The Rise of the European Emperor

The terrain of Scotland is rugged, and most of the land is highland and mountainous. Therefore, there was a very famous military group, the Scottish Highland Infantry, in the UK in later generations.

Because there are many mountains, strictly speaking, most of the citizens of Scotland belong to the mountain people, and they are more aggressive. Otherwise, with a population of 500,000 in Scotland, it would not be able to withstand the attack of the English. The brave mountain people and the natural terrain advantages are Scotland's biggest reliance on resisting the invasion of England.

However, in any case, the source of food is mainly plains. The plains of Scotland are mainly distributed in the southern coastal areas. For example, the southern plains near Edinburgh.

The Southern Plains is the most agriculturally developed area in Scotland, and it is also a densely populated area. As a king, James IV could easily recruit enough young men to defend his own safety on the plains. Therefore, arriving in the southern plains is tantamount to arriving at your own real territory. Unlike the mountain road along this road, except for a few small villages and towns along the way, there is not a single ghost on most of the road. If he was ambushed, it is estimated that no one would come to rescue him even if he broke his throat.

And now in the Gobbridge Valley, just pass through here and you're on the plain. What's more, Edinburgh is just around the corner. Because it is only 20 kilometers away from Edinburgh...

Just as James IV and his knights were looking forward to the welcome banquet after returning home, Kahn and his party were also making final preparations in Gobridge Valley.

Kahn said to Coster on the side:

"Coster, are your people ready? The pedestrians who were detained before?"

"Kill them all!" Coster said expressionlessly.

They only started to block the road this morning. While blocking the road, they also started digging horse traps. But the Gobridge Valley is the main road leading to Edinburgh in the south. Not only James IV's team passed by here, but also Scottish civilians.

But today, Kahn and others want to attack and kill King James IV of Scotland here, so naturally they cannot let any passer-by leave. Therefore, since the road was blocked in the morning, all passers-by were caught by the horse thieves under Coster and Maric's command and gathered together.

Originally, Kahn planned to release these people after the work was over. But Coster believes that the killing of the king is too important, and it is better not to keep these witnesses. So, after lunch, dozens of innocent passers-by were taken into the mountains by Coster and disposed of...

Kahn was silent for a while and said nothing. Because, he also knows that Coster's approach is the safest. After all, if those innocent passers-by who were caught revealed their important characteristics, they would be in big trouble.

Moreover, after the incident is over, the 50 members of the Spike Commando brought by Kahn and the hundreds of men brought by Coster, except for a few very reliable ones, will all move to the American colonies with their families. Avoid accidentally revealing today's secrets.

Just as he was talking, one of Coster's subordinates who kept watching with a telescope suddenly said:

"Captain, the message tree has fallen!"

The message tree is naturally the means for the children's regiment in the Marin School of Anti-Japanese War to deliver news. The children's regiment does not have a radio station, and they dare not shout to report the news, so as not to alarm the devils. Therefore, pushing down a small tree on a distant hill is the safest method. And people who are not familiar with this routine will not notice what happened on the mountain at all. Even if I see a small tree falling, I don't understand what it means.

Kahn's and Coster's ambushes were mainly concentrated at the northern end of Gobridge's Valley, while James IV's party came from the southern end. The people at the southern end didn't have time to inform the northern end, and knocking down the message tree on the hill was the best way to deliver the news.

Sure enough, James IV and his party were unaware of the fall of a small tree on a hill not far away. Of course, this small hill is also a distance away from James IV's team, about a li. The spy who knocked down the news tree on the top of the hill also had a telescope in his hand. And beside Coster, there was a special person looking at the mountain top one kilometer away to the south with a telescope.

Once the message tree falls, it means the enemy is coming. And if only civilians came, the message tree would shake a few times.

In fact, Kahn and Coster were most afraid that in front of James IV's team, a civilian team would enter the valley first. At that time, the civilians triggered the trap, which could easily arouse the vigilance of James IV and his party.

