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The core of the army was provided by the 5, 000 Thanes, or noblemen, of England. And in addition there were the 13, 000 parttime soldiers, known as the " fyrd", and mobilised by their lords, obliged to give the king two months service each year. With amazing speed, this army was stationed along the south coast. By August 10th, William had his army in place along the Normandy coast. Two great fighting forces bent on each other' s annihilation faced each other across a little strip of water to determine the destiny of England. And there they sat, William waiting for a southerly wind that never came, and Harold waiting for William, who never came. This waiting was particularly serious for Harold. By the first week of September he' d kept the fyrd in battle position for at least two weeks longer than their twomonth obligation. |
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duì wǔ hé xīn bù fèn shì wǔ qiān míng yīng gé lán lǐng zhǔ, zài jiā shang yī wàn sān qiān míng bèi chēng wéi" mín bīng" de jiān zhí shì bīng. tā men yóu gè zì de lǐng zhǔ zhào jí, měi nián wèi guó wáng fú yì liǎng ge yuè, zhè zhī jūn duì yǐ jīng rén de sù dù zài nán hǎi àn zhù zhā le xià lái, zhí dào 8 yuè 10 rì, wēi lián de jūn duì yǐ zài nuò màn dǐ hǎi àn zhù zhā. liǎng zhī jūn duì gé zhe zhǎi zhǎi de hǎi xiá xiāng wàng, yī xīn xiǎng jiāng duì fāng jiān miè, ràng yīng gé lán de guī shǔ chén āi luò dìng. wēi lián yī fāng wàn shì jù bèi, zhǐ qiàn nán fēng, dàn zhè fēng zuì zhōng yě méi yǒu dào lái. ér hā luó dé jìng hòu zhe de wēi lián, zuì zhōng yě wèi chū xiàn, zhè zhǒng děng dài, duì hā luó dé lái shuō gèng wéi bù lì. dào jiǔ yuè dì yí gè xīng qī qián, mín bīng dài zài zhèn dì de shí jiān, chāo chū liǎng ge yuè de yì wù fú yì qī yǐ yú liǎng zhōu. |