The English fought on foot and use their shield wall to withstand repeated and bloody assaults.

英国人徒步作战，并利用他们的盾墙抵御反复的血腥攻击。

That was the shield wall and everyone getting hit.

那是盾墙，每个人都被击中了。

The Anglo-Saxons held their shield wall for most of the day!

盎格鲁-撒克逊人在一天的大部分时间里坚守着他们的盾墙！

In the morning of October 14, the battle  began, and William quickly discovered that the Anglo-Saxon shield wall was harder to break than  initially thought.

10 月 14 日上午，战斗打响，威廉很快发现盎格鲁-撒克逊盾墙比最初想象的要难攻破。

However, William  was an excellent general, and he decided to use an old war trick to encourage the Anglo-Saxons  to break their shield wall voluntarily.

然而，威廉是一位出色的将军，他决定使用一个古老的战争技巧来鼓励盎格鲁撒克逊人自愿打破他们的盾墙。

They broke  their shield wall to chase the retreating invaders; once they broke the wall, the Normans  turned back and resumed the battle, leaving the Anglo-Saxons in a much weaker defensive  position that eventually led to their surrender.

他们打破盾墙追击撤退的入侵者；一旦他们打破了城墙，诺曼人就转身重新开始战斗，使盎格鲁撒克逊人处于更弱的防御地位，最终导致他们投降。