In fact, there are indeed such a group of civilians. They were originally walking in front of James IV and his party, but they were on foot. After seeing the "powerful" team of James IV and 50 knights behind them, they were all frightened and stood beside Taniguchi, not daring to move, and let James IV's team go first. You know, in ancient times, if you robbed the way of the nobility, you might be beaten severely. Moreover, there is no reason...

In this way, James IV and his 50 knight guards swaggered into Gobridge Valley...

Afterwards, the dozen or so civilians also entered the valley on foot...

After a while, James IV's team had reached the northern end of the Gobridge Valley. Seeing that they were about to pass through this section of the road and enter the plains of southern Scotland, the leaders were inexplicably excited, their feet clamped on the horse's belly, and they started to accelerate a little.

However, they didn't notice the flats at the northern end of Gobridge's Valley, which seemed to be different...

Of course it was different, and now the ground at the northern end of Gobridge Valley was densely covered with horse traps. Moreover, the bottom of the horse trap is full of upward-facing wooden pickets...

The few Scottish knights rushing ahead, without realizing it for a while, fell into the horse pit with their horses. Then, in the horse pit, the screams of horses and knights came out...

"There are assassins! There are assassins! Protect Your Majesty!" The knight behind suddenly panicked. They reined in their horses, then turned their heads, and surrounded James IV's carriage in the middle to guard against possible enemy crossbows.

The bows and crossbows they were expecting soon appeared, but those crossbows were not shooting James IV's carriage, but the horses under the crotch of the knights. Of course, it also includes the horses that pulled the carts of James IV...

Although wearing horse armor, the cover of the horse armor is not complete. As long as the angle is right, the horse can still be hurt. Then, more than a dozen knights lost their horses under the rain of arrows...

At this time, Jason, the veteran knight in charge of commanding the 50 knights, saw that the situation was not good, and shouted decisively:

"Turn around, let's turn around, retreat!"

However, it was too late. Coster's subordinates pushed down the message tree here, and the bandit group's subordinates at the southern end of the Gobridge Valley, who received the news, all pushed hard to the pile of stones that had been piled up on the hillside. Suddenly, a large number of stones rolled down the hillside, quickly blocking the south exit. Coincidentally, the dozen or so Scottish civilians who had walked into the valley before were crushed by the rolling stones...

At this time, Jason saw that the way of retreat was blocked, so he only needed to send a few knights to dismount, and under the rain of arrows, went forward to explore the trap. As a result, what made them collapse was that the road to the north end of the valley was full of horse traps with wooden pickets. As long as you dare to rush north, you will definitely not be able to avoid those traps...

At this time, Kahn jumped out in time and said loudly in Scottish Gaelic with an Edinburgh accent:

"Hey! This mountain was opened by me, and this tree was planted by me. If you want to live on from now on, keep the road money! If you don't give the money, you can kill it or bury it!"

Although Kahn wore a full-body plate armor, he was dressed in black and had a hood on his helmet. Therefore, at this time, James IV and his knights had not noticed that Kahn was a knight wearing a full set of plate armor. From their point of view, what jumped out in front of them was a robber in bloated clothes, wearing a black hat, and holding an iron bar...

"A robbery?" James IV and the knights under his command looked at each other so boldly, they jumped out alone to stop dozens of knights...

"No, there are still archers on the hillside..." James IV realized.

However, even if there are archers on the hillside, plus this strong man in front of him, it is not enough to rob a team of forty or fifty plate armor knights. Although, several people in this team fell into the horse pit.

But in the next second, they understood that from the valley where Kahn jumped out, 50 men in black with weapons such as hammers and battle axes jumped out, and also covered the plate armor with black cloth...

"It seems that the number of people is about the same as ours..." Knight Johnson said doubtfully.

However, the opponents were all infantry. And they are all cavalry... This does not seem to be a level of confrontation...

Even if the knights can't charge in the valley, they can't resist the 50 infantry in front of them with two-handed swords...

At this time, James IV opened the window of the carriage and asked nervously:

"Well? Is it English?"

Jason shook his head and said:

"It doesn't seem to be, Your Majesty. The man speaks Scottish with an authentic Edinburgh accent, and the opponent's weapon seems to be very mixed. Anyway, it should not be a knight..."

