Yesterday afternoon and in the middle of the night, the Scottish Imperial Guards dispatched most of them to the villages around Edinburgh to catch the strong men. Before dawn, a total of 2,600 strong men were arrested into the city to assist the army in defending the city of Edinburgh.
At the same time, about 4,000 male residents in the city were also concentrated and came to the arsenal to distribute weapons. Of course, before this, they had to block the city gates so that the oak gate could not withstand the enemy's shelling.
When the Fourth Legion came outside Edinburgh City, the gate hole of Edinburgh City had just completed the internal blockade. After the blockade was completed, the strong men picked up rusty weapons and walked up to the city wall with the regular army.
After climbing the city wall, the soldiers of the Imperial Guard kept loudly guiding the strong men how to counter the enemy's possible attacks. The main thing was how to deal with the enemy soldiers climbing the wall. These soldiers even personally demonstrated the movements of stabbing down to the strong men.
Looking at the bustling city walls, Sakara was surprised:
"So many people? Aren't there only 1,600 troops? Is there any information wrong?"
His adjutant looked in the telescope for a while and shook his head and said:
"The information is correct. Most of the people on the city were captured. Look at their clothes, they are very messy, unlike regular soldiers!"
"Then I'll feel relieved..." Sakara sighed.
"Legislative Commander, which sect do we launch the main attack?" asked the adjutant.
Sakara didn't say anything, but observed with a telescope for a while, rode a horse around the city wall for a while, and then said:
"Edinburgh Castle, the royal palace of Edinburgh City, is located on a small hillside in the west. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and most of the artillery in Edinburgh City is installed there. Therefore, the West Gate is not the best choice."
"The East City Gate is too far from the royal palace in the west of the city, and it will be troublesome after attacking. Therefore, we can only choose to go from the South Gate and the North Gate...Well... If we attack the North Gate, the enemy will easily retreat from the South Gate and enter the southern mountainous areas...So, let's launch a main attack from the South Gate! However, send cavalry to guard outside the West Gate to prevent the enemy couple from escaping from the West Gate!"
"Yes, I'll make arrangements now!" The adjutant saluted and immediately went to make arrangements.
Soon, the 20 32-pound Karen naval guns that came with the ship were also moved outside the south gate, with a large number of iron ball shells and powder barrels. Then, 20 32-pound Karen cannons launched a concentrated bombardment on the south gate of Edinburgh. However, Edinburgh was a royal city after all, and the city gate was quite thick. Even the 32-pound cannon would not achieve the effect within a few days.
Seeing that the shelling was not effective, Sakara was not in a hurry. Because he had not expected the shelling to be effective. After all, Malin sent "hard oil" specially used to burn wooden city gates...
However, his artillery bombardment is also paralyzing the enemy. As for how to use "hard turtle oil", he decided to wait until midnight to use it. In this way, the soldiers who carry the turtle oil to burn the city gate will not have any accidents. If the soldiers who carry the oil barrel to burn the city gate are accidentally killed by the enemy, and another rocket comes, the turtle oil will burn it by itself and cannot threaten the city gate.
Sakara only had a bucket of "hard tincture" in her hand, so she naturally couldn't afford to waste it. So, he decided to send someone to the darkness to bring the heavy tincture to the gate of Edinburgh South City and ignite the door...
Therefore, the Fourth Legion's siege during the day seemed to have a loud thunder, but in fact, the raindrops were small, and there was no substantial progress at all.
Moreover, in this era, it was normal for Europe to siege for several months. The defenders in Edinburgh had actually been prepared for a protracted war.
As for whether the attack on the South Gate would gather the main force of the Scottish defenders near the South Gate? Sakala was not worried at all. Why? Because the enemy defenders only had 1,600 regular troops, the rest were strong men with low combat power. Once the city gate was broken, Sakala did not believe that his Fourth Legion soldiers could not defeat the opponent. Moreover, he could also take the opportunity to eliminate the opponent's main force near the South Gate. Once the opponent's main force was eliminated, it would be very simple to occupy the entire city of Edinburgh.
