The Rise of the European Emperor

Edward's army landed very smoothly. In order to help Edward's 8,000-strong army to land, King Louis XII of France and King James IV of Scotland not only mobilized domestic fleets to help, but also mobilized a large number of fishing boats to help transport people.

Edward's army landed in the seaside town of Aklow, about 21 kilometers south of Wicklow City. There were only a few dozen defenders here. Edward's army directly attacked and easily controlled the small town of Aklow. Then, the army relied on the pier of Aklo Fishing Port to land in an orderly manner.

Because of the insufficient number of Long Bridge docks, many manned ships need to wait. So, as the representative of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, Sahi, the deputy captain of the demolition team under the pseudonym of the Dane Jonathan, suggested to requisition the small fishing boats in Aklo Fishing Port, and let the fishermen row the small fishing boats and small fishing boats to the big boats in the sea to pick up people. , and then back to land.

The docking of small fishing boats is very convenient, and it is not easy to run aground. Even if it was stranded, a few people lifted it up and left the shoal. Therefore, small fishing boats can easily land on the shore, and the requirements for the wharf are very low.

Sahi had participated in the battle from Texel Island to attack East Friesland. Many of the original army had waded ashore. After approaching the beach with small fishing boats, the soldiers directly waded ashore.

So, Sahi spoke out his thoughts and got the support of Earl Edward. After all, Aklo has only two Longbridge piers, and each can only dock one or two large ships at a time. Eight thousand people landed on two piers, and the speed was too slow.

After using the small fishing boats of the nearby residents, the speed of landing really accelerated. Although wading on the beach can make your shoes and trousers completely wet, it is very uncomfortable. However, Earl Edward ordered a fire to be set up by the sea. Those soldiers who landed in water can directly dry their shoes and trousers around the fire, which is also convenient.

In this way, the 8,000 troops that might have landed in two or three days, landed in eight days, and the baggage and artillery were also brought up.

For the 20 bronze cannons that suddenly appeared in Edward's army, the French in Edward's army were very puzzled. The style of these artillery pieces is similar to that of French artillery pieces. However, the French officers who came to help Count Edward on the orders of the French King had never heard of domestic support for Count Edward's artillery.

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Louis XII did things very well. Although Louis XII did not know who helped Count Edward cast the artillery, he still provided Count Edward with a lot of gunpowder and iron balls.

As a famous artillery country in Europe, the French have no shortage of saltpeter. Because, the French have already begun to collect soil nitrate from the side of the cesspool on a large scale. Even, because he was afraid that Count Edward's men would not have qualified artillerymen, Louis XII sent 100 excellent artillerymen over to help use the artillery, lest Count Edward's men not have qualified artillerymen and waste artillery shells.

After resting for two days in the small town of Aklo, the army regrouped and set foot on the road north.

Aklow was only 21 kilometers away from Wicklow City. Although the marching speed of Earl Edward's army was slow, it set off early in the morning and arrived at Wicklow City at noon, and surrounded Wicklow City.

The MacMurrow monarch, Muircheartach (who still called himself King of Leinster), was taken aback and mobilized an army to resist. However, because Earl Edward did not let the messenger go to Wicklow when he landed. Therefore, the city of Wicklow has no time to mobilize the troops and horses of the whole country to help defend the city. Therefore, at this time, there were only 2,000 defenders in Wicklow City. If the whole country is mobilized, maybe four or five thousand people can come out. However, Edward's army came too fast, and did not leak the news, so Muircheartach was caught off guard.

In desperation, King Muircheartach had to command the only 2,000 soldiers in the city to be responsible for defending the city. But what surprised King Muircheartach was that the army that surrounded Wicklow seemed to be from the McCarthy Dynasty of the Kingdom of Munster without a ladder to siege the city. It's just that they dragged out something that King Muircheartach hadn't seen... Fortunately, someone in Wicklow had the knowledge and recognized that it was an artillery...

Under the control of 100 French artillerymen, 20 12-pounder guns were aimed at the west gate of Wicklow...

Muircheartach didn't know why, so he sent a loud shout from the top of the city, asking for negotiations with the people of the McCarthy Dynasty, the descendants of the Munster Kingdom, and also said that the common enemy of the Irish was the British, and they should not kill each other...

