The Rise of the European Emperor

Yesterday afternoon and in the middle of the night, most of the Scottish Praetorian Guards went out to the villages around Edinburgh to hunt for strong men. Before dawn, a total of 2,600 strong men were arrested into the city to assist the army in defending Edinburgh.

At the same time, about 4,000 prime-age male residents in the city were also gathered together and came to the weapons depot to distribute weapons. Of course, before that, they had to block the gate hole, lest the oak gate could not withstand the enemy's bombardment.

When the Fourth Army came to the outside of Edinburgh, the gate of Edinburgh had just completed the internal sealing. After the blockade was completed, the strong men took up rusted weapons and walked up the city wall with the regular army.

After they got to the city wall, the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard kept instructing the strong men loudly how to counter the possible attack of the enemy. Mainly, how to deal with the enemy soldiers climbing the wall. Even these soldiers personally demonstrated the action of stabbing down to the strong men.

Looking at the bustling city wall, Saqqara was taken aback:

"So many people? Isn't there only 1600 troops? Is the intelligence wrong?"

His adjutant looked at the binoculars for a while, then shook his head and said:

"The information is correct. Most of the people in the city are the strong men who were caught. Look at their clothes, they are very messy, not like the regular army!"

"Then I can rest assured..." Saqqara breathed a sigh of relief.

"Legion Commander, which gate are we launching the main attack from?" the adjutant asked.

Saqqara didn't speak, but observed with the telescope for a while, and rode around the city wall for a while, and then said:

"The Royal Palace of Edinburgh City Edinburgh Castle is located on the hillside in the west of the city, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and most of Edinburgh City's artillery is there. Therefore, the West Gate is not the best choice."

"The east gate is too far from the palace in the west of the city, and it will be troublesome to attack. Therefore, we can only choose from the south gate and the north gate... um... If the main attack on the north gate, the enemy will easily retreat from the south gate and enter the southern mountainous area... ...So, let's start the main attack from the south gate! However, send cavalry to guard outside the west gate to prevent the enemy chief and his wife from escaping from the west gate!"

"Yes, I'll make arrangements now!" After the adjutant saluted, he immediately arranged.

Soon, the 20 32-pound Karen naval guns that came with the ship were also moved outside the south gate, along with a large number of iron ball shells and powder keg. Subsequently, 20 32-pounder Karen guns carried out concentrated bombardment on the south gate of Edinburgh. However, Edinburgh is a royal city after all, and the city gate is still quite thick. Even a 32-pounder can't be effective for a few days.

Seeing that the shelling had no effect, Saqqara was not in a hurry. Because, he did not expect the shelling to be effective. After all, Marin sent "fierce oil" for burning wooden gates...

It's just that his artillery bombardment is also paralyzing the enemy. As for how to use "fierce kerosene", he decided to wait until midnight. In this way, the soldiers who carried the fierce kerosene to burn the city gates would not be surprised. If the soldier carrying the oil barrel to burn the city gate is accidentally shot and killed by the enemy, and another rocket is fired, the violent fire oil will be burned by itself, rather than threatening the city gate.

And Saqqara only has a barrel of "fierce kerosene" in his hand, so naturally he can't afford to waste it. So, he decided to wait until midnight to send someone in the dark to bring the kerosene to the south gate of Edinburgh and set it on fire...

Therefore, the siege of the Fourth Army during the day seemed to be loud, but in fact the rain was small, and there was no substantial progress at all.

Moreover, in this era, it is normal for the siege of Europe to last for several months. The defenders in Edinburgh are actually ready for a protracted war.

As for the stance of storming the South Gate, will the main force of the Scottish defenders be gathered near the South Gate? Saqqara was not worried. why? Because the enemy defenders only have 1,600 regular troops, and the rest are strong men with low combat power. Once the city gate was broken, Saqqara did not believe that his Fourth Army soldiers could not beat the other side. Moreover, it can also take the opportunity to eliminate the opponent's main force near the South Gate. And once the main force of the opponent is eliminated, it is very simple to occupy the entire city of Edinburgh.