In addition to concentrating the main force outside the south gate, Sakara also divided some troops and sent them to the west gate, east gate and north gate to patrol to prevent the enemy from escaping from these three gates. In fact, it was nothing more than ordinary soldiers and civilians who escaped. Sakara's ultimate goal was to capture John Stewart and Queen Margaret. Others were not important.
In this way, the offensive and defensive battle between the Fourth Legion and the Edinburgh defenders was more like a friendly exercise, with no casualties at all. But what the Scottish defenders did not notice was that the Fourth Legion quietly filled the trench near the South Gate with sandbags during a feint attack...
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In the middle of the night, both sides were tired from fighting and rested. Of course, both armies arranged sergeants on duty to monitor each other closely and did not give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it. Especially the Fourth Legion, the camp brought several German shepherds patrols at night. Once there was a turbulence, the awakened German shepherds would warn and bark. Therefore, for now, the army of Beihai Kingdom should be the most difficult to attack at night. What's more, secret whistles were arranged outside the camp of the Fourth Legion. If you want to attack at night, you would have no way to attack.
The Scottish defenders in the city were also nervously defending the city walls. Because the North Sea army had a tradition of night attacks, the Scottish army could not be nervous.
But midnight passed and nothing happened. The Scottish defenders' tense nerves finally relaxed...
However, before dawn, at around three o'clock, a small group of people quietly walked out of the Fourth Legion camp and touched the south gate of Edinburgh...
Most of the people in this team carried a bundle of firewood, and only one person was carrying a wooden barrel. The barrel was naturally filled with the legendary "hard tincture oil", that is, mixed gasoline.
After quietly touching the south gate, the defenders on the city did not notice it. After all, it was almost dawn (it was around 4 o'clock in the beginning of August), and the Scottish soldiers on the night fell asleep. Several soldiers from the Fourth Legion who touched the city gate could even hear the sound of the Scottish defenders on the city gate...
At this time, the moon in the sky had already set, leaving only a few starlight. It was with this little starlight that the group touched the gate of Edinburgh South City.
The person who led the team waved his hand, and the rest quickly piled firewood and grass gently on the oak city gate. Then, the soldier with the barrel carrying the barrel opened the plug of the barrel and poured the unknown liquid in the barrel towards the piles of firewood and piled the city gate. An unpleasant smell came from the air...
Seeing that the arrangement was almost done, the last step was naturally to ignite the fire.
At this time, the captain carrying the wooden barrel signaled to the other people, and the others took a small wooden pipe from their waists. Unplugged the wooden pipe, and there were fuses with a little dim light inside. The wooden pipes were open at both ends and did not hold back. The lit fuse was not put out when it was stuck inside. If you put the wooden pipes, you could avoid Mars being discovered by others in the night.
Of course, the captain with a wooden barrel on his back did not dare to carry this thing. Because the Legion Commander once said that this kind of "hard tincture" is too powerful, and those who carry oil barrels must prevent Mars from being on their bodies. Even before, the captain kept a certain distance from several other people, to prevent the Mars on their bodies from accidentally touching the oil barrel.
Afterwards, the captain who carried the oil barrel took out a slender fuse from his pocket, connecting one end to the firewood pile with heavy tinder poured on the city gate, and the other end was far away...
After setting up the fuse, the captain of the bucket carrying whispered:
"ignition!"
Suddenly, several burning fuse heads stretched towards the fuse...
"Shit" A faint sound came, and the people responsible for lighting had already run away...
Soon, a fire suddenly burst into the sky under the gate of Edinburgh's south city. Moreover, the fire was extremely fierce. It took only a few seconds from the fire to the blazing fire...
Moreover, the flame temperature was extremely high, estimated to be thousands of degrees. Even the Scottish soldiers who were napping on the city gate tower felt a wave of heat rising...
The Scottish soldiers who were awakened by the heat were stunned, but then they saw the firelight soaring into the sky under the city. He poked his head out and was shocked. Then, he shouted:
"It's on fire! The South City Gate is on fire!"
Chapter completed!