The Scottish army was preparing for the pledge meeting, and the Duke of Somerset had arrived in York and was preparing for the war.

"Your Excellency! Will York's barracks be able to accommodate our troops? ”

The Duke of Edward hurried to York, and before he could catch his breath, he summoned Vitelli. Baron Olissad, asked.

"Your Excellency! Our Northern Council in York has arranged for that military camp in Scotland that you personally conquered four years ago! We're afraid we'll delay your big event, and we've expanded a lot! ”

Baron Olisard trotted all the way over, some of his fat bodies were a little unbearable, and there were still a few drops of sweat on his forehead. But the man with the greatest power in all of England is coming, can he not come quickly!

"It is estimated that the military camp located in the south of the city can accommodate 30,000 troops!"

In response to the baron's answer, Duke Edward said that it was okay, but for Duke Edward, who often led the army, food and weapons were the most basic configuration for the army's victory.

"So! My Lord Baron! Are you ready for food and weapons? ”

"Of course! Dear Duke! You know, Yorktown was founded for Scotland, and the entire York warehouse has £808965 of rye, and £105,000 of oats! ”

"These are enough for the current fifteen thousand troops to eat for forty days, and they can also meet the needs of a thousand war horses for a month!"

In the Middle Ages, war horses generally only ate oats to maintain their strength, and the harvest of oats per acre was only one-third of that of ordinary rye. And the price is more than ten times more expensive than rye.

So, at that time, a horse consumed ten times more money per day than an ordinary soldier. Even the knights were usually fed barley and oats mixed together, but in times of war, they had to be fed with oats.

"Moreover, we have three thousand longbows, one hundred thousand sharp arrows, five hundred pairs of heavy armor, and more than a thousand arquebuses in stock!" Without waiting for Duke Edward to ask, the Baron had already said it all in one breath.

"Wait! Is there enough gunpowder for an arquebus? When Duke Edward heard this, he couldn't help asking.

As a general with a lot of experience in warfare, Edward was very fond of the new weapon of the arquebus, which he believed was effective in reducing the dependence on soldiers and facilitating the use of a few against the majority.

"That! Your Excellency, Duke! Our army was unfamiliar with this new weapon, so it was enough for more than a thousand musketeers to use it about five times. ”

"Alright! You go down first! Prepare fragrant roast lamb to celebrate the soldiers who have come from afar! ”

Duke Edward knew that the soldiers' military spirit was very easy to buy, and a little lamb could make them have high morale.

"Huh? Good! Your Excellency, Duke! The Baron was surprised why the Duke had asked him to do this, but as a subordinate, he didn't ask much.

However, his heart was already dripping blood, and the preparation of food and grass for the army had almost dried the blood of Yorktown, and if there was another such army, if this war was not won, Yorktown would be bankrupt.

On the 13th of August, Lord Edward officially arrived at the barracks, gathered the main nobles to distribute the troops, and gathered the archers and knights.

More than 500 tall infantry were selected to wear heavy armor and play the role of heavy infantry. Then more than 1,000 soldiers who could use arquebuses were selected to form a musket team.

After that, the Duke selected more than 1,000 old and frail soldiers to serve as logistics battalions and be responsible for transporting food. At this time, the Earl of Warwick also rushed to Yorktown, and led the logistics battalion with a depressed mentality.

Duke Edward also selected more than 1,000 elite militiamen to serve as his bodyguards, specializing in protecting himself.

By the 14th, the whole army had taken on a new look, and there was no such tumult as when it came.

At this time, the army ruled by Edward had a bow battalion of 2,000 men, a musket team of 1,000 men, 500 heavy infantry, 1,000 heavy cavalry, 1,000 guards, a 1,000 logistics battalion, and more than 9,000 light infantry.

Scotland had nearly 5,000 cavalry, 200 heavy cavalry, and 2,000 archers, as well as a maximum of 23,000 infantry, and 200 musketeers.

The English army, led by Duke Edward, rushed out of Hadrian's Wall, which was 73 miles long, or 117 kilometers of the Roman Wall, and marched to the territory of Scotland.

And behind the army led by the Duke was followed by a large group of small merchants, as well as many chicken girls who were engaged in men's business, and slowly followed the army.

The great merchants stayed in Yorktown, waiting for the victorious soldiers to sell their precious goods.

Generally speaking, soldiers would only sell items of value to the small merchants, while very valuable goods could only be swallowed by the larger merchants.

The army swept like locusts into the Scottish villages, and the soldiers screamed at the wooden houses.

The village reacted quickly, but a few dozen young men were no match for the huge English army.

Soon, several villages near the border were opened, and the cries of women and the resentment of men could be heard not far away, and the militia looted large quantities of food and goods to trade with the merchants behind.

The only way to remain in the villages of the border was the courage of the great nobles who straddled England and Scotland, so the militiamen were very sensible and did not kill anyone, but only robbed some food and goods.

Obviously, they also knew that the nobles who owned these villages were something they could not afford to offend.

These nobles spanned the two countries, mainly due to the marriage between the nobles of the two countries.

For example, James I married Joan, the daughter of the Earl of Somerset (a nobleman under Henry VII), and James IV married Margaret, the daughter of King Henry VII, and the two had sons James V and his descendants, thus having the right to inherit the throne of England.

This is why James VI succeeded the Tudor throne left by Elizabeth I.

As a result, the relationship between England and Scotland is too complex to be simply sorted out.

The plundering of villages was nothing more than a minor episode between the armies, which did not in any way delay the advance of the army.

On the 15th of August, the English army, led by the Duke of Edward, came to a wide meadow, which the Scots called Pinkie.

As the name suggests, it is a canyon like a human little finger, and it is a good place to fight.

The Earl of Argyll also led the Scottish army here, and both of them thought that they would win, so they chose this place as the place for the decisive battle.

The regents of the two countries face off against each other, and it is a place that attracts the eyes of everyone in both countries.