Chapter 60 The Battle of Pink (2)
The next day, at noon, the Duke of Edward gave the soldiers a full meal, and then placed the army at the smaller end of the Pink Valley, and the Earl of Argyll also stopped the army at the larger section of the Pink Valley. exit.
Most of the entire army wore red jackets, and the whole team looked very energetic, which is also the origin of the English Red Shrimp Soldiers. Seen from a distance, a sea of fiery red.
Soldiers usually wear red jackets. The outermost part of the jacket is black with golden roses and crowns. They also wear red or black hats with white feathers. The breeches will be of various colors.
During the first half of the 16th century, British soldiers had their markings on the chest and back, and later also on shields and pennons, usually the Red Cross of St. George.
Officers generally wear ribbons, which are usually around the waist or hung from the left shoulder. Some spearmen and cavalry have become representatives of this superior class. The ribbon seems to be red, or red and white.
As in other armies of the era, officers were distinguished from their soldiers by their weapons (swords and shields, half-length lances, or halberds were favorites for officers), by silk, satin More expensive clothing, embellishments through gold or silver, more aesthetically pleasing armor, and jewelry.
The Scots mainly wear a simple iron helmet, a jacket, a white tight tunic and trousers, and the arms and thighs are protected with 4 to 5 rows of copper chain mail in the later stage to prevent swords from being cut. A large turban is wrapped around the neck 3 to 4 times, which is not to protect against the cold, but to prevent cutting.
Other protective equipment is a small buckler in the left hand, which can be used even when holding a spear. Their secondary weapons are broadswords and daggers.
In the 16th century, lowland tribesmen usually wore blue soft hats, and other common clothing colors were brown and light blue.
In the battles of this period, more than 70% of the Scottish army consisted of spearmen.
The highland tribes generally wear a "leinecroich" - a long garment that reaches the knees, usually dyed yellow with saffron, a larger cape or a plaid shawl fastened with a brooch. This is usually worn by leaders.
The only protection common to the common highland tribesmen was a tar-covered and hardened buckskin belt jacket, though in any case they often went into battle shirtless, though sometimes a short shirt was left to tuck the excess over the belt between the legs.
So the scene that can be seen at that time is like this, the English area is basically red, and the more than 1,000 cavalry and more than 500 heavy cavalry in front are all dressed in blue and white.
On the Scottish side, there is a lot of flesh color in the front, and a piece of yellow in the back. How should I say it? Anyway, it's very coordinated.
"Lord Earl of Wellington!" Duke Edward rode a large horse on an artificially built high place in the rear, looking at the Scottish army on the opposite side, he couldn't help calling the name of the cavalry commander.
"Yes! Your Excellency the Duke!" Earl Wellington was beside Edward. When he heard him being called, he hurried forward.
"You first lead the cavalry to take the initiative to charge and wipe out the group of dwarf cavalry on the opposite side!"
"Yes! Your Excellency the Duke! I'll go now!" Earl Wellington was very confident in his riding skills, and his voice of agreement was hearty.
Then he glanced at the knight standing behind the duke like a pole, sighed, then rode on his steed, and returned to his post to perform the task.
That knight is the nephew of the Earl of Wellington and the sole heir of the Earl of Wellington, a stubborn young man. In order not to put him in any danger, the earl specially arranged him to be with Duke Edward, so that there was no danger and it was easy to take credit.
Unfortunately, ever since the stubborn knight knew that he had become the coach's personal guard, he guessed that it was the Earl of Wellington who made it, so he has been ignoring him until now.
"Don't worry, my knight! Earl Wellington's riding skills are famous among the nobles. God will bless him!"
Seeing the young knight's uneasy look, Edward couldn't help but comfort him. Duke Edward, an independent young aristocrat like him, appreciates it very much, and he is also the heir of an earl, which arouses Edward's attention even more.
The earl returned to his team, looking at the more than a thousand light cavalry and a thousand heavy cavalry behind him, he couldn't help feeling a surge of pride in his heart.
"Everyone! For His Majesty the King! Follow me!"
The earl rushed to the opposite Scottish army at the head of the horse, and then his family cavalry also rushed up to protect him, and then the entire large troop of cavalry rushed up.
Most of the cavalry were border cavalry with excellent riding skills. They formed a large awl shape behind the earl well and stabbed the Scottish troops. The slower heavy cavalry followed closely behind.
The Earl of Argyle saw the English cavalry rushing towards him, with a serious expression and frowning.
"Order the artillery team to shell first, and then let the cavalry attack!"
"Yes! Lord Earl!" After hearing this, the orderly on the side immediately mounted his horse and conveyed the commander's order.
To be honest, the Lord Regent doesn't want to send out cavalry at all, because compared with the fine horses of the English, the Scottish horses are inferior horses, and England has too great an advantage.
So artillery is why it is popular with the Scots.
Generally speaking, this is the strength of the Scottish Army, although it does not always have the opportunity to be recognized and used reasonably effectively. The cannon team that completed training and participated in the Pinkie campaign included: two standard cannons, one variant cannon, two standard heavy cannons, and one speeding cannon.
So, when the Earl of Wellington was still a mile away from the Scottish army, the Scots cannons fired over, but the Earl was not afraid at all, because he knew that the accuracy of the cannons was extremely low.
In fact, as the earl expected, the three rounds of shelling only killed a dozen cavalrymen, and two of them died after their horses tripped over stones.
Soon, the Earl came to the Scots army, and a group of Scottish cavalry, which was more than the cavalry behind him, was galloping over on pony horses.
The earl had no fear, and greeted him resolutely. In an instant, the cavalry collided with each other, dozens of people flew out from the front row, and more Scots flew out.
The Earl was escorted by the cavalry of the family, and he did not fly out safely.
Immediately afterwards, after the cavalry of both sides approached, they fought each other. At first, the English cavalry relied on the advantage of their horses to kill the Scots. Even the Earl killed three Scottish cavalry.
But soon, the Scots took advantage of the large number of people and began to fight with the English. All of a sudden, the English cavalry fell into a bitter battle.
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