The Rise of the European Emperor

The British Isles face the warm current of the North Atlantic Ocean, and there is more rain. Although not as frequent as the west of Ireland, Scotland is still a rainy area.

No, just after a while of fine weather, it ushered in the summer rain again. Looking at the pattering rain in the sky, Saqqara frowned. At this time, the artillerymen of the artillery unit were moving the artillery and ammunition into the barracks. Because it is easy to wet the gunpowder in rainy days, and it is easy to rust the cast iron Karen naval gun.

"Oh, what a hassle!" Looking at the Edinburgh Castle towering on the hill in the distance, Sakala sighed helplessly.

Sakala, who was in a restless mood, went to take a nap after lunch. But as soon as he fell asleep, he heard Isaac, the commander of the Musket Battalion, rushing in excitedly, disturbing Saqqara's nap.

Sakala was full of anger, but couldn't get angry again. why? Because Isaac is not a member of the Fourth Legion. Anyone from the Fourth Legion would have been whipped if he had interrupted his siesta so rudely. But Isaac is the musketeer commander from the First Army, and he was the adjutant of Steindorf, the chief of the North Sea Gunnery Corps. Originally, the main musketeer of the First Army was going to follow Marin to Italy. However, Isaac was not from the mountains of Wurttemberg, but from the plains of Alsace. Therefore, he was not very good at climbing, so he was sent by Marin to the British Isle to assist Saqqara in attacking Edinburgh.

Therefore, although Isaac's rank is lower than that of Sakala, he is an officer of the friendly army, which makes it difficult for Sakara to vent his anger on him. However, Saqqara stared at Isaac unkindly to see what he wanted to say. If you say something useless, you must give him a good reprimand. Even if you can't smoke him, you can still scold him. After all, his level is higher than his.

"What's the matter?" Saqqara asked angrily.

"Legion Commander, it's raining!" Isaac said excitedly.

"That's it?" Sakala was ready to scold the other party. Nima, I'm so excited when it rains, I...

But before he started cursing, Isaac continued:

"Legion Commander, let's prepare to attack!"

"What? Attack on a rainy day? The road up the mountain is very slippery!" Saqqara refused without thinking.

"No, Legion Commander, on rainy days, the opponent's artillery and matchlock guns have misfired, and there is no threat to us!" Isaac finally got to the point.

"Well... that's it... that's good news, but our guns have also misfired..." Saqqara's Fourth Army has no musketeers and artillery, and has been stationed in England, so he still I don't know that the wind-up gun is not afraid of rain.

"Our wind-up guns are not afraid of rainy days!" Isaac finished talking about the advantages of wind-up guns.

Sakala's eyes suddenly lit up:

"You mean, when it's raining, their guns are silent, but our musketeers can continue to shoot?"

Isaac nodded heavily...

But then, Sakala hesitated again:

"No way, the east wall of Edinburgh Castle is so steep, even if they don't have the advantage of guns, their people can easily drive down our soldiers who climbed to the top of the city. You know, the defenders inside are all elite... And, The opponent can still shoot arrows in rainy days, and it will cause death and injury to the musketeer..."

Isaac said confidently:

"No problem, I have calculated that the soldiers defending the city generally only use archery and throwing stones to deal with our musketeers. But the stone throwing distance is too close, and our musketeers stand 30 meters away, so they throw Not anymore. As for bows and arrows, our musketeers can wear plate armor, so they are not afraid of bows and arrows. Then, their bows and arrows cannot hurt our musketeers, but our musketeers can easily hurt them..."

"Good idea, just... I think your 400 musketeers don't seem very strong. If they wear plate armor, can they climb halfway up the hillside? Wearing plate armor is very exhausting..."

Isaac rolled his eyes:

"Who said they were going to climb mountains wearing plate armor? Can't they wear plate armor after climbing up?"

Sakala suddenly realized,

But he frowned and said:

"Even if we have an advantage over the enemy on the top of the city, it's useless if the soldiers can't climb the wall. The east wall of Edinburgh Castle is so narrow and their people are very elite. I don't think we can easily occupy the east wall. ..."

