Chapter Seventy-Three: Mother-Daughter Dialogue
The Duke of Edward quickly rode to the Earl of Wellington's side on a tall horse, covered in dust!
"Good morning! Dear Mr. Duke! The Earl of Wellington saluted fluently with a smile on his face.
"Good morning! Earl Wellington, seeing that you look so good, you must have taken the Huntington! ”
Duke Edward looked at the smiling Mr. Earl and couldn't help but guess.
"You're so smart! My Lord Duke, Huntington has taken it, and our gates to Edinburgh are open ever since! ”
"Yes! Earl Wellington, then, let us go 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, which is probably why he attracted the people who followed him.
"Follow your instructions, Great Duke!" The Earl slapped his ass in amusement, causing Duke Edward to laugh.
Afterwards, the cavalrymen, who had rested for three days, mounted their mounts, and almost every one of them still had large packages hanging from their backs, which slowed down the movement of the horses under them.
An army of nearly 30,000 rushed towards Edinburgh, and the whole ground shook all the time, and those who didn't know thought it was an earthquake.
At this time, in Edinburgh, Linlithgow Palace, Queen Mary's bedroom, the mother and daughter were staring at each other.
"My little Mary! Listen to Mom, go to Moholm Monastery with Aunt Casey for a while, and Mom will pick you up later, okay? ”
Queen Mary reluctantly put down her body and persuaded her daughter in front of her, and in order to talk to her better, she half-squatted in front of her.
The red skirt tightly wrapped around her body, and her ass looked like two huge rugby balls from behind, which was full of temptation for all men, but unfortunately no one appreciated it.
"Nope! I don't! I want to be with my mom! Little Mary twisted her head proudly, her lovely long blonde hair reached her waist, half a foot long, her round little face was tight, her eyes were round, and she looked extraordinarily cute.
"This time it's really urgent, my little queen, this time when you come back, your mother will definitely play with you non-stop!"
Looking at her daughter's angry and cute appearance, Queen Mary also felt very embarrassed, and couldn't help pursing her red sexy lips.
"Humph! Mom lied, do you think I didn't know it was the English who called? ”
Little Mary pouted and lifted her chin as if she was in complete control.
"Who told you that?" When the Queen Mother heard this, her face suddenly looked a little bad.
"Mom! It was spread throughout the palace, and all the people knew about it! ”
Little Mary said in an exaggerated tone, and in order to show it clearly, she also drew a large circle with her delicate hands, and never maintained her cold image again.
"Really? So does Mary love her mother? When Queen Mary heard that it was not deliberately passed on to little Mary, she relaxed.
"Of course! Mary loves her mother the most! No one has my love mom! ”
Little Mary said coquettishly, unconsciously holding the Queen Mother's arm with both hands, and shaking her arm from time to time, the whole person was almost hanging on the Queen Mother's body.
"Then since Mary loves her mother, can Mary do her mother a small favor!"
"At that time, of course, Mom, just say it! Mary will do it for you! ”
Little Mary said in a coquettish tone, and patted her little chest with her little hand, and said confidently.
Mary was particularly happy to be able to help her mother, and two small dimples appeared on her smiling face.
"Good! Is it okay for Mary to go to Moholm Monastery to help her mother pray to God? ”
Queen Mary is like a wolf grandmother luring Little Red Riding Hood, carefully creating traps step by step.
"Well...... All right! I'll help my mother this time, and when I come back, I'll have three days, no! I don't have classes for five days, I want to play every day! "Little Mary is really too young to explore the path deeply! After thinking about it, I agreed.
The day after little Mary was sent to Moholm Abbey, the Duke of Edward led an army of more than 30,000 men to the walls of Edinburgh.
Looking at the city in front of him, Duke Edward couldn't help but sigh, this is where he made great achievements, and it is also where he rose.
Forty feet tall, Edinburgh's walls were made of stone, which was fireproof and resistant to bows and arrows and other projectile weapons, making it impossible for enemies to climb steep walls without equipment such as ladders and siege towers.
Defenders at the top of the walls can shoot arrows downward or throw objects at the besiegers. The besiegers were thus completely exposed to open space, and were at a disadvantage when shooting upwards compared to the defenders, who had the advantage of strong protection and shooting downwards.
The city walls are densely covered with arrow towers, which is numbing to look at.
In general, the arrow tower was built on the corner or city wall, and was set up at regular intervals as a strong stronghold. The tower protrudes from the level wall, allowing defenders in the tower to shoot in the direction the wall is facing. The arrows at the corner of the city allow the defenders to expand the direction of their attacks and shoot at different angles.
To accentuate the height of the walls, a trench was dug at the base of the walls of Edinburgh to surround the entire castle and fill the trench with running water as much as possible to create a moat.
The Earl of Wellington, who had never seen Edinburgh before, took a big breath when he saw it, and it looked much stronger than the walls of London.
Especially the wide and deep moat, bubbling with black, black and stinky foam, falling down will not die or be disabled.
There are also the tall city walls and the arrow towers, which make people's hearts numb when they look at it!
"Now it's the Scottish captives who come into play!"
Duke Edward seemed to have expected this situation, and with a wave of his hand, he said proudly.
The Earl of Wellington showed admiration on his face, this is true, no wonder the Duke of Edward has always taken tens of thousands of Scottish prisoners, and he still has this hand!
At this time, in Edinburgh, the regent Earl of Aaron urgently mobilized the private soldiers of various nobles, as well as the highland soldiers who had been following his orders one after another and did not catch up with the expedition.
Of course, the citizens of the entire city, as well as the freedmen, were recruited by him and walked up the city walls together.
At this critical moment, the whole of Edinburgh, bound by common interests, united around Lord Regent, burst out with astonishing power. In a word, this sincerity is in danger of survival.
Edinburgh, which originally had only more than 3,000 troops, suddenly grew to nearly 10,000 troops after emergency mobilization, which is the limit for a city with a population of only 20,000.
"Citizens! Kill twenty people to become knights, slaves and serfs can become freemen! ”
Lord Regent dragged his somewhat tired body and shouted loudly, quite a bit of a hiss!