The sun rises and you are uncomfortable in your thick clothing, mail armor and tight-fitting conical helm; sweat drips off the nasal of your helm and specks the saddle pommel. All around you men are waiting for orders, standing in their ranks looking up the hill at the formidable array of the English army.
Harold's banners fly on the breeze: a windsock standard in the shape of a great red dragon, and a pennoned flag with a warrior stitched on it in fine threads and jewels. Beside you, the pope's banner bends with the same wind, pointing inland toward London, toward the English army blocking your way.
Your men are worried at the tactical disadvantage that Harold has forced upon you. If you order an attack now, you feel that it could easily fail. Something is needed to swing the mood to a more confident outlook:
Send your champion, Taillefer, to challenge the English to provide a duelist, to fight in full view of both armies (A risky thing, this: Taillefer is the most formidable fighter in your experience, and so he should win; but if he loses, the "sign" will be bad for morale: but if he wins, that will be taken as a sign that God favors your cause.)
Simply await the English attack. They can't stay up there all day doing nothing. When they start down the hill, their order will loosen, and you can break them up with cavalry.
Withdraw to Telham hill and form up on your own high ground, and force Harold to come to you.
Reposition your army so that all your cavalry are massed on the wings. Then hold Harold's center with your marksmen and infantry, while you destroy the wings with cavalry attacks. After that, the king's center should be easy to roll up.