The British Isles face the North Atlantic Current, which rains a lot. Although it doesn't rain as often as the western part of the island of Ireland, Scotland is a rainy region.

No, just after a period of fine weather, it ushered in summer rain. Looking at the rain in the sky, Saqqara's brow furrowed. At this time, the artillery of the artillery unit was moving artillery and ammunition into the barracks. Because, on rainy days, it is easy to wet the gunpowder, and it is easy to rust the cast iron Karen naval guns.

"Alas, what a trouble!" Glancing at Edinburgh Castle in the distance towering over a hillside, Saqqara sighed helplessly.

Saqqara, who was in an irritable mood, simply went to take a nap after lunch. But as soon as he fell asleep, he heard Isaac, the commander of the musket battalion, rush in and disturb Saqqara's nap.

Saqqara was angry, but he couldn't attack again. Why? Because Isaac was not a member of the Fourth Legion. If the men of the Fourth Legion had dared to disturb his nap so rudely, they would have been whipped a long time ago. However, Isaac was the musket commander from the First Legion, and had served as an adjutant to Steindorff, the chief of the musket unit of the North Sea State, and the main musketeers of the First Legion were supposed to follow Marin south to Italy. However, Isaac was not a mountain dweller from the mountains of Württemberg, but a plain farmer from Alsace. As a result, he was not very good at mountain climbing, so he was sent to the island of Britain by Marin to assist Saqqara in attacking Edinburgh.

Therefore, although Isaac is lower in rank than Saqqara, he is a friendly officer, which makes it difficult for Saqqara to be angry with him. However, Saqqara stared at Isaac with an unkind look to see what he wanted to say. If you say something useless, you can't say that you have to reprimand him well. Even if you can't smoke him, it's still okay to scold him. After all, he is at a higher level than him.

"What's the matter?" Saqqara asked angrily.

"Legion Commander, it's raining!" Isaac said excitedly.

"That's it?" Sakara was ready to scold the other party. Nima, I'm so excited about the rain, I'm ......

But before he could start scolding, Isaac continued:

"Captain, let's get ready to attack!"

"What? Attack on a rainy day? The way up the hill is slippery! Saqqara refused without thinking about it.

"No, Commander, on a rainy day, the opponent's artillery and arquebuses are dumb, and there is no threat to us!" Isaac finally got to the point.

"Hmm...... That's right...... It's good news, but our guns are also dumb...... "Saqqara's Fourth Regiment had no musketeers and artillerymen, and was always stationed in England, so he didn't know that the clockwork muskets were not afraid of rain.

"We're not afraid of rainy days with clockwork muskets!" Isaac finished speaking about the advantages of the clockwork musket.

Saqara's eyes lit up suddenly:

"You're saying that on a rainy day, their guns are all silent, and our musketeers can continue to shoot?"

Isaac nodded heavily......

But then, Saqqara hesitated:

"No, the east wall of Edinburgh Castle is so steep, even if there is no gun advantage, their men can easily drive down our soldiers who climbed to the top of the city. You know, the defenders inside are all elite...... In addition, the opponent can shoot arrows on rainy days, which will cause death and injury to the musketeers......"

Isaac confidently said:

"No problem, I've calculated, the soldiers defending the city on the other side generally only use two tricks to use archery and stone-throwing against our musketeers. But the stones were thrown too close, and our musketeers stood 30 meters away, and they couldn't throw them. As for bows and arrows, our musketeers can wear plate armor and will not be afraid of bows and arrows. Then, their bows and arrows could not hurt our musketeers, but our musketeers could easily wound them......"

"Good ideas, that is...... I don't think your 400 musketeers are too strong, but if they put on plate armor, will they be able to climb halfway up the hill? Piercing plate armor is very physically demanding......"

Isaac rolled his eyes:

"Who said they were going to climb the mountain in plate armor? Can't you climb up and put on plate armor again? ”

Saqqara suddenly realized, but he frowned and said:

"Even if we have the upper hand in the enemy at the head of the city, it is useless if the soldiers cannot climb the walls. The east wall of Edinburgh Castle is so small, and their people are very elite, I don't think we can easily occupy the east wall......"

