open sea

Chapter 1282
On the third day after Yingming left Puli County, the nobles of the besieged camp learned about the Ming cavalry from the rout of the rebel army from the west.

They were attacked by the Ming army, and the reason why the attack was called an attack often meant that the attacked did not know anything before the battle began.

And the mob of farmers who were conscripted meant that even after an attack they didn't know anything.

"How many enemies are there?"

"Where are they?"

"What kind of equipment do they have?"

None of the escaped soldiers could answer the Earl of Plymouth's three questions.

The jazz in the velvet robe was circling around the tent with his hips crossed, looking at the knight master with suspicion: "I don't know anything, what are you doing here?"

The master knight, who was wrapped in iron, thought for a while and said, "I'm here to participate in the siege."

He really didn't know where those enemies came from. He obviously sent two farmers to guard around when he was stationed in the camp, but the enemies rushed up like a wall, like a gust of wind; they came like a gust of wind They left; before he had time to get on the horse, the farmer uncle who had been pulled out with great difficulty in the village was leveled, and only three people who buried their heads in the ground and pouted their buttocks were able to stand up.

Some of the red cavalrymen hit his head with a small hammer. Fortunately, he was wearing a huge iron helmet, but this also determined that he couldn't see anything except the small slit in his eyes.

It was really scary, the hammer was useless, just as he was raising his two-handed ax to face-to-face decisive battle, those cavalrymen on ponies actually pulled out their pistols, and he was so scared that he hurriedly took the two-handed ax that had just climbed from the belly of a prostitute. The servant who got up got on his horse and fled towards the east.

In one battle, none of the enemies were killed. The head was hit with a hammer, and the back of the armor on the body was pulled off and three small lead particles were flattened. The vassals were gone and the subordinates were dead. The relics left after the entire army was annihilated, the knight master would have starved to death on the road.

Facts have proved that for heavy knights armed to the teeth, the threat of hunger is much greater than that of Beiyang cavalry who are unwilling to fight to the death.

"Wait, you mentioned that you saw the ruins of an annihilated battlefield on the road? How far is it from here?"

Master Knight was stopped by the question, thought for a while and said, "Maybe twenty miles?"

England used to belong to Rome, and their unit of measurement was also the Roman unit. The smallest unit of feet is the same as the ancient Chinese step, which is the distance between two staggered steps, which is about [-] meters.

As for the British unit inch, it is a bit of a joke. Edward II stipulated the standard inch, and the distance between the three largest ears of wheat in a wheat field is one inch.

And their mile is one thousand feet, which is equivalent to one thousand steps, and the Ming system is nearly three miles.

The Earl of Plymouth pursed his lips and remained silent. Now he knows that at least two troops that were gathering towards Plymouth were attacked, one of them was killed or missing, and the other army had a plate armor that was better protected than his earl. knight.

He was wearing a set of full-body plate armor, even the armpits were covered with armor plates to protect weak points, and there were huge steel bulges under the crotch, the only seam that could be seen was the line of the eyes, it seemed that this armor was the most suitable for people. The reason why he narrowly survived the enemy attack.

The count let out a long breath, and asked suspiciously: "Usually, a knight's tax revenue cannot support such a pair of plate armor, sir?"

Master Knight took off his helmet and said with a embarrassed smile: "I have a lot of land to raise sheep, and I also grant loans to the poor, and invest in fleets for business, so I can afford a pair of plate armor from the Greenwich Armor Factory. If you have interest, we can join forces to invest in caravans, Plymouth is a very good port."

People say that the times have changed, and the first people who feel the change of the times are the local knights who are closest to ordinary citizens and businessmen, as well as the nobles living in London. They have more opportunities to participate in this change of wealth. middle.

As for the nobles who are obsessed with holding banquets in the manor all day long, they have no sense of the changes of the times.

"Good idea!" The earl's smile stopped suddenly, and he said, "That will have to wait until Plymouth is taken back. I didn't know that there was still a cavalry in the city. Could it be that the enemy's reinforcements are coming?"

While the earl was trying to send someone to contact the city, he received news that three troops had been annihilated in the west. Observing them from a distance, they didn't know that the enemy was nearby, and they were attacked by cavalry on the only way they had to pass, and they were wiped out in a blink of an eye.

People who escaped by chance have the same characteristics. Only those with the best armor, fast enough, and enough cowardice can escape. Once they are not determined enough to escape in the first place, they will have no chance.

Regardless of whether it is a small team of a dozen people or a large team of hundreds of people, the result is the same.

Charles, the general of the siege, drew several places on the map that were actually attacked or seemed to be attacked. If he knew the time, he would write the time, and if he didn't know the time, he would leave it blank. What finally appeared before his eyes was a pair of people active in various places in the west. Azimuth attack map.

"The enemy has at least three corps to the west, and possibly more, four corps attacked in different places within twenty miles of the same day, probably from Ireland, from Newquay, Cornwall. Land, there may be plenty of infantry behind them."

The nobles gathered in the siege camp couldn't help whispering when they heard these remarks: How did the Irish barbarians get together with the Ming people?

In their eyes, these are the two extremes of human beings. The Ming people who appeared in England in the past, regardless of whether they were merchants or sailors, some people's skin color was not so rosy because of living at sea. Some of their eyes were big and some were small. But all of them, without exception, are clean and decent, wear high-quality clothing, use exquisite utensils, and have an enviable attitude towards life.

Irishman, what is that?With the English, you try to use all the dirty words about them without being obtrusive.

The count sighed heavily: "We have to mobilize troops to stop them. Some people saw that after the Ming army knights broke through the formation, the red-haired barbarians with axes rushed into the camp and killed them. Once the troops were killed, even The leading nobles wearing plate armor can't stop them... They don't seem to have the idea of ​​capturing nobles for ransom, so everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, your wallets are fine."

"But until now we haven't heard of them staying alive."

　good afternoon!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)