While the nobles were arguing, William Wallace walked in with two of his assistants.

Duke Robert the Bruce stood up with joy and welcomed him sincerely.

William Wallace said:

"We have crushed the 3rd Infantry Regiment of England, and now, their York City is completely empty.

If we take this city, we will stab England in the abdomen...... In the future, whether it is offensive or defensive, we can deal with freedom, and we can finally force the long-legged Edward to the negotiating table. ”

Duke Robert the Bruce thought to himself...... However, this was not in the interests of the aristocracy...... No one would bet on what choice Edward would make after tearing his skin apart.

They did win this battle, but the military strength, material strength and even population of the whole of Scotland were far inferior to England!

The nobles can't fight a long war of attrition!!

The Duke of Robert the Bruce was embarrassed and said, "The city of York is the most important city in England, and the walls there are so high that we cannot easily break them...... If we are dragged by the other side, it will cost us a lot! ”

William Wallace exclaimed, "I can create the right siege weapon, they don't have the power to hold us in now...... We must hurry to the battle, and we must not let the other side send reinforcements! ”

"This ......," said Duke Robert the Bruce, shrugging helplessly, "you see the nobles are arguing with each other, and I need time to convince them!" ”

"The Scots must be united!" William Wallace said bitterly, "We have few men, and we must stab Edward the long leg again when he doesn't react...... Instead of punching him and it's over...... Don't overestimate the goodness of the forces of evil, freedom is never something that can be obtained for nothing! ”

There was a moment of silence in the conference room, and then a nobleman shouted, "You want us to fight England?!" What about our crops? Without this year's harvest, we wouldn't even be able to eat!! ”

Another nobleman shouted: "Expand the war there, and we will live forever...... Keep fighting, and our pastures will be barren! ”

William Wallace exclaimed:

"To be free, of course, you have to sacrifice! We are losing, England is losing, and the losses will be greater than ours!

We're going to treat York City as a wound in England that won't heal, and they're bleeding non-stop...... It will be them, not us, who will fall in the end!

I've seen this kind of play in the far east...... And he has succeeded! ”

"Haha, what qualifications do you have to make us lose?! What qualifications do you have for us all to listen to you!! ”

"Yes, yes! Just by virtue of your knightly status? Just with those two weapons of yours?! We'll build better !! ”

What a short-sighted and selfish bunch of villains...... William Wallace led his men out of the conference room in a rage.

Duke Robert the Bruce hurried out and said, "Give me a few more days, and I'll be sure to convince them...... I need them to do my bidding, and then I'll give you great power! ”

William Wallace shook his head and said, "The soldiers of England are only fighting us for a living and a paycheck...... And we are fighting for life and freedom, so, they are not our opponents!

The Scottish aristocracy would have achieved nothing if they had only thought about their own power and interests! ”

With that, William Wallace left Brusburg without looking back.

Duke Robert the Bruce looked regretfully at his back as he left, what an untamable lion!

William Wallace decided to fight alone with the peasant rebels...... Fortunately, more and more people took the initiative to come to him.

When they reached the outside of York, the governor of Yorktown was stunned!

The people of the whole city couldn't believe that the peasants of Scotland would dare to attack them!!

The walls of York City are about ten meters high and up to five meters thick.

The gates of York City were fifty centimeters thick covered in iron sheets, and they did not believe that there was any other force in the world that could break them.

The governor of York ordered the whole city to take part in the defense, and they closed the gates, and the young men of the city were asked to go up to the walls to defend it.

There were no more than a thousand regular troops in the city, and they had to use the townspeople...... They were still confident that the tall walls of York City were beyond the reach of Scottish peasants!

William Wallace was not in a hurry to storm the city, and they quickly built large stone cannons outside the city.

The woods outside the city provided them with suitable wood...... Since they already fully understood the structure of the stone cannon and understood its principles, they were able to build it quickly.

William Wallace prepared his own gunpowder for Yorktown...... He regretted that he could not make military black powder at the level of the army of Liuqiu Island.

The gunpowder he made burned too slowly...... It was not even up to the level of deflagration of the flaretzer propellant that Li Ao sent him.

But in this part of Europe, and especially on the islands of England, his products can scare the hell out of those who have never seen black powder.

When William Wallace first tried to explode, even the big man Walker jumped in fright.

William Wallace would only granulate black powder with gluten water, and he would only carefully press black powder into columns with a wooden mortar.

His black powder was not available in sufficient quantities to blow down the walls of York, but it should be no problem to blow up the guards or open the wooden gates.

The men on the ramparts watched from afar as the Scottish peasants were busy, and they guessed that they were making long ladders, or ramming cars...... In this era, these two methods are commonly used in siege cities.

However, what they did not expect was that the peasant rebels actually pushed some wooden shelves towards their city gates.

They can only observe carefully, but they can't hurt those people...... They stopped more than a hundred meters away and began to fiddle with the wooden shelves.

Longbowmen are field personnel, and the guards generally only use ordinary archers...... When an enemy gets close to a wall or wants to climb a long ladder, they can inflict heavy damage on them!

But the enemy is more than a hundred meters away, and they can't do anything.

When they saw that someone had given a loud order, the wooden shelves had raised a wooden pole at the same time, and dozens of black fellows flew towards the city wall above the city gate!

Of course, they quickly dodged, no matter what it was, and they didn't want to be hit by that thing.

Some fell outside the walls, some fell into the city, and finally a few black things smashed onto the walls.

The people on the city wall looked curiously at the guys who had jumped a few times on the wall and rolled back and forth, and really didn't understand how they could still smoke.

It would be ridiculous to try to stone them to death in such a way.

However, when someone just wanted to laugh, he suddenly saw that thing flashed red, and there was an explosion of "boom", and dozens of pieces of cast iron bullet skin flew everywhere!

Immediately after that, dozens of explosions rang out one after another, and both the guards and the citizens were all frightened and fled in all directions!

William Wallace was pleased to see that his prototype had the desired effect.

He had the blacksmith cast the hollow iron balls, which were wrapped tightly in tar-soaked linen cloth so that they could be used to absorb the shock of the hollow iron balls...... He found that the quality of the blacksmith's cast iron was not at all comparable to that of Liuqiu Island, and he had no choice but to do so.

When William Wallace saw that the fighters were ready to launch a second round, he immediately gave another order for them to play another round.

A series of explosions rang out again in Yorktown.

Only William Wallace knew that the sound was nowhere near as good as the black powder on the island of Liuqiu...... But it was enough to deal with the English.

PS: Thank you for the tips from book friends Wang Xuanbin and Lao Jiang.