But Harold, always conservative in his tactics, refused to allow others to follow. So at this point, he seems to have lost momentary control of his own troops, who couldn't resist following the horsemen, elated by the thought that the Duke of Normandy was lost. But William threw back his helmet to prove he was very much alive. He rallied the ranks of the Norman centre around the rear of the pursuing Saxons and set about slicing them to pieces. The battle wasn't over yet. It was gonna take at least six hours to decide. The Bayeux Tapestry is shockingly explicit in exposing the extent of the carnage and mutilation. But it was the English army that was eventually, and very, very slowly, ground down. William began exploiting weak points, settling into an alternating rhythm of archers and cavalry. The arrows now shot high into the air and fell, not onto the front line but the heads of the unprotected men behind them.