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The mighty army advanced towards Edinburgh step by step, but the speed was difficult to satisfy Edward, so he directly led three thousand guards on horseback to abandon the people and militia, and went directly to Edinburgh.

At this time, England's royal navy had already set out from Portsmouth, under the command of Rear Admiral James Brown. Led by Rio Shesley, a trip to Edinburgh.

England's navy at this time consisted essentially of single-deck flat-bottomed boats, long, shallow, propelled mainly by oars, which had served for centuries as the main warship in European waters.

However, for hundreds of years, the introduction of heavy artillery has brought great changes to the design of ships, and the English were the first to make significant designs.

The larger of these was the bow, which had previously been installed with metal ramming angles that gave way to special cannon platforms, with a heavy gun in the center of the bow and a number of light artillery guards on either side.

And as early as 1506, as the world's largest naval hegemon, the largest warship built by Spain imitated the model of the English, with an iron cannon weighing 4 tons installed on the midboard, two light guns weighing about 2 tons on the wings, and a small cannon weighing just over 1 ton. These cannons fired stone shells, but by the thirties of the 16th century, they were replaced by copper cannons that fired metal shells.

The main feature of all current single-deck flat-bottomed boats is that they have a midboard main gun, two to four other heavy guns on both sides, and some lethal light guns as wings, and this sequence has become the norm.

As the largest warship in England, the Monarch has always been the central warship of the English Navy, so this time it was Major James himself.

The English navy began with Henry VII, the founding monarch of the Tudor dynasty, and then expanded through Henry VIII, at this time, England had more than 60 warships of various types, except for Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, it was the strongest naval power in England.

Moreover, in the war with France, the navy has always escorted Henry VIII, so that he has no worries, so that the development of the English navy is even more vigorous.

The fleet was moving at a speed of five knots per hour, or about nine kilometers per hour, and Portsmouth was about eight hundred kilometers from Edinburgh, and in less than seven days, nearly fifty naval warships arrived in Edinburgh ahead of Edward.

Standing on the bow of the Sovereign, stroking the icy shell of the heavy cannon with his hand, Major James looked out at the crowded harbor of Edinburgh ahead.

In order to prevent leaks, the Earl of Wellington directly blocked the port of Edinburgh, so in front of James were rows of neatly arranged merchant ships, some idle, some loaded.

However, without exception, all of their masters crowded into the harbor, saying kind words to the officials who managed the port, and some even relied on their aristocratic background to intimidate.

But all these tricks were useless, and the official in charge of the dock still shook his head in embarrassment, looking helpless.

Just as everyone was sighing, they suddenly saw the arrival of the English navy, and they were shocked one by one, and some of them even looked dead.

They, as merchants, certainly knew what the arrival of the Navy meant - war.

And war is plunder, and aren't they, the merchant ships docked in the port, happen to be fat sheep on the table?

Soon, the sharp-eyed merchants saw the flags fluttering on the ship, and immediately understood that this was the navy of England, and even the clever merchants immediately knew what was going on when they thought of the closed Edinburgh and the forbidden port.

The result was so significant that they were shocked beyond words.

James didn't care so much, and under his command, the fleet was soon docked in the harbor, leaving the necessary caretakers, and James went ashore with most of his soldiers.

The navy had already been spotted in the lighthouse of the harbor, and soon after Major James arrived in the harbor, the Earl of Wellington, who was in Edinburgh, rushed to greet him.

"Good day, Your Excellency the Earl!" Major James stooped down and took off his hat in salute.

"Good day, Major James!" Wellington nodded happily as well.

In the past week, the French army with six or seven hundred men surrendered, and the more than 1,000 Huntington troops who arrived later, plus the remnants of the six or seven hundred English troops that rushed in, the total number was only 3,000.

In addition, in order to clear the 2,000 defenders of Edinburgh, they lost more than 500 men, and the army in his hands to defend Edinburgh was only 2,000 able-bodied soldiers, including more than 500 French troops.

The 2,000 men had to not only suppress the riots in Edinburgh, but also defend the walls, which was a bit embarrassing.

The arrival of the navy alleviated the danger of manpower, and the Earl was a little happy.

"Go, Mr. Major, I've prepared a feast for you!"

The Earl relieved the pressure and invited Major James to the feast.

After the delicacies had been served, the Earl asked the question on his mind.

"Mr. Major, I wonder how many navies are coming to help?"

Looking at the Earl of Wellington, who was a little puzzled, Major James immediately stopped what he was doing, sat up straight and said, "Your Excellency, we are supporting you at the request of His Majesty the King this time, so we have dispatched fifty warships in addition to the necessary guarding ships!" ”

"Together, there are about three thousand nine hundred and thirty-six people, thirty-five heavy artillery, and seventy cannons!"

Lord Earl looked at Major James who was talking eloquently, and nodded with satisfaction, these were enough to defend Edinburgh.

After chatting about this, the Earl wanted to get to know the young admiral, and Major James also wanted to get close to the important minister of the kingdom, so the rest of the time was always so pleasant and relaxed.

Three days later, on May 15, 1949, the tenth day of the Earl of Wellington's possession of Edinburgh, the great King of England, the thirteen-year-old Edward VI, arrived in Edinburgh.

Decades later, an old man sighed to the curious children around him: I remember that there was still a light rain in the sky that day, but when His Majesty arrived, the rain suddenly stopped.

And when I was pushed out of the house by the general at the time, kneeling outside Edinburgh with my neighbours, and seeing with my own eyes the great Majesty Edward VI with thousands of armored cavalry coming from under the rainbow, I felt the ground shake, my heart was full of fear, and my whole body began to tremble.

To this day I remember His Majesty, his handsome and majestic face, and the white steed beneath him.

I thought it was okay to be a subject of such a king.