Chapter 695: Capture James IV Alive
"Boom-boom-boom-" Three loud noises were heard, and King James IV, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly awakened.
"What's going on, Ferguson, go out and see!"
In the big tent, Ferguson, the chief of the guard on night duty, was immediately ordered to go out to check.
After a while, Ferguson ran back in a panic:
"Your Majesty, something has happened, someone has attacked the camp!"
"What? Someone attacked the camp? How many people are on the other side? Quickly organize the soldiers to resist and drive the other party out of the camp! ”
The Scottish army was on guard, for none of the scouts sent out during the day had returned, and James IV had ordered everyone to be vigilant in the middle of the night.
Therefore, after the night attack began, many Scottish soldiers still put on a dress and walked out of the tent with weapons. Of course, there were also some Scottish soldiers who, out of fear and fear, began to scurry like headless flies......
So, at the beginning, those more vigilant Scottish soldiers were busy suppressing and appeasing their comrades who bombed the camp, and they did not have time to gather together to form a battle formation.
Such a short delay was doomed to the tragedy of the Scottish army. Because, Marin's army, led by 3,000 sword and shield soldiers, rushed directly into the Scottish camp and divided and surrounded the Scottish army into several pieces......
Affected by the last time he was shot with a bow and arrow, this time Marin did not enter the enemy camp himself. Moreover, Edward was by his side, and he couldn't let Edward, the king, put himself in danger. So, he and Edward stayed outside the camp under the protection of the guards. However, Karn, a beast, was still put in as a pioneer. With him charging ahead, there is simply no one to stop. Moreover, the Scottish army was a cold-armed unit, and the Scottish army was not armed with muskets, except for artillery. In the rush of a night attack, it was impossible to use artillery. There was no danger in letting Karn charge.
Under Kahn's leadership, the Scottish forces were defeated and unable to gather in the middle of the camp.
James IV looked at the situation around him with despair in his heart......
"Your Majesty, please run for your life!" Knight Ferguson, the chief of the guard, said anxiously.
"Running for your life? How to escape? Don't you see so many people on the other side? James IV said in despair.
"No, Your Majesty, my subordinates have found that the other party has no troops in the east......" Knight Ferguson said suddenly.
Indeed, the three blasting points opened by the Marin faction were all in the direction of the north and the west. Because, before James IV, the Scottish soldiers who kept vigil paid more attention to the militia in Newcastle City to the east of the camp and to the south of the camp. As a result, the defenses to the north and west were relatively weak, and it was only then for the demolition team to find three powder keg sites.
However, because the security on the east side is relatively tight, there is naturally no blasting point here. Without a blast point, there is no gap. Without a gap, there is no enemy soldier......
Seeing that it was irretrievable, James IV finally made up his mind to flee with his cronies......
It just so happened that James IV sent troops this time, because there were too few Scottish cavalry, so he simply put all the horses near the tent. So, when James IV and a few hundred Scottish knights under his command came to the stables near the tent, they easily got the horses.
Then, James IV took a few hundred of his cronies and knights, mounted their horses, and rode away to the east gate of the camp. Because it was an escape, everyone was very impatient. In the face of the Scottish rout in the way, the knights mercilessly crushed the past......
After arriving at the east gate, the knights struggled to open the log that held the east gate and opened the camp......
Then, James IV, with a few hundred knights close to him, left the camp directly from the east gate......
After leaving the camp, James IV did not hesitate to take his men and head directly north, where their native Scotland ......
At this time, it was already half past four in the morning. At half past four in the morning in early August, it was already relatively bright. James IV galloped north with a few hundred knights. Halfway through, Marin arranged for the thousands of infantry to guard here, but they were directly scattered by the hundreds of knights of James IV. Of course, there were hundreds of Scottish knights, who were picked off by spearmen.
But James IV was too late to rescue these men, because he knew that if he delayed for a while, he would not be able to leave......
So, James IV and his remaining two hundred men did not hesitate to continue galloping north......