Ithaca explains:

"The corps commander, I mean, not to immediately occupy the walls, but to shoot their warriors exclusively. As you know, there were eight or nine hundred defenders in Edinburgh Castle. We have 400 musketeers, staring at the city and firing, how long can they withstand the shooting? 400 musketeers, if they shoot 10,000 men of the Fourth Legion, it may take a long time. But there were only eight or nine hundred people on the other side, and they were wiped out in a few days. When they are gone, why don't you let us climb up and take the city? ”

After hearing this, Saqqara slammed the table and said:

"Brother, your strategy is so clever!"

Saqqara is not stupid, just not well-informed. After all, when the Fourth Legion was formed, there were no musketeers in the Legion, only longbowmen. Therefore, the knowledge of musketeers is relatively limited.

After Isaac's explanation, he immediately realized that the advantage of the clockwork musket came - on a rainy day, you can't shoot, I can shoot, this is a big advantage......

You know, shooting and shooting arrows are two different things. Archery encounters plate armor and shields, but muskets meet plate armor and still injure opponents. When encountering a wooden shield and a rattan shield, directly break the ......

Moreover, Saqqara also ignored the small number of defenders in Edinburgh Castle. Although the terrain and the only way up the mountain concealed the small number of enemy troops, if Isaac's strategy was followed, the enemy could not afford to be injured if he fired in the rain. Eight or nine hundred defenders could not resist the blows of 400 musketeers......

……

So, Saqara hurriedly ordered the army, demolished the barricades on the road up the mountain, and then gathered the army and began to attack.

The mountain road was difficult to walk, and the musketeers went up the mountain in simple robes. When they reached a short distance from the east wall of Edinburgh Castle, just within the reach of the archers, the army stopped, and the musketeers changed into plate armor.

The plate armor was brought up with the help of the strong men who were requisitioned from the city, and they were transported by the strong men together, as well as the carriages of ten carriages. Although the mountain road is difficult to walk, it is also possible to walk in a horse-drawn carriage. After all, the Scottish royal family often travels in horse-drawn carriages. Of course, when the carriage goes uphill, it needs some people to help push the cart. Otherwise, it's a bit harder to go uphill.

In fact, in order to solve the problem that it was difficult for horse-drawn carriages to go up the mountain, Edinburgh Castle specially built a thing similar to the overpass in later generations, using a road with a small slope but a long length to go up to the top of the bridge. The top of the bridge is parallel to Edinburgh Castle, a viaduct that hangs high and connects directly to the east gate of Edinburgh Castle. As soon as the carriage is on the viaduct, it can be smoothly driven into Edinburgh Castle.

Of course, there isn't one yet. Now, the carriage is back to the palace, and it is necessary for Minzhuang to help push it up the mountain from the back of the carriage. When going down the mountain, in order to prevent the carriage from going too fast, there were people dragging it behind......

However, the wagons they pushed by the strong men forcibly recruited by the Fourth Army were not used for ordinary transportation, but were used to reload the clockwork muskets on rainy days.

Because, although the clockwork musket is not afraid of rain, but the premise is that the ammunition has been loaded. If it rains while reloading, the gunpowder will easily get wet and not ignite.

So, Ithaca gathered a few hundred men and pushed 10 wagons up the hill to reload the musketeers in the rain.

Of course, it wasn't for the musketeers to get into the wagons to reload. The musketeers wore plate armor and had limited mobility. After they finished shooting, there would be a special person who would send the musket back to the carriage, and the special person in the carriage would be responsible for loading the musket, and then the errand runner would send it back to the musketeer......

In front of the musketeers, there was a platoon of warriors, armed with oversized wooden shields, at the front, in case the enemy's flying stones and bows and arrows wounded the musketeers. These oversized wooden shields are actually wooden doors that were removed from the houses in the city......