If the real McCarthy Dynasty people, they may have listened to it. However, Earl Edward was originally a man of the fake McCarthy Dynasty, and only played the banner of the McCarthy Dynasty. Moreover, Earl Edward is an Englishman...

Therefore, for King Muircheartach's "persuasion", Earl Edward naturally ignored it, but let the artillery bombard the West Gate as originally planned...

"Boom-boom-boom-" came the sound of huge artillery, almost scared King Muircheartach off the city wall. All the Irish soldiers standing on the top of the city were also startled and their morale plummeted. After all, humans are terrified of the unknown.

At this time, the island of Ireland was a remote rural area in Europe, and few people came, and the locals naturally didn't know much about artillery. Therefore, everyone is completely unfamiliar with artillery. The loud noise of the artillery, like thunder, terrified the Irish. Many Irish soldiers even misunderstood that it was "God's punishment" from God. They threw down their weapons and knelt directly on the top of the city to pray...

However, the reality is cruel. No matter how devoutly the Irish prayed to God, the next day, the West Gate was blasted with a large hole by 20 cannons. Of course, behind the big hole, are the bricks and wood piled up by the defenders in the city...

Sahi, who goes by the pseudonym Jonathan, went into battle in person. He carried a door panel as protection, a powder keg behind his back, and a arquebus for lighting the powder keg tied to his left hand.

After blowing a big hole in the west gate, those French artillerymen, under the guidance of Sahi, used cannonballs to suppress the tower above the west gate, so that the Irish army guarding the city could not lift their heads.

Iron balls roared past, and the defenders above the West City Gate couldn't lift their heads. Once he raised his head, his head could easily be taken away by the iron ball, leaving only a body without the head, blood spurting wildly.

After a few unlucky people were successfully turned into terrifying headless ghosts by iron balls, the Irish defenders at West City Head really didn't dare to emerge...

Then, Sahi picked up the door panel and charged towards the west gate with the powder keg on his back...

Coming to the West City Gate, Sahi took out a small iron pick and began to clear the big hole while the Irish defenders on the top of the city could not attack him. He took the masonry in the big hole and opened a hole, just put it into the powder keg, leaving a fuse. Then, he buried the masonry that he had cut open before, so that the powder keg could be buried in the middle, so that it could exert the greatest explosive power.

After burying the powder keg, Sahi blew the match rope tied to his left arm and lit the long fuse...

Then, Sahi quickly picked up the door panel, used as cover, and ran away quickly...

After a while, there was a loud noise, and the west gate of Wicklow City was blown up. Not only was the city gate broken, but the bricks and stones used to block the city gate were also scattered all over the floor. At this time, there was also a big gap in the city gate...

Earl Edward knew that the opportunity could not be missed, so a group of French sword and shield soldiers took the lead and rushed directly to the blasted city gate. go up.

At this time, the Irish defenders in the city had not yet recovered from the shock of the artillery. As a result, the Irish defenders were killed, and even King Muircheartach was captured...

Jean Paul, a French officer who was sent by King Louis XII to assist Count Edward, was also taken aback by this victory. You must know that the siege of European cities at this time generally takes several months. How is it like the current situation, it only takes two days?

So, Jean Paul hurriedly wrote a letter to Louis XII, describing the characteristics of this siege. Moreover, the insightful Jean Paul suggested that metal gates should be used to guard against shelling. In particular, on the southern Italian battlefield, the city of Naples should replace the metal gates so as not to be taken by the Spaniards...

The letter was quickly sent back to Paris by French naval ships, and it was also valued by Louis XII. Unfortunately, it's too late...

Because, just when Louis XII received the letter from Jean Paul, the Spanish army also arrived in Naples. Even if the French wanted to replace the metal city gates, it was too late. They couldn't change the city gates under the nose of the Spanish army, right? Moreover, building a metal city gate also requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Not to mention that it takes a long time for orders to be delivered from Paris to Naples...

If Jean-Paul's letter had been delivered to Paris two months earlier, there might have been a better result. However, it was too late. Because of lack of time, Naples City had no chance to replace the metal gate, and even had no chance to cover the outside of the gate with a layer of iron, so the Spaniards slammed the door. Moreover, the Spaniards also took out their artillery and began to bombard the gates of Naples...

So, this letter from Jean Paul came too late...

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