Marin was north of the camp and saw James IV's men fleeing north. Marin hurriedly sent guards to inform the scout cavalry and Koster's 900 horse thieves, and told them to chase after them with all their might. Because, Marin could feel it—there were big fish among those hundreds......
Marin was not worried that the scout cavalry would not be able to catch up with the enemy, because the 500 scout cavalry under his command were all equipped with Arabian horses, which belonged to one of the most durable breeds. The horses of the Scots are typical knightly horses with large size, great strength, strong explosiveness, but poor stamina. Moreover, because of the haste of the escape, the group of Scots who fled on horseback did not have two horses, but one man and one horse. Without changing horses, Marin did not believe that their horses could outrun his Arabian horses......
Then, he continued to focus on the battle in the main camp......
At the same time, 2,000 thieves under Marić's command also surrounded several exits of the Scottish camp, but did not attack, but waited for the results in the direction of the camp.
In the big camp, the resistance of the Scots was getting weaker and weaker. After all, they resisted in a hurry, and they were divided and surrounded before they even had time to conclude the larger battle formations. In addition, Marin has twice as many men and horses as them, and their resistance is getting weaker and weaker under the division and encirclement and strong impact of the superior enemy......
Karn was extremely brave, wielding a massive mace and wearing plate armor and a breastplate of high manganese steel. Invulnerable, and the power of the weapon is enormous. Such a war machine, naturally, was like entering a no-man's land, and quickly routed all the enemies in its way.
However, when Karn rushed into the Chinese tent with hundreds of sword and shield soldiers, he was surprised to find that the Chinese tent was empty......
"Grass! It turned out that among the hundreds who escaped was James IV! Special code, all the horseback riders, give me a special chase! ”
But Marin soon found that this order was in vain, because, in the entire army, there were only 500 cavalry on horseback. And although he himself rides a horse, he can't chase it himself, right? As for the guards, Marin didn't let them chase them in the end......
As Marin had expected, James IV and his men were soon overtaken by scouts on Arabian horses. Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, Ferguson, the chief of the guard, gritted his teeth and said:
"Your Majesty, you take a few people to go first, these enemies, let's stop them!"
Then, with two hundred Scottish knights, Ferguson turned his horse's head and charged towards the pursuing scouts. James IV, on the other hand, continued to flee north with a dozen or so guards......
Seeing that two hundred Scottish knights turned around and rushed towards them, Marin's scout cavalry was startled. When it comes to immediate melee, they are no match for these knights. As a result, these scout cavalry decisively turned their horses around and began to fight with the enemy, never making direct contact. At the same time, they pulled out the clockwork lighter carbine, which had long been loaded with ammunition......
And on the side of James IV, just as he was frantically fleeing north with his men, several long hemp ropes suddenly rose up on the road ahead. At the same time, a bunch of people also stood up in the ditch on the side of the road......
James IV and his men were riding their horses at this time, and when they saw this, although they shouted in their hearts, they could not control the horses to stop......
As a result, the horses of these men, including James IV, were tripped by the stumbling horses. James IV on horseback, and the guards, also couldn't stop the car and fell straight down. Then, before they could recover their senses, they were held down by a group of Robin Hood thieves and tied up......
When the 500 scouts finally eliminated the 200 Scottish knights who were blocking the way with their clockwork carbines, and rushed north, they saw Marić walking south with 1,000 men.
This time, Marić personally led people to ambush them on the side of the road, and as for going to surround the Minzhuang camp, because there was no need to fight, he only sent a deputy to lead the people there. As for the battle on the side of the road, he decided to bring people to do it himself. Because, the use of tripping horses is a way of fighting, only he is familiar with. After all, he had been under Marin and knew how to use the tripping horse......
But unexpectedly, this time he personally led the team to ambush and actually caught a super big "big fish......
Seeing the Scouts coming up, Marić smiled at his familiar leader, Mackenson:
"Knight Mackensen, this time Lao Tzu has made a great contribution! See? This is the King of Scotland! ”