In addition to concentrating the main force at the South Gate, Saqqara also divided some troops and sent them to the West Gate, East Gate and North Gate.

Make a patrol to prevent enemies from escaping through these three doors. In fact, it doesn't matter for those ordinary soldiers and civilians to escape. Saqqara's ultimate goal is to capture John Stewart and Queen Margaret. Others, it doesn't matter.

In this way, the whole day, the offensive and defensive battle between the Fourth Army and the Edinburgh defenders was more like a friendly exercise, and there were not many casualties at all. But what the Scottish defenders didn't notice was that the Fourth Army quietly filled the trench near the South Gate with sandbags in a feinted attack...

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In the middle of the night, both sides were tired and rested. Of course, both armies have arranged sergeants on duty at night to closely monitor each other and not give their opponents a chance to take advantage. Especially the Fourth Corps, the main camp brought a few German shepherds for night patrol. Once there is trouble, the awakened German Shepherd will bark in alarm. Therefore, for now, Beihai Kingdom's army should be the most difficult to be attacked at night. What's more, there were secret sentries on the periphery of the Fourth Legion's camp. If you want to attack at night, there is no way.

The Scottish defenders in the city were also nervously defending the city wall. Because the North Sea army has a tradition of night raids, the Scottish army cannot be nervous.

But most of the night passed and nothing happened. And the Scottish defenders, their tense nerves, finally relaxed...

However, before dawn, that is, around three o'clock, a small group of people quietly walked out of the fourth army camp and touched the south gate of Edinburgh...

Most of the people in this group were carrying a bundle of firewood, but only one person was carrying a wooden barrel. And that wooden barrel is naturally filled with the legendary "fierce oil", that is, mixed gasoline.

After quietly touching the south gate, the defenders on the top of the city didn't notice it. After all, it was almost dawn now (it started at 4:00 in early August), and the Scottish soldiers on duty at night were also asleep. A few soldiers of the Fourth Legion who touched the city gate could even hear the snoring from the Scottish defenders above the city...

At this time, the moon in the sky had already set, and only a few stars remained. Relying on this little starlight, the group touched under the south gate of Edinburgh.

The barrel-carrying person who led the team waved his hand, and the others quickly piled firewood lightly on the oak city gate. Then, the warrior with the barrel on his back opened the cork of the barrel and poured the unknown liquid in the barrel into the piles of firewood leaning on the city gate. There was an unpleasant smell in the air...

Seeing that the arrangement is almost complete, the last step is naturally the ignition.

At this time, the captain carrying the wooden barrel gestured to the other people, who took off a small wooden pipe from their waists one after another. Pulling out the wooden pipe, it seems that there are match ropes with dim fire. The wooden pipe is open at both ends and not closed. And the lit match is set inside, and it will not go out. With a wooden pipe, it can prevent Mars from being discovered by bystanders in the dark night.

Of course, the captain with the barrel on his back would not dare to bring this stuff. Because, the legion commander said, this kind of "fierce oil" is too powerful, and those who carry oil barrels must put an end to sparks on their bodies. Even on the way before, the captain kept a certain distance from the other people, just to avoid the sparks of the matches on their bodies accidentally hitting the oil barrels.

Afterwards, the captain carrying the oil bucket took out a slender fuse from his pocket, one end was connected to the firewood pile that had been poured with fierce fire oil on the city gate, and the other end was farther away...

After arranging the fuse, Captain Back Barrel whispered:

"ignition!"

Immediately, several burning matchstick ends stretched towards the fuse...

"Chi-chi--" A faint sound came, and the people responsible for igniting the fire had already run away...

Before long, under the south gate of Edinburgh, a fire suddenly burst into the sky. Moreover, the fire was extremely fierce. From the fire to the raging fire, it only took a few seconds...

Moreover, the flame temperature is extremely high, estimated to be thousands of degrees. Even the Scottish soldiers dozing off on the city gates felt a heat wave rising...

The Scottish soldier who was awakened by the heat was stunned for a moment, but then he saw the sky-high flames under the city. He stuck his head out and was surprised, and then he shouted:

"It's on fire! The South Gate is on fire!"

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