The Scottish Vowed Army had arrived north of Newcastle and formed a confrontation with the Kings of England on the other side, separated by a river.

Swedish Field Marshal Leslie, who served as commander of the Vowed Army, led a group of Scottish officers serving in the Swedish army to observe the King's Army's formation.

"The King's Army built two civil forts on the south bank, each of which had hundreds of musketeers and several artillery pieces. Their intention was to use fortifications to stop us from forming an encirclement of Newcastle."

"Their morale will surely rise when King Charles personally commands the opposite side. If possible, they should avoid conflicts with the king. After all, the king of the United Kingdom is first of all the king of our Scotland, and then the king of England."

Leslie's men were talking while observing the King's Army that they would not have started a war with the King if Charles I had not forced the unification of their church.

Leslie listened to his men's complaints and pointed to two temporary forts across the river: "The positions they built were very problematic."

An artillery officer serving in the Swedish army said: "Mr. Commander, we have also discovered that our army will soon be able to occupy the opposite fortress."

Sun Chuanting followed Charles I to inspect the battlefield.

The two sides deployed more than 30,000 soldiers and auxiliary soldiers in the port city of Newcastle. The victory or defeat of this battle will determine many things.

Before the arrival of the King's Army, Viscount Conway took the lead in building two civil forts, forming a temporary confrontation.

"400 musketeers and 4 light field guns were deployed in each fortress." Viscount Conway reported to the king who rushed to Newcastle from Yorkshire.

In order to resist the offensive of the Oath Army in time, Charles I came without stopping after learning of the Oath Army's actions, and all infantry and cavalry regiments were out of breath. Forced marching was undoubtedly a challenge for the King's Army, which was of varying quality. If two fortresses had not blocked the Oath Army, the Oath Army might have collapsed at this time.

"What actions did the Scots on the opposite side?" asked Charles I.

"Just as soon as they appeared in Newcastle, your Majesty King, you led your army in time, and it is estimated that they are preparing for an attack. Yesterday they sent the conditions for a truce. I hope that His Majesty King can abolish the bishop, allow them to have their own faith, and dismantle the army gathered on the border." Viscount Conway said.

"This is impossible! I will never compromise with the Scottish Presbyterian Church! There is only one battle!" Charles I said angrily.

When the British officers on the front line saw that their king had a firm attitude, they prepared for the war silently.

Sun Chuanting, as a military adviser of Charles I, took two subordinates to patrol on the field. He was black-haired and yellow-skinned, and was very conspicuous on the front line. Many northern soldiers who had never seen Chinese people couldn't help but feel strange.

"The locations of these two fortresses are not very good..." Sun Chuanting saw some problems.

"Mr. Sun, we're meeting again!"

A cavalry with a red hat appeared in front of Sun Chuanting, and he turned over and dismounted from the horse.

"Are you Fairfax?" Sun Chuanting saw that this man was the young man he had met outside London.

"Mr. Sun is so lucky to remember my name in his lifetime! I heard that you are already His Majesty the King's military adviser. I wonder if you can see any problems with our front line?" Fairfax asked.

"Who is responsible for defending the fortress?" asked Sun Chuanting.

"Although Colonel Rousseford... Although Colonel Rousseford had some moral problems, he had joined the French army's infantry colonel, and should be able to block the attack of the Scots," said Fairfax.

Sun Chuanting was helpless after hearing this. These Britons and Scots themselves did not directly participate in the European competition, but they exported soldiers and officers to various countries, including the Netherlands, Sweden, and France. Or they were not as profound as the concept of the country and ran around.

"Now the deployment of the King's Army is two fortresses at the fortress and the front line, and Colonel Lunsford led an infantry regiment to garrison the fortress..." Sun Chuanting drew a brief defense map on the ground.

"There is also the infantry regiment of Lieutenant Colonel Monk's institution responsible for protecting special artillery positions," Fairfax said.

"Then behind is the main force led by the king and various infantry officers, and the cavalry is on both wings." Sun Chuanting quickly drew a diagram.

"Yes, my cavalry squad is on the left wing, and the enemy will most likely cross the Tyne from upstream a few miles away and launch an attack on the fortress. The left wing I am on is very stressful," said Fairfax.

"The key is the artillery." Sun Chuanting's face was solemn, "The locations of the two civil fortresses are very bad, which leads to the deployment of artillery positions being very bad. Do you see what problems?"

"Please forgive me for not understanding." Fairfax asked in confusion when he saw Sun Chuanting criticizing the deployment of the King's Army.

"This is our East telescope." Sun Chuanting handed over the telescope to Fairfax, "Look at the artillery position deployment of the opposite Vowed Army."

Fairfax took the telescope and was involuntarily surprised by the performance of the telescope used by Sun Chuanting, but he immediately looked in the direction Sun Chuanting pointed.

"Look at the high ground on the north shore and the tower of the church, they are all places where they deployed artillery." Sun Chuanting pointed to several places with higher terrain.

"You mean they deployed artillery on the church towers, too?" Fairfax seemed to have discovered something.

"Although large artillery cannot be placed on the tower, small artillery can be deployed on it," said Sun Chuanting.

"You mean that their artillery positions are almost all deployed to higher terrain, and our forts and artillery are covered by the opponent's fire?" Fairfax realized the problem.

Compared with the relatively low-lying terrain on the south bank, the Oath Army on the north bank seized a high position, which made the King's Army very passive.

"That's true, these two temporary fortresses are completely exposed to the opponent's artillery attack. In addition, these are temporary fortresses, and they cannot withstand the attack of artillery." Sun Chuanting said, "If the soldiers' determination to fight is strong, they can still persist, but the soldiers themselves have no desire to fight, once the war starts not long, the musketeers stationed in the fortress will collapse and retreat."

"You must notify Your Majesty the King as soon as possible for such an important matter."
Chapter completed!