my british empire

Chapter 59 The Battle of Pink (1)

The Scottish army is preparing for the oath meeting, and the Duke of Somerset has arrived in York and is preparing for the battle.

"Your Excellency the Baron! Can York's barracks hold our army?"

Duke Edward rushed to York City in a hurry, and before he could catch his breath, he summoned Baron Vitelli Olizard and asked.

"My lord duke! Our Northern Council of York has arranged for the barracks that you personally conquered in Scotland four years ago! We are afraid to delay your important event, duke, and we have expanded it a lot!"

Baron Olizard trotted all the way over, his fat body couldn't bear it, and there were still a few drops of sweat on his forehead.But the most powerful man in all England is here, can he not come quickly!
"It is estimated that the barracks in the south of the city can accommodate [-] troops!"

Regarding the baron's answer, Duke Edward said it was okay, but for Duke Edward who often led the army, food and weapons and equipment were the most basic configurations for the victory of the army.

"Then! My lord baron! Have you prepared the food and weapons?"

"Of course! Your Excellency the Duke! As you know, the city of York was established for Scotland. There are 808965 pounds of rye and 105000 pounds of oats in the entire York warehouse!"

"These are enough to feed the current [-] troops for forty days, and can also meet the monthly needs of [-] war horses!"

In the Middle Ages, war horses generally only ate oats to maintain their physical strength, but the pitfall was that the harvest of oats per acre was only one-third of that of ordinary rye.But the price is more than ten times more expensive than rye.

Therefore, at that time, a horse consumed ten times as much money as an ordinary soldier every day.Even the knights are usually fed with a mixture of barley and oats, but in times of war, they must be fed with oats.

"Moreover, we have [-] longbows in stock, [-] sharp arrows, [-] pairs of heavy armor, and more than [-] matchlock guns!" Before Duke Edward could ask, the baron had already said everything in one breath.

"Wait! Is there enough gunpowder for the matchlock gun?" Duke Edward couldn't help asking when he heard this.

As a general with rich experience in war, Edward likes to use the new weapon of matchlock gun very much. He believes that this effectively reduces the dependence on soldiers and is conducive to the minority against the majority.

"That! Your Excellency the Duke! Our army is very unfamiliar with this new type of weapon, so there is only enough for more than 1000 musketeers to use it about five times."

"Okay! You go down first! Prepare a delicious roast lamb for the soldiers who came from afar to celebrate!"

Duke Edward knew that the morale of the soldiers was easy to buy, and a little mutton could boost their morale.

"Ah? Okay! Your Excellency the Duke!" The Baron was very surprised why the Duke asked him to do this, but as a subordinate, he didn't ask too much.

However, his heart was already bleeding, and the preparation of food and grass for the army had almost drained York City's blood. If this kind of reward army came again, if this war did not win, York City would go bankrupt.

August NO.13, Lord Duke Edward officially came to the barracks, called the main nobles to distribute the team, and gathered the archers and knights.

More than 500 tall infantrymen were selected to wear heavy armor and play the role of heavy infantry.Then screen out more than a thousand soldiers who can use matchlock guns to form a musket formation.

After that, His Excellency the Duke selected more than a thousand old and weak soldiers to serve as the logistics battalion, responsible for transporting food.At this time, the Earl of Warwick also rushed to York City, leading the logistics battalion with a depressed mind.

Duke Edward selected more than a thousand elite militiamen as his guards to protect himself full-time.

In this way, on the fourteenth day, the entire army took on a completely new look, and there was no such a chaotic scene as when it came.

At this time, the army ruled by Edward had 2000 archers, 1000 musketeers, [-] heavy infantry, [-] heavy cavalry, [-] light cavalry, [-] guards, and [-] logistics battalions. , more than [-] light infantry.

Scotland has nearly 2000 cavalry, 3000 heavy cavalry, and 200 archers, as well as a maximum of [-] infantry, and [-] musketeers.

Under the leadership of Duke Edward, the English army broke through the 73-mile-long Hadrian's Wall, which is the 110-[-]-kilometer-long Roman Great Wall, and marched to the territory of Scotland.

Behind the army led by His Excellency the Duke, a large group of small merchants, and many chicken girls doing business with men slowly followed the army.

But those big merchants stayed in York City, waiting for the soldiers who returned from victory to sell their precious items.

Generally speaking, soldiers will only sell valuable items to small merchants, and very valuable goods can only be swallowed by big merchants.

The army swept towards the Scottish villages like locusts, and the soldiers rushed towards the wooden houses like howling.

The village also responded quickly, but dozens of young and strong forces were no match for the huge English army.

Soon, the gates of several villages near the border were opened, and women's cries and men's resentment could be heard not far away. The militiamen grabbed a large amount of food and goods and traded with the merchants behind.

The villages that can remain in the border areas are only those who have the guts of the great nobles across England and Scotland, so the militiamen wisely did not kill people, but just robbed some food and items.

Obviously, they also knew that they could not afford to offend the nobles who owned these villages.

These nobles across the two countries are mainly caused by the marriage between the nobles of the two countries.

For example, James I married Joan, the daughter of the Earl of Somerset (a nobleman during Henry VII), and James IV married Margaret, the daughter of King Henry VII. Their son James V and his descendants thus possessed the right of succession to the throne of England.

This is why James VI inherited the Tudor throne left by Elizabeth I.

Therefore, the relationship between England and Scotland is intricate and cannot be simply sorted out.

The looting of villages was just a small episode between the troops, and it did not delay the progress of the troops in the slightest.

On August NO.15, the English army, led by Duke Edward, came to a wide grassland, which is called Pinkie by the Scots.

As the name suggests, it is a canyon like a person's little finger, and it is a good place to fight.

The Earl of Allen also led the Scottish army here. Both of them believed that they would win, so they chose this place as the decisive battle without exception.

The regents of the two countries are pitted against each other, and it is a place that attracts the attention of all in both countries.

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