smart, studious, and flexible race, so why abandon them if they had many advantages in a close-knit cavalry formation?

Led by powerful Norman knights such as Vice-Baron Gerald, the Norman cavalry formed a tight battle formation and successfully cut into the HRE Knights, dividing and defeating them.