The Rise of the European Emperor

When you really come to the bottom of Edinburgh Castle, Saqqara can feel its majesty. Before, through the binoculars, Saqqara just felt that it might be troublesome to attack Edinburgh Castle, but when he really got under the Edinburgh Castle, Saqqara took a breath...

Edinburgh Castle is located on a hillside, the altitude is not high. However, that is only the impression seen from a distance. When you really come to the bottom of the hill, you will find that the hill is much higher than the city wall...

The height of the hillside and the height of the walls of Edinburgh Castle itself made the army of Saqqara, after arriving at the foot of the hill, only look up at Edinburgh Castle. And attacking a strong fortress... Nima, Saqqara can't imagine the level of casualties...

With the addition of the hillside, the walls of Edinburgh Castle are much higher than ordinary walls. Therefore, the tactic of attacking the city with ants is not considered directly.

Moreover, on the hillside of Edinburgh Castle, only the east side has a downhill road leading to the city. But this road is a very steep road, and there are many artillery pieces on the east wall of Edinburgh Castle. In other words, most of the artillery in Edinburgh City are in Edinburgh Castle to protect the safety of the royal family.

If you attack by force, you can only choose to attack from the east. At this time, in Edinburgh Castle, there were about 500 Scottish guards (some of the guards did not have time to escape back to Edinburgh Castle, and were scattered on the walls of various places) and 400 French troops. These people are nothing compared to the tens of thousands of Fourth Army Corps. But the problem is that the terrain of Edinburgh Castle is too extreme, located on a high slope, and there is only one way down the mountain. In this way, the defenders of the castle only need to guard the east gate. Although the number of people is small, they are completely able to hold on.

Looking at Edinburgh Castle, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack on the steep hillside, Saqqara has a bitter look on his face—how can this be broken?

The gates of Edinburgh Castle are made of oak, but the problem is - there is no extra gasoline in Saqqara. Otherwise, burn one and blow it up again, and Edinburgh Castle will be destroyed. However, he seriously underestimated the difficulty of Edinburgh Castle.

Of course, it wasn't his fault alone. Because Marin, who provided him with gasoline, did not expect the difficulty of Edinburgh Castle. Otherwise, he would not have planned to take the other half barrel of gasoline to Italy, but to Saqqara.

In fact, Marin hasn't gone south yet, and the half barrel of gasoline is still in the mainland. But Sakala doesn't know. If he knew, he would send a speedboat back to the mainland to come here, and it would take a few days. But gasoline is something that Marin kept secret, and no extra information was revealed, so Sakala naturally didn't know that Marin still had gasoline. Therefore, he could only sigh at Edinburgh Castle.

He first tried to blast open the east gate of Edinburgh Castle with artillery fire, but the enemy's artillery was concentrated on the east wall. Although the artillery in Edinburgh Castle are all small-caliber bronze guns, only a few pounds, they are not as powerful as the 32-pound Cullen guns. But the problem is - the opponent's artillery is mounted on the city wall on the hillside...

Anyone who has studied physics knows that it is much easier to shoot from the top of the mountain than to shoot from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain. In addition, the Karen naval gun is a short-barreled gun, and the range is too short. If the two sides shoot at each other, the anti-aircraft artillery of Scotland City on the mountain can easily hit the artillery position of the Fourth Army below the mountain.

After some mutual shooting, the artillerymen of the Fourth Army suffered casualties, but they couldn't do anything to the anti-aircraft artillery of Scotland City on the mountain. In desperation, Saqqara was worth temporarily withdrawing the artillery position. Because, if they shoot each other, the artillery of the Fourth Army will suffer. The caliber of the city defense artillery on the mountain is small, but it can be used to attack the artillery positions of the Fourth Army, but it is enough. Moreover, the opponent was blocked by a city wall, and the artillerymen of the Fourth Army could only fire in the open space. The artillery of the Soviet army can easily hurt the artillery of the Fourth Army, but the artillery of the Fourth Army may not be able to hurt the artillery of the enemy. After all, the opponent is covered by a city wall... Saqqara is of course not happy to bombard each other so uneconomically. After all, artillery is a very high-end arm, and it cannot be lost in vain...

Then, Saqqara tried another method—digging a hole to bury powder kegs under the enemy's castle gate...

But,

The warriors of the Fourth Legion held the oak gate and carried a small shovel, and rushed to the east gate of Edinburgh Castle on the hillside, but they were dumbfounded—the ground under the east gate of Edinburgh City Gate was stone ground, and there was no stone ground at all. Digging with a shovel...

So, the dead soldier who finally rushed up had no choice but to retreat again and tell Sakala the bad news...

After hearing the bad news, Saqqara sighed depressingly. In desperation, he had no choice but to order several tentative attacks.

But the effect of the storm was very poor. The opponent's 8 small bronze cannons easily beat back the fighters of the fourth army who were storming. At the same time, there are 10 matchlock guns on the top of the city. With such a luxurious configuration, the sword and shield soldiers of the Fourth Army could not withstand the firepower on the top of the city. In the face of guns and guns, a strong attack can only increase casualties...

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After repelling several waves of attacks from the Fourth Army, the defenders in Edinburgh Castle gained confidence. From the top of the city they laughed loudly at the overreach of the Fourth Army, and in English. Hearing the ridicule of the enemy, Saqqara was furious. However, he couldn't do anything about it. I can't, after listening to the enemy's ridicule, I really go all out, right?

When he was a guard beside Marin, Marin told them many times that we only provoke others to fight desperately, and we must never let others fight desperately after being provoked. Because, that's the stupidest thing to do...

Therefore, although Sakala was very angry, he endured it and ordered to continue the attack without impulsiveness. Because that was a joke about the lives of the soldiers.

Suddenly, Sakala remembered a story called "Lost Street Pavilion" in a story called "Three Kingdoms" that Marin told back then.

According to the story, a certain general named Ma Su in the Shu Kingdom chose to camp on the mountain. Then, the water source was cut off by the enemy. Without drinking water, the Shu army was in chaos, and they collapsed without a fight...

"The other party is also on the mountain, maybe lack of drinking water?" Sakala thought.

However, when he called the prisoner to ask him, he realized that he was going wrong. Because, how can there be no water source in this kind of place that is regarded as a palace and a fortress? Inside the castle, there is a well. Edinburgh Castle is only built on the hillside, the hillside is not high, the well is dug deeper, there is still water. In addition, according to the captives, there is enough food in the castle, enough to feed the people inside for several months...

Hearing these bad news, Sakala was extremely helpless. Because, all indications are that - Edinburgh Castle is difficult to conquer. In a few months, don't even think about taking it down.

However, fortunately, there are no reinforcements to send in Scotland. As for the reinforcements from the south, they are not afraid even if they return. Because, Saqqara's Fourth Army is more powerful than the reinforcements of the thousands of second-line troops. It doesn't matter if they don't come back, if they come back, Sakala doesn't mind annihilating them.

Moreover, if the Scottish army in the south returns to help, the main English army commanded by Sivager will not mind following them to Edinburgh. If Sivager's army also comes together, then the storm will be more assured.

But now... Saqqara thought about it. At the foot of the only mountain road leading to Edinburgh Castle, he had someone build a wall with bricks and stones to prevent the enemy from rushing down the mountain suddenly.

At the same time, he also sent people to repair the south gate of Edinburgh to prevent the enemy's army from returning to aid. Obviously, Saqqara, who was forced to help, planned to besieged for a long time...

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