Tom qab ntau xyoo ntawm kev tawm tsam tawv ncauj thiab tsis ua tiav, tus vaj ntxwv Askiv Askiv Edward Kuv thaum kawg ua tiav kev yeej ntawm Scotland. Txawm hais tias muaj kev swb ntau ntawm William Wallace cov neeg tawm tsam ntawm Falkirk xyoo 1298, kev tawm tsam txuas ntxiv mus thoob plaws tebchaws. Nws siv sijhawm ntau xyoo los so qhov seem ntawm Scots, thiab los ntawm 1304 tsuas muaj ib qho kev tawm tsam loj los tawm tsam lus Askiv txoj cai - Stirling Castle.
Lub tsev fuabtais no yog thiab tseem yog cov qauv tsim uas tiv thaiv kev hla ntawm Fort River. Yog tsis muaj nws, Edward tsis tuaj yeem lees tias tau kov yeej Scots. Nrog rau pab tub rog loj thiab kaum lub cav siege, pab tub rog Askiv tau kaw qhov rooj rau lub tsev fuabtais.
Edward muaj riam phom zais cia tshiab ntawm nws qhov pov tseg uas ua rau nws muaj kev ntseeg siab tias lub tsev fuabtais yuav ntog sai. Edward tau coj lub tsev fuabtais nrog kev pab ntawm qhov hu ua "Hma ntawm Tsov Rog".
Hma ntawm Tsov rog
Hma ntawm Tsov Rog yog qhov loj tshaj plaws trebuchet puas tau ua. Nws tau tsim tshwj xeeb rau kev ua phem rau cov tsev fuabtais hnyav xws li Stirling Castle.
Lwm lub cav siege me tsis tuaj yeem nrawm nrawm cov phab ntsa muaj zog, ua rau lub hlis raug kaw, muab cov neeg tiv thaiv kom zoo dua. Edward xav qhia tias nws muaj riam phom uas tuaj yeem tsoo sai sai los ntawm kev tiv thaiv ntawm txhua lub tsev fuabtais.
"Hma ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog" tau thauj mus los hauv peb caug lub tsheb thiab xav tau ntau txhiab kg ntawm cov khoom sib tw kom ntseeg tau tias nws tsis tawg. Thaum nws tsim khoom nyob ze Sterling Castle, Edward tau thov kom tshem tag nrho cov hlau lead thiab lwm yam hlau zoo sib xws los ntawm cov ntseeg ib puag ncig. Tag nrho cov hlau no xav tau los tsim kev sib tw rau "hma".
Qhov kev ntsuas hnyav no yog qhov tsim nyog vim hais tias "hma" tau ntsuas ntau dua 100 metres siab thiab tuaj yeem pov pob zeb uas hnyav txog 150 kg.
Nws yog qhov xav tsis thoob niaj hnub no hais txog kev siv tub rog thev naus laus zis nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd, thiab tau npog tag nrho cov txheej txheem tiv thaiv lub cav ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd.
Siege ntawm lub tsev fuabtais
Kev siege ntawm Stirling Castle tau pib thaum lub Plaub Hlis 1304 thaum Edward cov tub rog puag ncig lub fortress. Tus vaj ntxwv thov kom cov tub rog tso kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb kom tsis txhob raug kaw ntev, tab sis tub ceev xwm tsis kam.
Hma tau siv peb lub hlis los ua. Kaum ob ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tau ua haujlwm kom paub tseeb tias lub trebuchet ua haujlwm tau zoo. Txhua lub sijhawm no Scots saib los ntawm qhov chaw ua haujlwm raws li "dab" siv lub cev.
Tom qab nws tau pom meej tias "hma" yog lub pob zeb loj heev thiab tias Edward npaj siab yuav rhuav tshem lub tsev tiv thaiv, cov tub rog tau sim tso tseg. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov kev thov zam txim tau raug tsis lees paub. Edward yuav tsis dhau txoj hauv kev zoo los sim nws cov riam phom.
Thaum Lub Xya Hli, "hma" nrov nrov rau lub neej. Nws pov pob zeb loj heev rau ntawm phab ntsa, rhuav tshem lawv tag nrho hauv ob peb qhov pov tseg. Cov riam phom tau ua tiav zoo. Lub tsev fuabtais raug coj mus rau 24 Lub Xya Hli.
Qauv
Raws li peb paub, tsuas yog ib tus "hma" tau koom nrog hauv kev tiv thaiv. Tab sis thaum nws yog qhov loj tshaj plaws thiab muaj peev xwm ua rau lub tshuab siege puas tsuaj tshaj plaws ntawm lub sijhawm, nws ua tsis tau.
Nws siv sijhawm ntau lub hlis lossis ntau lub hlis los ua nws. Ib pab neeg ntawm cov kws tsim khoom kim thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm yuav tsum tau teeb tsa thiab tswj lub tshuab. Nws tau siv ntau txhiab kilograms ntawm pob zeb thiab cov khoom sib tw los tua hluav taws. Qhov no tej zaum yog vim li cas cov cuab yeej no dhau los ua riam phom uas tsis tau rov ua dua.
Hnub no koj tuaj yeem pom tus qauv ntsuas ntawm tus hma Scotland sab nraum Carlaverock Castle. Nws yog qhov loj heev tiag.