The weapons of European knights are divided into horse fighting and foot fighting. Horse combat is mainly about cavalry spears and one-handed knight swords, while foot combat is mainly about two-handed swords and two-handed axes. Basically, knights seldom use the two-handed hammer. Only infantry, or miscellaneous troops who specialize in dealing with knights, would use a two-handed hammer, a weapon only used by migrant workers.

"No!" After thinking about it for a while, Knight Johnson suddenly changed his face. He said to James IV:

"Your Majesty, their weapons are too aimed at our plate armor!" Both the tomahawk and the two-handed hammer are professional against plate armor knights. If the other party has this kind of weapon...the target is too strong...

However, Jason still didn't think they would be defeated by the group in front of him. So, he confidently drew out the brand new two-handed sword on his back, and ordered:

"Come thirty people, get off your horse, and hack them to death with two-handed swords! The rest, continue to protect His Majesty!"

Since you can't rush up in the valley, you might as well dismount and fight the opponent. You know, the knights are all born in a family of knights, and they are not only familiar with fighting on horseback, they are also very proficient in fighting on foot. Every knight is a fighting master...

However, as soon as the two sides came into contact, Jason's heart went cold...

That's right, this group of knights did practice martial arts since childhood, and their fighting abilities are strong. The soldiers on the opposite side seemed to have no rules. However, the opponent's weapons restrained them very much! Moreover, the opponent is also wearing plate armor...

It wasn't until the two-handed swords of the Scottish knights slashed at each other's body that the crisp sound told them that their opponents were all wearing plate armor...

What's even more tragic is that among them, several knights' two-handed swords broke after colliding with the opponent's weapons...

Then, those knights who had broken their weapons were swarmed up by a group of enemies, smashed wildly with their axes and hammers, and were reimbursed after a while...

In this way, after a round of collision, the 30 Scottish knights were quickly wiped out. As for the opponents, only a few people were injured by the opponent's two-handed sword... Mainly, they were cut in the arms and legs, resulting in fractures. After all, it's not easy to smash down with a big sword in both hands...

Even Cavalier Jason, who was leading the charge, had his head broken by the fierce brother Kahn with an iron rod, and it seemed that he would not survive...

At this time, Kahn's special stick technique was aimed at hitting people's heads...

A person wearing armor has the highest body defense. However, the neck and limb joints are weak points. However, smashing those limb joints can at most cause the opponent to fracture, but it is not fatal. And directly smashing the neck and head... that would be fatal immediately...

Taking advantage of the victory, Kahn rushed to the carriage of King James IV of Scotland with more than 40 Spike commando fighters who were still able to fight, wielding iron bars, battle axes and war hammers...

"I surrender! I surrender! I can give you a lot of money!" James IV poked his head out and shouted.

He had already seen that the men and horses on the opposite side were more fierce than his knights. Seeing that he couldn't stop it, he decided to surrender resolutely, and let's talk after surviving...

However, Kahn and others didn't listen at all. Kahn understood it, after all, he had learned Scottish Gaelic for so long, but he would not betray Marin. But the soldiers of the Spike Commando under Kahn's command couldn't understand it at all...

"I can ennoble you, Earl?" James IV shouted in despair, seeing that his life was in danger.

If you are really Scots, maybe you will be tempted. But Kahn remained unwavering and continued to rush forward. As for his subordinates, they don't understand anyway...

Then, Kahn led people to defeat a dozen Scottish knights guarding James IV's carriage, and dragged James IV out of the carriage...

"I can really make you an earl...don't kill me...a duke is fine too!"

However, Kahn slammed down with an iron rod, and the neck of James IV, who was wearing a plate armor helmet, was smashed, and he could not die anymore...

Confirming the death of James IV, Kahn exclaimed in Scottish Gaelic:

"Withdraw, go back and report to the Earl!"

Then, he led his men and hurriedly withdrew from the path to the mountains, and even the half-dead Scottish knights on the ground forgot to make up their swords...