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Chapter 1469 The Earl's Death in Battle
The night in late autumn was bitterly cold, and there were wailing sounds everywhere in the plain camp at the foot of Mount Eich. About 4000 people were shot in the battle. Due to the lack of effective surgical operations and drugs to prevent bacterial infection, most of the soldiers shot by lead bullets Can't make it through the night.

Sun Chuanting took a few knights to inspect the wounded soldiers in the camp.

He forced hundreds of King's Army knights to return to the battlefield and succeeded in rescuing King Charles. The knights who were about to beat him up later found that their group of people had almost caused a catastrophe, and they couldn't help sweating.

After the angry knights regained their composure, some knights felt awe of Sun Chuanting, and a few knights with small territories were willing to actively follow Sun Chuanting, thinking that they could one day cling to become officers.

Sun Chuanting looked at the wounded soldiers who were placed in the barn. They struggled painfully in the dark night, hovering at the death line.

Although it was cruel, Sun Chuanting knew that quite a few of them could not survive this cold night.

This is the cruelty of war, and this is not a foreign war, but a fight between Britain's own people. 4000 people were killed or wounded in this battle, and both sides almost lost the courage to continue fighting after this battle.

The losses on both sides are already great, and continuing to fight will only lead to the collapse of the King's Army and the Parliamentary Army together.

There was a cluster of torches in the barn, barely illuminating half of the barn, a small group of nobles and knights gathered together, and there was crying.

Sun Chuanting walked over and found a great nobleman lying on a pile of straw in pain, and his son was trying to stop the bleeding from his wound.This is Earl Lindsay who proposed the use of Dutch tactics before the battle.

Earl Lindsay, who was nearly sixty years old, had a bald, wrinkled head, and his face was as pale as paper, except for his sharp eyes.

His son, a baron, was trying clumsily to stop the bleeding of his father, but it was of little use.

In the desperate hand-to-hand combat, Earl Lindsay was shot through the thigh, and his life was passing quickly.

"Count Lindsay, the facts have proved that under the circumstances at that time, the infantry tactics of the Netherlands should be a better choice. The opponent's infantry is too deep, and the king's infantry is not their opponent in hand-to-hand combat." Sun Chuanting half He squatted down and affirmed Earl Lindsay's previous suggestion.

For a nobleman who had served in the army for a long time, it was the last respect before his death.

Earl Lindsay stretched out his hand when he was a little unconscious, and said in a hoarse voice: "I... will never participate in battles with these furry children again!"

Sun Chuanting and the nearby nobles were a little silent.They were originally optimistic about Prince Rupert, but things went wrong. Prince Rupert did not control the cavalry of the King's Army well.Not everyone can perform miracles at a young age.

Sun Chuanting left the barn with several knights.

Near midnight, Earl Lindsay no longer breathed.

Prince Rupert, Willmott and other cavalry generals also withdrew after evening. They were severely reprimanded by Charles I. Their bravery put the king's army in danger.

The royalist officers did not directly accuse Prince Rupert, but they seemed to realize that Prince Rupert's battle style was wrong.If the opposite was not the parliamentary army, which was also a mob, but a real army from the European continent, then they would have been annihilated in the battle of Mount Edge.

It's no wonder that Sun Chuanting looked down on the British infantry that was made up of seven or eight. They were like chickens pecking at each other. They were much behind the European army, and they were only stronger than the native kingdoms.

Astley bit a straw and sat on the cold grass.He is also responsible for the defeat of this battle. After all, he is Prince Rupert's teacher, and he also supported Prince Rupert's use of Sweden's shallow and deep horizontal formation in this battle.

"Today's battle made you laugh. If you hadn't rectified hundreds of cavalry support in time, our king's army might have failed. We are an island country, relying too much on the navy, and the militia has been seriously outdated. Many farmers have not even seen it with their own eyes. What does an arquebus look like? When I served in the Swedish army, their Swedish army was more professional, and if it weren’t for the English Channel to protect us, maybe we would have been bullied by many other kingdoms.” Astley said Sun Chuanting who came out of the barn said.

"When I left the main battlefield during the afternoon battle, how did you resist the opponent's attack? When I gathered the remnants, I almost thought you failed to defend." Sun Chuanting said.

"The royal flag bearer was killed, and the king was almost captured. Fortunately, the infantry of the parliamentary army was similar to ours. During the attack by the infantry of the parliamentary army, some parliamentary soldiers in the front row did not obey the order, stopped and began to plunder the spoils of the dead. The friendly troops who were still advancing in the rear collided with the comrades in the front row solidly, causing a stampede, and their offensive was stopped. After I found an opportunity, I took the opportunity to regain my strength and never caused the front line to collapse. said Astley.

"I said that you were able to persist until we came back when the opponent had an absolute advantage. This has nothing to do with your combat experience." Sun Chuanting also recognized Astley's ability.

After all, he is an officer who has served in the Swedish army, but the quality of the soldiers under him is too poor, no matter how powerful they are, they can't move them.

Just like in the Battle of Newcastle, Sun Chuanting also participated in the formation of troops. As a result, his soldiers collapsed under the enemy's shelling and were completely out of control.

Astley, as the king's chief military and political officer, was able to reorganize his forces several times to block the attack of the parliamentary army under harsh circumstances, which is already very rare.

"Our losses are a bit heavy. His Majesty the King intends to lead the army to Wales for supplies, and contact the Royal Navy to purchase firearms from the European continent." Prince Rupert, who was a little lost, came over.

"His Majesty the King intends to retreat?!" Sun Chuanting and Astley stood up almost at the same time.

"It is expected that many infantrymen will be injured and killed in battle, and some people have left the team without permission due to the cold weather and lack of food, and fear of fighting. Our loss may be one-third, which means that our number can barely reach 1. That's all. Such a high loss of troops, coupled with a loss of morale, is simply unsustainable," said Prince Rupert.

(End of this chapter)