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Chapter 1492 Battle of Yorkshire

boom!York City, the northern base camp of the King's Army, is being bombarded by the artillery of the Parliamentary Army. Cromwell led 3000 Parliamentary cavalry to capture the outer strongholds of York City one after another. Now there are only less than 4000 left in York City. The King's Army is struggling support.

There are 9000 parliamentary troops on the outskirts, and other parliamentary troops are attacking the city in nearby Lincolnshire and other places, and Yorkshire is on the verge of falling.

"If the siege continues for a few more days, maybe the city of York will surrender. They must still be waiting for the arrival of the king's reinforcements." A nobleman in his 20s led people to look at York from the high ground outside the city, and said to the surrounding parliament said the army officer.

Sun Chuanting also met this man, who served as the cavalry corps of the king's army in the Battle of Newcastle, but at this time he chose to join the parliamentary army and became the commander of the Yorkshire cavalry, leading the parliamentary army to occupy Yorkshire.

"Fairfax, we have received information from Lincolnshire. The king's army has captured Lincolnshire and is advancing rapidly beyond Yorkshire." Cromwell's cavalry brought back bad news.

"Why is the king's army marching so fast? It's completely different from before. It's impossible for them to advance so fast!" Fairfax couldn't understand.

After only one winter, the king's army began to change, and it seemed to be more ferocious than before.Before the parliamentary army captured Yorkshire, the reinforcements of the king's army captured Lincolnshire, which was occupied by the parliamentary army.

"When will the King's Army march to Yorkshire?" asked Fairfax.

"In fact, after the king's reinforcements captured Lincolnshire, they immediately marched towards Yorkshire after supplying supplies. Our current situation is very dangerous. If the king's reinforcements arrive and cooperate with the king's army in the city, their morale will greatly increase. We are in danger of being surrounded and wiped out. My proposal is that we should temporarily avoid their fronts, gather our troops from all around, prepare to join the Covenant Army, and then have a decisive battle with the King's Army." Cromwell suggested.

"According to your proposal, the Scottish Covenant Army will arrive soon, and our combined strength will be far greater than that of the King's Army. It would be great if we can defeat the King's Army in Yorkshire."

After Fairfax and Cromwell learned of the arrival of reinforcements from the King's Army, they lifted the siege of York City and began to march to the west of York City to join the parliamentary troops from various places, as well as the waiting and covenant troops. confluence.

The royalist nobles in York were reluctantly relieved to see that the parliamentary army stopped the siege of York.

The parliamentary army retreated to the Marston Moor. At this time, the main force of the Covenant Army led by the Earl of Living in Scotland entered Yorkshire to join Fairfax and Cromwell, and the strength of the parliamentary army increased significantly.

The 1.8 royal army led by Sun Chuanting, Prince Rupert, and the Governor of Ireland joined the defender, the Earl of Newcastle, in York City, with a strength of more than 2.

"You...are you Sun Chuanting who participated in the battle of Newcastle last time? Can you assume the responsibility of commander-in-chief?" The Earl of Newcastle was in charge of defending the city during the last battle between the King's Army and the Scottish Covenant Army. He also knew that the King had hired an Eastern The officers of the army acted as military advisers, but after one winter, the other party became the northern commander in charge.

Sun Chuanting has always been suspicious of royalist nobles, so he can't help but feel a little unhappy.If it wasn't for him not being able to see the successive defeats of the king's army, he would not have intervened in the war between the king and the parliament.How good would it be to watch a show in silence like the Fourth Fleet?
"Please don't doubt Mr. Sun's ability. His judgment has been verified in previous battles. He is undoubtedly an excellent commander. I believe he will lead us to victory." Prince Rupert stood up to support at this time Sun Chuanting.

After Sun Chuanting failed in the battle of Mount Edge, he still supported the king's reuse of Prince Rupert. At this time, Prince Rupert in turn supported Sun Chuanting, which can be regarded as repaying Sun Chuanting's favor.

"Please forgive my worries. The Scots and the Irish have joined the war. This time is likely to be the time to decide the outcome. If you can really turn the tide, then please help us win." The Earl of Newcastle apologized to Sun Chuanting.

He also knew that things were serious now, and the outcome of the King's Army and the Parliamentary Army was just around the corner from the battle near York City!

"I did my best. The parliamentary army withdrew to the Marston Moor. Let's pursue it and wipe out the parliamentary army and the Scottish Covenant Army. Let's end this war." Sun Chuanting said.

"The future of Britain is entrusted to you. I don't have many troops. I will stay in York City and wait for your triumphant return!" said the Earl of Newcastle.

"set off!"

Sun Chuanting was riding a horse, and the flag officer was behind him. The combined army of 18000 King's Army began to march towards the Marston Wasteland.

The Marston Moor is located 11 kilometers west of York City, with a length of about 2.4 kilometers from east to west. The parliamentary army gathered on the west side of the moor, and the troops quickly assembled, reaching an astonishing 27000 people.

Despite being in a very unfavorable situation, after learning that the parliamentary army had reached the west side of the Marston Wilderness, Sun Chuanting and Prince Rupert's army went straight to the wilderness. Prince Rupert was still as brave as ever and led his cavalry to quickly occupy the eastern wilderness.

The parliamentary army gradually collected information on the northern army led by Sun Chuanting, and knew that the incoming king's army had only 18000 people. They had an absolute advantage in numbers, their confidence greatly increased, and they took the initiative to meet the king's army.

That morning, the King's Army led by Sun Chuanting and Prince Rupert appeared in a village in the eastern part of the wilderness, and occupied the eastern part of the wilderness in the morning.

In the afternoon, the parliamentary army gathered on a small highland full of shrubs and rye on the south side of the wilderness, intending to deal with the attacking king's army in a condescending posture.

Sun Chuanting and Prince Rupert chose to line up in the north to confront the parliamentary army in the south.

The two sides were in a wide and deep ditch, but the parliamentary army, which was waiting for work, had a geographical advantage over the king's army who came from afar.

"They occupy a favorable location, and the cavalry can display their power. We must be especially careful against their cavalry, otherwise we may lose again and again." Sun Chuanting discovered that the parliamentary army had selected favorable terrain in advance. Obviously, the opponent's general was not an idiot, but also shrewd. very.

"Should we take the initiative to attack?" Prince Rupert asked.

"We can't let them easily take advantage of the geographical advantage and continue to wait to see who is more impatient." Sun Chuanting said.

The parliamentary army occupied the favorable terrain on the high ground, the range of the artillery was longer, and the charge of the cavalry was more favorable. According to the general situation, the side located on the lower ground would not initiate a feint attack.

Unless the commander is eager to win, it depends on who is more patient.

(End of this chapter)