"The location of the fortress is indeed a problem. Viscount Conway, you are the interim commander of the front line, why don't you realize this problem?" Charlie attacked Viscount Conway.

Viscount Conway's forehead was sweating coldly: "According to the idea, I gathered the main force in the town of Bellick to build a defense line, and planned to resist the oath army there, even if they siege the town of Bellick for several months, they could defend it. But I didn't expect them to quickly cross the Tweed River and enter England. In a hurry, our troops stationed in Bellick quickly returned to Newcastle, thinking that they could withstand their offensive by relying on the Tyne River, and naturally built the fortress on the south bank, which could facilitate support from reinforcements, but they did not fully consider the nearby terrain."

"The upper reaches of the Tyne River are only a few miles away. I heard that the soldiers living here say that the river surface of the upper reaches is not wide, and the large troops can easily cross the river. It is undoubtedly a difficult thing to block them by the advantage of the river. When their large troops cross the river, their artillery will attack the fortress. Once the defenders of our fortress cannot resist under the attack of artillery, the main force they cross the river will occupy these two fortresses. At that time, we will be in a situation without any danger and have to retreat to Newcastle."

Sun Chuanting gestured on the map, which made a group of British nobles and even King Charlie stunned.

Especially King Charlie, he only invited Sun Chuanting, a representative of the Eastern Empire, to come and observe this expedition, so that the Eastern Empire could understand that his ally was not easy to bully, but also a powerful country with strength to cooperate with the Eastern. However, Sun Chuanting really pointed out the shortcomings of the formation.

This made Charlie's cheeks burn, and he couldn't help but glar at Viscount Conway, who built two forts. Viscount Conway was helpless, and he didn't think so much in a hurry.

"So what should we do?" King Charlie found that Sun Chuanting was really playing the role of military adviser seriously, so he placed his hope on this commander in the East.

Although some of the British nobles present had experienced the battle on the Netherlands, at least half of the nobles had no experience in fighting, and some were granted official positions by Charlie to win him over...

They have now discovered that the commander of the Scottish Vowed Army opposite was Swedish Field Marshal Leslie, but Sun Chuanting, who had just arrived in Europe, commanded an Eastern general who had been expeditioning Egypt, should not be inferior to Leslie? Thinking of this, many nobles who had no war experience put their hope on Sun Chuanting.

"..." Sun Chuanting saw that many people, including King Charlie, were focused on him, and seemed to have high expectations for him, and could not help but speechless.

He originally wanted to come and observe the combat capabilities of the English militia, Scottish militia, Swedish mercenaries, and the Netherlands mercenaries, and did not intend to really intervene in this battle!

However, Charles I and Chu Yun signed an alliance trade agreement. After Charles asked, Sun Chuanting had to answer: "If it were me, they would still hold on to these two fortresses for several days. On the other hand, they would look for new commanding heights, rebuild fortifications, and form a corner with Newcastle City. At the same time, a cavalry was sent north to Berick Town to join the local defenders, cutting off the food route and retreat of the pledge army. The population of Scotland is only more than 1 million. They want to maintain an army of 20,000 and the blocking troops against the Irish Legion. Mercenaries, militias and auxiliary soldiers may have mobilized more than 40,000 people. This is unimaginable for a place with a population of more than 1 million. Their food and supplies are difficult to maintain, and I believe they will soon shake."

Charlie, who was not in military affairs, nodded frequently to make him seem to be able to understand.

Many noble officers who had no experience in leading troops directly like Charlie also nodded like Charlie.

Sun Chuanting did not expect any of these inexperienced officers, but looked at some noble officers who fought against the Spanish Empire on the battlefield in the Netherlands.

His tactics are also ideal tactics, and in fact there are many problems. The most important thing is that they need executors, that is, those officers who have real experience in leading troops.

The noble officer who had truly led troops to fight on the Netherlands battlefield, as Sun Chuanting had hoped, understood his thoughts that Colonel Sford's infantry regiment needed to hold on to the opponent's artillery for at least three days to gain time for building a new position and transfer the position!"

"Wilmot, who can take the responsibility of leading the cavalry to Berick Town to cover the back of the oath army? I heard that there is a young man named Fairfax under you who is not bad, and I wonder if he can shoulder this important task."

"He can entrust the important task, but our cavalry is not large. How many cavalry should we send to Berick Town? How many soldiers should we leave behind in Newcastle? If there are too few surprises sent to Berick Town, it will be easy to be eaten by the opponent. Too many cavalry sent here will be insufficient."

"To cut off the retreat of the Oath Army, you need 1,000 cavalry."

Because of Sun Chuanting's proposal, the originally silent camp became active, and these officers with experience in leading troops became energetic again and discussed in a hurry how to revitalize the originally unfair situation.

This time, King Charlie was completely depressed. Sun Chuanting led a group of experienced officers to formulate tactics in a hurry, and he and the inexperienced nobles could only stare at each other and could not do anything!

Although Earl Straffor, the king's favorite minister, served as the governor of Ireland, should have trained the Irish army in theory, in fact, the main job of Earl Straffor during his tenure as Governor of Ireland was to find ways to help Charles I make money from the residents of Ireland... so he did not have any talent to lead troops to fight.

Earl Straffor knew that he couldn't get in at this time, and instead was happy and leisurely.

After the last group of noble officers discussed, they re-selected the commanding heights on the south bank to build the position and promoted Fairfax to the captain of the Cavalry Regiment. After building a new position, he would lead 1,500 cavalry to Berick Town to join the local defenders, responsible for cutting off the rear route of the Scottish Oath Army.

Seeing that everyone had decided on a new combat plan, all he could do was to agree to the appointment of these officers. Although it was very unhappy, the situation was critical and he knew it was not the time to act on his own nature.

"You Eastern officers are really hidden. A group of nobles who are difficult for me to tame are willing to obey your command." Charles I left Sun Chuanting alone when everyone went down to act.

"Everyone was just worried that the battle would fail at this time, so they actively cooperated. The officers who had the ability to lead troops on the Netherlands battlefield were relieved, but the quality of the soldiers was worrying. The officers were officers who had experienced war, but this group of soldiers was not soldiers who had experienced war under their command..." Sun Chuanting expressed his concerns about a large number of militias.
Chapter completed!