The Rise of the European Emperor

After lunch, Marin found that the soldiers around him were looking at him with respect and gratitude. Moreover, everyone's morale was high, as if they had been blessed with a halo of war.

"Well, the military heart is available!" Marin nodded with satisfaction.

Regardless of the age of the war, as long as the difference between the equipment levels of the two sides is not particularly large, then morale is a very important part of it. The side with high morale, even if the strength is at a disadvantage, has a great chance of defeating the stronger side. Conversely, a powerful army may be defeated by a weaker enemy if the army is slackened.

Seeing that a little trick of his own had boosted his morale, Marin was very happy. Moreover, it also makes it more certain to win.

By four o'clock in the afternoon, the army had arrived in a wood 5 kilometers north of Newcastle. After arriving here, Marin ordered the army to stop and rest on the spot north of the woods.

It is very close to the Scottish army here, and if you go further, you will be discovered. Before it was dark, Marin took everyone to sit down and rest.

Because of the night attack, it is best to go to bed early. After eating the dry bread, Marin let everyone rest in place for a few hours. However, those tents were not brought, and everyone had no place to sleep. In desperation, Marin had to let the soldiers sit back to back and rest on the ground. Wait until midnight to get up and attack again.

However, without the shelter of the tent, the mosquitoes in summer seem to be particularly annoying...

This is the beginning of August, the hottest time of summer. Although Scotland has a higher latitude, there are many mosquitoes in summer. So, everyone suffers.

Marin was a little ashamed at this time, because he didn't let everyone bring tents, which led to the current bad situation. So, despite the dissuasion of his men, he came to the soldiers, and sat back to back with Kahn, who had been following him, and sat on the ground to rest. Of course, it was also attacked by mosquitoes...

In the middle of the night, Marin was in a daze when he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his face. So, he waved his hand without thinking...

There was a "smack" sound, especially loud in the silent night. Kahn, who had been back-to-back with Marin, woke up immediately. He stood up abruptly, his eyes scanning all around:

"Are there assassins?"

This time, Marin suffered. Originally, he and Kahn were resting back to back. As a result, Kahn stood up suddenly, and Marin was decisively tragic - his back was empty, the whole person fell to the ground, and the back of his head made a close contact with the ground...

"Ouch—" Marin touched the back of his head, which was a little sore. Fortunately, this is a dirt floor, not a concrete or masonry floor. Otherwise, such a bump would have to see blood.

"Ah, young master, I'm sorry, I forgot you were behind me!" Kahn was suddenly embarrassed - he forgot to rest back to back with Marin...

Marin didn't bother to accuse him anymore. He took advantage of the moonlight to look at the "pocket watch" that was about the size of an alarm clock - it was exactly 12 midnight...

So, he simply didn't sleep. Anyway, when the Scottish army is taken down, everyone can enter Newcastle and sleep as much as they like.

Marin simply asked Kahn to find the scout cavalry, and asked them to contact the 3,000 thieves brought by Maric and inform them to prepare for a joint operation.

However, Marin made adjustments to Maric and their actions. Originally, Maric's mission was to take 3,000 thieves to attack the Scottish civilian camp, which was separated from the army camp, when the main force attacked the enemy's war barracks. However, Marin later felt that the strong people did not need to attack them. Anyway, they have no fighting power. So, it's better to surround instead. As long as the exit of the Minzhuang Camp was blocked, those Minzhuang did not have the courage to rush out.

In this way, 3000 people do not need to be used. To this end, Marin intends to let Maric send 2,000 people to surround the camp. Another 1,000 people set up an ambush on the road north of Newcastle during the night, setting up some trip lines or something to intercept the slipping fish of the Scottish army.

After all, Marin's attack this time was a real night attack. In the chaos, there would inevitably be fish that slipped through the net and escaped. And those who can escape must be on horseback. But in the dark, when they escaped, they would definitely not dare to take a small road, and would choose to ride their horses from the main road. As far as Marin knew, there was only one Roman avenue north of Newcastle. Therefore, Marin asked Maric to arrange a thousand people to set up a few trip lines on this northward road to intercept the Scottish soldiers who escaped from King Lou.

You must know that those who are qualified to ride are all nobles and big fish. And even the infantry without horses, Marin didn't bother to intercept them. Moreover, those who escape on foot will sooner or later be chased back by the scout cavalry...

Maric's 3,000 thieves were actually in a forest 4 kilometers west of Marin's location. The scout cavalry under Marin's command had contacted them before. So, the communication was quick this time.

After the reconnaissance cavalry came back, Marin simply asked his men to wake up all the soldiers and start preparations for the night attack...

Around two o'clock in the morning, the 20,000 soldiers and horses under Malin's command were all ready, lined up and ready to set off at any time...

After Marin led the army forward for another two kilometers, he ordered everyone to stop. Then, Marin asked the demolition team to step forward and go to the fence of the Scottish barracks to bury the powder keg...

At about 3:30 in the morning, news came from the demolition team in front - 3 of 5 powder kegs were in place...

"What's going on? Why are there only three buried?" Marin frowned and asked Donitzerui, the demolition captain who came back to report.

Donitzray said with a gloomy expression:

"Grand Duke, it's not that we didn't do our best, but the defense of the Scottish military camp seems to be very strict tonight. We tried our best to find three hidden places to bury the powder keg. We want to find the fourth point, but we can't find it. what……"

"Is the other party prepared?" Marin frowned, but he soon realized that his own scout cavalry and Coster's 900-horse bandits had eaten more than 300 Scottish scout cavalry. It would be strange if the other party was indifferent.

In fact, as Marin expected, seeing that the more than 300 scout cavalry sent out during the day did not come back at night, James IV was full of unease.

Although sometimes the scout cavalry goes out once and does not return for several days, there is no reason not to send someone back to report...

To this end, the restless James IV, ordered the night to be more vigilant. And this also brought a lot of trouble to Donitzray's Demolition team. It took a lot of effort for the demolition team to find the three visual blind spots in the camp and start to bury the powder keg...

Marin was hesitant to give up the night attack for his opponents might be prepared. However, Marin quickly reacted - I have 20,000 people, so I can win even in a regular fight, not to mention a night attack? So, the original plan went ahead...

In fact, although James IV took precautions, the level of precautions was not high. Because, James IV would not have thought that there would be a large army from the north to attack them.

Therefore, the midnight alert of the Scottish army is more aimed at the direction of Newcastle City and the south bank of the Tyne. Because, in the cognition of James IV, only these two directions will have enemy armies. As for the incident with the messenger in the north, James IV thought more that it was a small detachment sent by the enemy to harass the past, and would not have much impact on the main camp... Then, this judgment harmed the whole of Scotland...

Of course, I can't blame him. Who would have thought that someone would lead an army to maneuver at sea and go around behind the Scottish army? In James IV's opinion, Marin's army should have moved south to London long ago...

At a little more than 4 o'clock, Marin's army finally approached the vicinity of the Scottish camp. At this time, Dongfang was already slightly pale. It is summer, after all, and the sun rises early.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Marin no longer hesitated. He had a torch lighted and shook it. The blaster in front of the camp immediately took out a lit match that was blocked by a valuable cloth and lit the fuse. Then, the three flaming Demomen dashed back desperately...

Not long after, three loud bangs of "Boom-Boom-Boom-" broke out in the camp on the north side of the Scottish Camp, and the wooden fence of the Scottish Camp was directly bombed into the sky...

And 500 meters away, Marin drew out his knight's sword and ordered loudly:

"attack!"

"Come on!" The 20,000-strong army that was ready to go, rushed towards the Scottish camp like a tide, rushing in through three gaps...