Chapter 63: The Swearing-in Conference
Knight Gosl stood on the hill and looked at a group of tribes in the distance, and this was his destination, the MacDonald Clan.
Scattered slaves were watching over the sheep not far away, and the naughty children were chasing each other without fear, and there was a peaceful atmosphere.
Suddenly, more than a dozen cavalrymen surrounded him from the left and right sides of Gosir, and before Gosr could react, all kinds of bronze weapons were put on his neck.
"I surrender! Warriors! Put your knife down first, I am a messenger sent by His Majesty the King! ”
The knight of Gosl begged for mercy with great interest, and did not forget to emphasize his identity, especially the word king was pronounced very heavily.
"Alright! I'll take you to the chief! Don't act rashly! Among the cavalry, the most burly man spoke first, and it was evident that his authority was great.
"Okay! So can you put the knife down? If you hurt me by mistake, your leader will blame you! Gosl craned his neck and whispered to the burly man's opinion, a vague threat in his tone.
"Whoa~" Hearing the little white face in front of him say this, Johnny felt that he was not a threat, so he nodded to the cavalry, and suddenly there was a sound of putting away his weapons.
Immediately afterwards, Gosel was escorted forward like a prisoner, much to his displeasure.
After a while, he came to the tribe group he saw, and if he went inside, there were hundreds of tents, and this was just two sides of the way into the center of the tribe.
A bold estimate would be around 500 tents. Knight Gosl thought silently in his heart, and his heart was very surprised.
In such a tribe where all the soldiers are soldiers, almost every family lives in the same tent, so each tent can produce two warriors, and this MacDonald tribe alone can produce more than a thousand warriors.
Moreover, slaves are also considered a type of warriors, so this tribe is expected to produce more than 1,500 warriors, which is also its limit. In this era when tens of thousands of people are a battle, a tribe has the strength of an earl of Europa.
The warriors of the Scottish Highlands were the most courageous warriors in all of Scotland, even in the face of heavily armed English heavy knights.
There are more than a dozen such large tribes in the highlands that are loyal to the Scottish king, and there are countless small tribes of all colors, and they are the biggest confidence of Scotland against England.
Then Gosl went into a large tent with a relatively luxurious face, and a middle-aged man with a messy black and white beard sat on a wolfskin wooden chair.
"Servant of Her Majesty the Great Queen of Scotland, Gosl . Arri has seen Lord Baron MacDonald! Gosel put his left hand on his chest and bowed his head slightly in respect.
Asham . MacDonald was the head of the MacDonald tribe and a baron canonized by James V of Scotland, so Gosl had to perform a noble salute.
"Oh! James from Edinburgh, what news for me! The leader said very arrogantly, not at all concerned about the regent status of Count Argyle.
"This is the letter that Lord Regent brought to you, please read it!" Gosl pretended not to hear, and directly took out the letter he was carrying on his chest, ready to hand it to the maid next to him.
"No need! Just tell me about it! The leader of Asham stopped Gosir's actions and commanded directly.
"Yes! Dear Baron! Gosl had forgotten that the barbarians, who only knew how to fight, could not read, and explained aloud.
"Lord Chief, mainly the ...... of England" After ten minutes were wasted, the leader of Asham finally understood what had happened, and Gosl breathed a sigh of relief.
"So! We're going to fight the people of England! If you don't say it earlier, why are you grinding so much! You nobles are just rubbing! ”
Gossil was speechless when he said this, and he didn't have the courage to scold him, after all, they were really a bunch of barbarians, and if they killed him for no reason, he would have no place to find a reason.
"Johnny! Hurry up and get the boys together, there is a warrior in each house, the little queen of Edinburgh needs us! ”
The leader of Asham spoke loudly to the burly man who was escorting Gosir, and the burly man echoed loudly, turned and walked out of the tent.
Then Gosel saw an unforgettable scene, as the women and children of the family joyfully bid farewell to their husbands or fathers and put their weapons in order.
In less than half an hour, more than 500 brave warriors with bronze weapons gathered in front of the leader's tent, which was very spectacular.
"Knight Gosel! Look what a brave warrior this is! And how are the English our opponents! ”
Looking at the warrior in front of him who is on average six feet tall, and because of the frequent consumption of mutton, the muscles on his arms are particularly exaggerated.
Compared to the knights of Edinburgh, these tribal warriors were superior to the knights in all other respects except for their weapons.
Knights like Gossle, who were killed by the regent James . The Earl of Hamilton cast a net into Scotland's northern Highlands.
In this way, after more than ten days, Edinburgh gathered more than 20,000 tribal brute soldiers, as well as more than 10,000 noble private soldiers who were called, and hundreds of knights of all colors, which is almost all the power of Scotland.
Although they seem to be numerous, they almost have a fatal weakness - weapons.
Scotland has always been rich in mineral resources such as coal, iron and copper, but iron ore is very difficult to mine, so the Scots have been mixing copper and tin to make bronze and become the weapon they have been using.
Only those local knights were clad in iron armor and wielded iron weapons, which caused the highland warriors to be envious.
On the 12th of August, 1547, all the Scottish armies were assembled on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Hamiston came to hold the pledge meeting.
The tribal warriors of the highlands were placed on the left, while the nobles' private soldiers were on the right, and at the forefront were the knights and nobles and tribal leaders who came from all over the country.
Although the warriors of the tribe stood loosely, they were extremely strong on the whole, so the Lord Regent, who had just arrived, took a special look at it carefully.
And because of the plundering battle four years ago, the knights were quickly recruited to confront the English because of the proximity, so they suffered heavy losses, and they came to make up the numbers in this war.
With the support of a group of nobles, the Earl walked to the specially built wooden platform, cleared his throat, and let go of his voice:
"Nobles, knights! and Her Majesty's loyal warriors! As you already know, the shameful thieves of the South are preparing to invade our territory again! ”
"They burned, killed, plundered, and did all kinds of evil on the land of Scotland, and this time they even came to rob our Majesty!"
"In this case, after the Council of Elders and many nobles, we have decided to strike at those savage Englishmen!"
"Let us, under God's guidance, fight together for Her Majesty the Queen!"
"Fight for the Queen!" "Fight for the Queen!" …………
Under the speech of the Earl, the knights in the front row shouted in unison, and the soldiers and highlanders in the back also shouted.