The Rise of the European Emperor

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When Marin's barrel of mixed gasoline mixed with red pigment and gelatin boiled from fish skin was sent to Newcastle, Sakala happened to be in the team, ready to board the ship for Edinburgh.

Sakala smelled it himself, but there was a foul smell in the barrel. It was a disturbing smell deliberately added by Marin, just because he was afraid that people would smell the gasoline.

Sure enough, Saqqara didn't smell the gasoline, because the smell covered up the smell of gasoline...

"What is this? Why is it so smelly?"

The spy sent by Marin replied:

"This is fire oil made by the Grand Duke himself. It is said that it has the burning ability similar to Greek fire..."

"Greek fire?" Saqqara's expression changed drastically. In Europe, there are not many people who don't know about Greece. Because the Byzantine Empire has only been destroyed for a few decades. The Byzantine Empire was a weak empire, and it could last for thousands of years, and the Greek fire played a great role. It was thanks to the strength of Greek fire that the Byzantine Empire repelled the attacks launched by the Arabs and Turks from the sea, and continued the life of the Byzantine Empire for hundreds of years. If the Greek fire did not burn down the invading enemy fleet many times, the Turks would not have waited for the capture of Constantinople. The Arab Empire, which flourished hundreds of years ago, would have destroyed the Byzantine Empire long ago.

Because of the glorious record of Greek fire, Greek fire was deified in Europe. Therefore, Saqqara was shocked when he heard that the effect of this barrel of "red oil" was comparable to that of Greek fire. However, he still has some disbelief:

"Isn't the Greek fire lost? Is this stuff really as powerful as the Greek fire?"

The spy didn't talk nonsense, just said:

"You'll know if you try it?" Then, he scooped it out with a wooden spoon and poured it on the surface of the river. Then, shot it with a rocket...

Sure enough, flames shot up across the river...

"The surface of the water is burning, no need for firewood to support the combustion... It really is Greek fire..." Sakala muttered to himself.

"No, Lord Legion, this is the fire oil prepared by the Grand Duke, not Greek fire." The spy corrected.

"Hmm, I understand, it's kerosene, not Greek fire..." Obviously, Sakala misunderstood, thinking that Marin wanted to keep it a secret.

"By the way, how do you use this... kerosene?"

The spy relayed Marin's approach:

"Send someone to hold a large wooden shield, carry firewood, and pile it under the gate of Edinburgh. Then, pour oil on it. When the people leave, shoot rockets from a distance to ignite it, and burn down the gate of Edinburgh..."

Sakala was taken aback:

"Isn't this kerosene burning without firewood? Why do we need firewood?"

The messenger explained:

"This oil is liquid and will flow. If it is poured on the city gate, it will flow down and flow away. If there is firewood, it can fix the oil so that the fire oil will not flow everywhere. The Grand Duke said that the firewood is the fire oil that is fixed. Don't let it flow around..."

"So that's how it is..." Sakala suddenly realized.

"After the hole is burned out, when the flames are extinguished, the demolition team can take the gunpowder barrel up to bury it, and then blast away the accumulation behind the city gate..."

Generally, when attacking a city, the defending party will definitely pile up logs and stones behind the gate to prevent the gate from being knocked open by the enemy. Therefore, even if the city gate is burned out, there will still be a lot of debris accumulated in the gate hole. However, if the powder barrels are used to bury the blast, the passage can still be opened. The premise is that you have to damage the city gate to make room for the hole where the gunpowder barrel was buried.

Of course, if the opponent builds a wall in the city gate and blocks the city gate, even if the gunpowder barrel is buried, it will not explode. But the problem is that this attack on Edinburgh was a sneak attack, and the other party could not have time to slowly build walls in the city gate. In a panic, at most pile wood and stones behind the door, which can be exploded with a gunpowder barrel.

...

Just as Saqqara's Fourth Army was preparing to set off for Edinburgh by boat, the main force of the English army also marched into Northumberland. Except that only half of Sivager's Fifth Army is actually real, the other half is pretended by the militia from Germany, and there are 10,000 new troops recruited after Edward ascended the throne.

However, although the source of 10,000 soldiers is good, there is a serious shortage of qualified officers. Because, all the capable officers in Henry VII's era were killed by Edward. Therefore, the remaining officers who took refuge in Edward were either mediocre or incompetent, with little talent at all.

Just like Henderson, the head of the new legion, he used to be just a wandering knight in England who followed Edward. His military command ability was average, but his loyalty was the best. After Edward came to the throne, he had no one to use, so he had to push Henderson, who was mediocre, to the throne of legion commander.

However, most of Henderson and his officers were mediocre. Although with the help of Siwager, a new training method was adopted, but compared with the Fifth Army of the North Sea State, the combat effectiveness of the new army is still very average. After all, a raging soldier will be a raging nest. Henderson and his officers were poor at leading troops, so the new army was naturally not as good as their fifth army. It is also a regiment dominated by English soldiers, but every time the new regiment is trained, it is suppressed and beaten by the Fifth Army...

In desperation, Edward had no choice but to appoint Sivager as the commander-in-chief of the coalition instead of Henderson.

After the two legions went north and arrived in Northumberland, they also sent a 10,000-strong "Northern Sea State Fourth Army" from the direction of Newcastle. Of course, this "Fourth Army" is in quotation marks, not the real Fourth Army.

Their real identity is the "Fourth Army" assembled by the Newcastle Coal Mine Protection Team with 2,000 thugs as the main body, and after recruiting 8,000 strong men, after a short training.

The main body of this team, the 2,000 mine guard team, was established around the same time as the Fourth Army Corps to protect Newcastle's coal mines from being attacked by refugees. But now that there are no refugees in the north of England, their task now is not big. Therefore, Marin simply let them go out for a walk, helping the English army to strengthen its reputation.

Moreover, on the surface, the usual training of the 2000 mine guard team is not bad, at least, standing in a military posture and walking are relatively neat. As for the newly recruited 8,000 civilians, they also went through a short-term queue training and walked decently. If you don't do it, it will be difficult for ordinary people to see the details of this fake "Fourth Army".

In this way, on the surface, England has dispatched a total of 30,000 legions with a total of 30,000 troops this time, and they are marching towards the border area between England and Scotland in a mighty manner. The formation is very scary.

And Scotland was really frightened. In order to defend the country, Scotland mobilized seven or eight thousand strong men from the rear to fill the guard force. But considering the strength of the English, the seven or eight thousand Scottish militiamen were only stationed at some passes in the mountains of southern Scotland, as well as towns that were easy to defend and difficult to attack. In this way, these Scottish militiamen can also rely on their geographical advantages to deal with the more powerful English army.

But what is strange is that after the 30,000 English "army" arrived at the border, they did not launch a violent offensive immediately, but stopped to rest. Then, a small group of troops was sent to provoke and insult the Scottish army fortress from time to time, in order to lure the Scottish army out of the city for a decisive battle. Or, simply persuade to surrender. But how could the Scottish army be fooled? Even if they huddled in the city and refused to come out, they would not surrender. And then there's a weird standoff in the borderlands, but there's no real fight...

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