My British Empire

In fact, by the next day, a large number of French soldiers and Scottish soldiers came to Huntington.

Most of the French soldiers who arrived this time were mercenaries from Switzerland, and some musketeers from France, but none of the famous French plate armor knights came.

During the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, due to the large number of longbowmen deployed by the British, the French knights were reduced by more than half before they started charging, and the most elite stuffed knights were even broken up. Therefore, the French knights had a fear of the English.

Compared with plate armor knights, the more powerful troops are actually heavy infantry from Switzerland-two-handed sword infantry.

Because plate knights can only charge once and cannot change direction, their effect on the battlefield is similar to that of tactical missiles or artillery strikes.

Watching the Swiss mercenaries approaching in the distance, Earl Wellington slowly frowned. Even in England, he had heard of the great reputation of the Swiss mercenaries.

Currently in France, the two-handed sword infantry is the darling on the battlefield and the main force in battle. They wear heavy plate armor (though not as heavy as a knight's), and carry huge swords.

Two-handed sword infantry generally have a long sword 80-110 inches long, 11 inches wide, and weighs about 60-70 pounds. This kind of swing can effectively damage the opponent's plate armor. The horse was split head-on in two.

Are you familiar with this kind of army? Those who are interested in the history of the Tang Dynasty will definitely know that it is very similar to the Modao army in our Tang Dynasty. It can be said to be full of lethality in the era of cold weapons!

The two-handed sword infantry is slightly faster than the plate armor knight, and its defense is comparable to that of the plate armor knight. A two-handed sword infantry can often kill more than 20 enemies.

On the city of Huntington, Wellington took a look through the binoculars. The Swiss mercenaries were located on the left of the entire army. The formation was densely packed with halberds and spears, the largest number of troops. They generally wore the clothes of the free people jacket. The richer ones basically have a half breastplate and a beautiful hat.

And in the middle is the elite part of the mercenaries - two-handed sword infantry, they are particularly eye-catching, covered in armor, holding a pair of long swords in both hands, unusually majestic and imposing.

Among the most striking features of the Scottish army are the 10 large trebuchets pulled by dozens of horses, and the ramming car pushed by hundreds of people. Just seeing this, the Earl took a deep breath.

In addition, the Scots also sent their killers - the Scottish thrower, and the double-edged sword fighter. The majestic size and extraordinary strength of the highlanders make these two arms particularly powerful.

Although most of them are pikemen (did you find out! Poor places have the most pikemen!), throwers and double-edged sword fighters add up to almost one-fifth.

Seeing this, Earl Wellington's face became even more difficult. He raised his hand, and the longbowmen on the city wall also began to put sharp arrows on the arrow strings.

"Boom!" Even on the city wall, Earl Wellington could feel the roar of the trebuchet moving.

At this time, the joint commander of the Scottish Army and the French Army, Dio Jean Lancaster (designed for the 1935 Warlord Dalai Lama), was looking at the distant Huntington City Wall with a telescope, with a very dignified expression.

The father of Dio Jean Lancaster is the count of France. Dio, who is only 28 years old this year, took the important task of expedition to England (this is what he thinks!), driving the English from the Scottish land is not His goal, his goal was to capture King Edward VI of England alive.

No one, including his father, knew of his ambitions, so the drudgery of supporting the Scots fell to him.

"Let the trebuchet throw stones onto the city wall as much as possible, and fill up the moat by the way!"

Dio looked at the city wall in the distance, and loudly ordered the messengers beside him.

Immediately, ten trebuchets started shooting intensively, and ten large stones smashed into the city wall of Huntington. It's a pity that only three boulders hit the city wall, and only some debris fell from the shock, which brought three small pits to the city wall.

The other stones either smashed into the moat or flew into the city of Huntington, without causing any harm to the soldiers on the city wall.

Just as the English soldiers slowly stretched out their heads, rejoicing secretly, the boulders from the French army came to the city wall again with the sound of friction in the air.

But this time it was not so lucky, a huge boulder flew directly onto the city wall, took an unlucky longbowman to slide on the city wall, and then slowly stopped when it encountered two soldiers who couldn't dodge it!

Looking at the bloody three people, although he knew they were hopeless, Earl Wellington still ordered them to be sent down for rescue.

"Boys! Don't show your body casually, be careful, your family is still waiting for you to go back!"

Seeing that the injured are basically novices, Earl Wellington couldn't help reminding.

Then, over the next hour, the French threw fifteen rounds of boulders, which not only pitted the entire city wall, but also killed thirty-five English soldiers and wounded sixty-nine.

Of course, there were many boulders flying into the city that not only destroyed many houses, but also caused hundreds of casualties and more property losses.

Major Dio saw that the trebuchet had no more throwing objects, and then ordered all the soldiers to start attacking the city, although the effect of the trebuchet this time did not achieve the effect he wanted.

Intensive shooting can cause great damage to the city wall. Additionally, projectiles and fragments of fallen walls helped to fill trenches, and the rubble heaps they created provided besiegers to climb into.

However, this huge engineering weapon was not very accurate in the early Middle Ages, but it has been greatly improved in 1500, and it needs a large number of infantry and nuns to guard the surroundings to prevent knights rushing out of the fortress from destroying it.

The ramming car rumbled towards the gate of Huntington, dodging the dense arrows on the city wall, and only a hundred or so remained of the 300-man pushcart army.

There is a huge wooden pile in front of the car, and there will be an iron head on the pile. After hitting the city wall, the wooden pile will swing back and continue to hit the city wall.

Looking at the rumbling city gate, the count knew that this could not go on, so he ordered the soldiers to stop the crashing car.

Then, the English soldiers above threw boulders, boiling water, or burning grease onto the ram in an attempt to damage or kill the soldiers in operation.

These methods worked well, but the French were not jealous.

The French army on the siege side quickly used bowmen and crossbows to shoot and kill the British army on the wall. They used large wooden shields as cover and carefully aimed at the soldiers above.

This shield is called a large shield. There is a narrow launch port above the large shield, allowing soldiers to shoot at the defenders from behind. King Lionheart Charles I of England was shot in the shoulder by a crossbow while watching these large shields, causing fatal injuries.

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