Duke Edward rode swiftly on his high horse to the Earl of Wellington's side, bearing a dusty coat!
"Good morning! Honorable Monsieur le Duc!" The Earl of Wellington saluted fluently, with a smile on his face.
"Good morning! Earl Wellington, seeing you looking so well, you must have taken Huntingdon!"
Duke Edward looked at Mr. Earl, who was smiling, and could not help conjecturing.
"You are truly wise! My Lord Duke, with Huntingdon taken, our gate to Edinburgh is clear all the way from here!"
"Yes! Earl Wellington, then let us depart now! I can't wait to see the walls of Edinburgh!"
The Duke of Somerset was finally happy at this time, and his whole person seemed to exude a different kind of charm, and I'm afraid that this was also the reason why he attracted the crowds that followed him.
"Following your instructions, great Lord Duke!" The Lord Earl had the good sense to pat on the back, eliciting a hearty laugh from Duke Edward.
The cavalrymen who had been resting for three days then mounted their own mounts, and almost everyone's horse still had a large parcel hanging from its back, which slowed down the walking speed of the horses underneath them.
Nearly 30,000 troops ran towards Edinburgh in great numbers, and the whole ground shook all the time, so that those who were not aware of it thought it was an earthquake.
At this time, in Edinburgh, at Linlithgow Palace, in the bedchamber of the Dowager Empress Mary, mother and daughter were looking at each other.
"My Mary! Listen to your mommy and play with Aunt Kathy Morholm Abbey for a while, and mommy will pick you up in a little while, okay?"
Queen Mary had no choice but to lower herself to persuade the daughter before her, half crouching in front of her in order to speak to her better.
The red dress wrapped tightly around her body, and from the back her ass looked like two huge rugby balls, full of temptation for all men, but unfortunately no one appreciated it.
"No! I just don't! I want to stay with Mommy!" Mary screwed her head up in arrogance, her lovely blonde hair growing to her waist for most of a foot, her round face taut, her eyes glaring round, the whole thing looking extraordinarily cute.
"It's a real emergency this time, my queen, and this time when you come back mommy will surely play with you non-stop!"
Looking at her daughter's cute look of anger, Empress Mary also felt embarrassed and couldn't help but purse her red sexy lips.
"Hmph! Mother lied, do you think I don't know it was England that called?"
Mary pouted and lifted her chin with a look that she was in complete control of the situation.
"Who told you that?" When the Empress Dowager heard these words, her face had a sudden bad look.
"Mom! It's all over the palace, all of them!"
Mary spoke in exaggerated tones, and to make it clear, she drew a large circle with her delicate hands, no longer maintaining her high-flying image.
"Yes? And does Mary love Mommy?" Queen Mary relaxed when she heard that it wasn't being passed on to Mary on purpose.
"That's for sure! Mary loves Mommy the most! No one loves Mommy as much as I do!"
Mary chirped, her hands unconsciously wrapped around the empress dowager's arms, and from time to time she shook her arms, her whole body almost hanging on to Empress Mary's body.
"Then, since Mary loves Mommy, can Mary do Mommy a favor!"
"Of course then, just go ahead, Mom! Mary will do it for you!"
Mary spoke in a petulant tone, and also patted her hand on her chest with confidence.
For being able to help her mother, Mary looked extraordinarily happy, two dimples showing on her smiling face.
"Good! Then how about Marymoholme Abbey helping Mommy pray to God?"
Queen Mary is like a werewolf grandmother baiting Red Riding Hood, creating traps step by step and heart by heart.
"Eh ... well! I'll help mom out this once, when I get back I'm going to go three days, no! Five days no class, I want to play every day!" Mary really is still too old, do not understand the path of exploration deep ah! After thinking about it for a while, she agreed.
The very next day after Mary had been sent to Morholm Abbey, Duke Edward arrived before the walls of Edinburgh with an army of over 30,000 men.
Looking at the city in front of him, Duke Edward couldn't help but sigh, this was the place where he built his career and rose to power.
The walls of Edinburgh were forty feet high and were built of stone, which was fireproof and resistant to arrows and other projectile weapons, making it impossible for the enemy to climb the steep walls without equipment such as ladders and siege towers.
The defenders at the top of the wall can shoot downward or throw objects at the attackers. The attackers are thus completely exposed to the open space, and are at a disadvantage when shooting upwards compared to the defenders, who have the advantage of strong protection and the ability to shoot downwards.
The walls of the city were densely dotted with archery towers, and it was numbing to look at.
Typically, towers are built at fixed intervals on the corners or walls of a city to serve as a fortified stronghold. The towers would protrude from the flat walls, allowing the defenders in the towers to fire in the direction of the wall. Arrow towers at the corners of the city allow the defenders to expand their attacks and fire from different angles.
To emphasize the tallness of the walls, a trench was excavated at the base of Edinburgh's walls to encircle the entire castle, and wherever possible, this trench was filled with running water to create a moat.
The Earl of Wellington, who had never seen Edinburgh before, drew a great breath when he saw it, and saw that it was much stronger than the walls of London.
Especially the wide and deep moat, bubbling with black and smelly foam, falling off will either kill or maim you.
And the tall walls and the forest of archery towers, looking at them makes you feel numb inside!
"Now is when those Scottish captives come into play!"
Duke Edward seemed to have anticipated this situation, and with a wave of his hand, he spoke with great bravado.
The Earl of Wellington showed admiration, this is true, no wonder Duke Edward has been carrying tens of thousands of Scottish prisoners, the original also kept this hand ah!
At this time, in Edinburgh, the Regent, Earl of Arran, was urgently mobilizing the private armies of the nobles, as well as the Highland warriors who had originally followed his call, but did not make it in time for the expedition.
And, of course, there were the citizens of the entire city, as well as the freemen, all of whom he had enlisted to walk the walls together.
In this critical moment, the whole Edinburgh people detained in the common interests, all united in the side of the Lord Regent, bursting out of the amazing power. In a word, this is a time of crisis.
Edinburgh, which originally had just over 3,000 troops, was urgently mobilized and its strength grew to nearly 10,000 at once, which was the limit for a city with a population of only 20,000 people.
"Citizens! If you kill twenty people you can be made a knight, and slaves and serfs can become freemen!"
The Lord Regent dragged his somewhat tired body and shouted at the top of his voice, rather hoarse!