Ithaca explained:

"Legion commander, I mean, not to immediately occupy the city walls, but to shoot their soldiers. You know, there are only eight or nine hundred defenders in Edinburgh Castle. We have 400 musketeers, staring at the top of the city and firing , How long can they withstand the shooting? 400 musketeers, if they shoot 10,000 people in the Fourth Army, it may take a long time to kill them. But there are only 800 or 900 people on the opposite side, and they will be killed in a few days. Wait for them There are no people left, why don't we just let us climb up to seize the city?"

After hearing this, Saqqara slammed the table and said:

"Brother, your strategy is really clever!"

Saqqara is not stupid, just not well-informed. After all, when the Fourth Army was formed, there were no musketeers in the army, only longbowmen. Therefore, the knowledge of musketeers is relatively limited.

After Isaac's explanation, he immediately realized the advantage of the clockwork gun - on rainy days, you can't shoot, but I can shoot, which is a great advantage...

You know, shooting a gun and shooting an arrow are two different things. Archery is useless when it encounters plate armor and shields, but muskets encounter plate armor and can still injure the opponent. When you encounter a wooden shield and a rattan shield, break it directly...

Moreover, Saqqara also ignored the problem of the small number of defenders in Edinburgh Castle. Although the steep terrain and the only way up the mountain concealed the problem of the small number of enemy troops, if Isaac's strategy was followed, the enemy would not be able to be injured if they fired in the rain. Eight or nine hundred defenders can't resist the attack of 400 musketeers...

...

So, Sakala quickly ordered the army to tear down the roadblocks on the road up the mountain, and then assembled the army to start the attack.

The mountain road is difficult to walk, and the musketeers all went up the mountain wearing simple coir raincoats. When they were not far from the east wall of Edinburgh Castle, just out of reach of the opponent's archers, the army stopped, and the musketeers put on plate armor one after another.

The plate armor was brought up with the help of strong men recruited from the city, together with the strong men, and the carriages of ten carriages. Although the mountain road is difficult to walk, it is also possible to take a horse-drawn carriage. After all, the Scottish royal family often travels in a carriage. Of course, when the carriage goes uphill, some folks are needed to help push the carriage. Otherwise, it is a bit difficult to go uphill.

In fact, in order to solve the problem of difficult carriages going up the mountain, Edinburgh Castle specially built a thing similar to the overpass bridge of later generations, using a small but long road to reach the top of the bridge. The top of the bridge is parallel to Edinburgh Castle. This viaduct suspended from a high place directly connects to the east gate of Edinburgh Castle. As long as the carriage gets on the viaduct, it can drive smoothly into Edinburgh Castle.

Of course, there is no such thing yet. Now, when the carriage returns to the palace, Min Zhuang needs to help push it up the mountain from the back of the carriage. When going down the mountain, in order to prevent the carriage from going too fast, someone dragged it behind...

However, the carriages pushed by the strong men recruited by the Fourth Army were not used for ordinary transportation, but were used to load ammunition for the clockwork flintlock on rainy days.

Because, although the wind-up gun is not afraid of rain, the premise is that the ammunition has been loaded. If it rains when reloading, the gunpowder will get wet easily and fail to ignite.

Therefore, Ithaca recruited hundreds of people and pushed 10 carriages up the hillside, specially for rain-proof loading for the musketeers.

Of course, it is not for the musketeers to get into the compartment to reload. The musketeers wore plate armor and were handicapped. After they finish shooting, there will be a special person to send the musket back to the carriage, and the special person in the carriage will be responsible for loading the musket, and then the errand runner will send it back to the musketeer...

In addition, in front of the musketeers, there is a row of soldiers holding super-large wooden shields at the front to prevent the musketeers from being injured by the enemy's flying stones and bows and arrows. These oversized wooden shields are actually wooden doors removed from houses in the city...

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