Chapter 278： British Army Lands in Ireland (Mengzhu + 3)

After a long time of preparation, King Henry VII finally tangled up 20,000 troops, including 7,000 long bowmen, and began to ship to the island of Ireland with the help of the "Five Ports Alliance" merchant ships.

The location where the British landed coincided with Count Edward, and also chose the small town of Akro 21 kilometers south of Wicklow. After all, the British are not stupid. They know that if they are discovered by Edward ’s army when they land near Dublin, they may be attacked by Edward ’s army during the landing. In the absence of all landings, there is no chance of meeting the army of Earl Edward. This is because, after landing, the army still needs to regroup and form a battle lineup before it can be considered as having combat effectiveness. Otherwise, it is just a piece of sand.

Therefore, the British considered again and again, choosing to land in the seaside town of Arklow. This is also to avoid being attacked during the landing.

In fact, there is no problem with the British army choosing to land in Wicklow at this time. Because Earl Edward did not station a large army at Wicklow at all, but only left a thousand local militiamen. Whether these militiamen will surrender directly after the British siege, Count Edward is not clear. Of course, don't care. Because, he put all his energy into the defense of Dublin.

When the British landed, the speed was very slow. Because, instead of using local small fishing boats for wading landings, as Edward did, they used the only long bridge wharves as silly. The troop carriers are waiting in line at sea, slowly landing one by one ...

If Count Edward ’s army was nearby at this time, the British army who had landed earlier would be wiped out with a smile. Because the efficiency of the British landing is too slow ...

The end result is-Edward's 8,000 horses, landing in half a day. The 20,000 British Army spent six days ...

When 20,000 British troops landed on the ground tiredly, many people were tired and lie down. It's enough that a landing can get tired like this.

The British army did not bring civilians, but sent troops to be recruited locally. However, the British ships brought enough food and other materials. Therefore, as long as the British army caught enough Irish men on the shore, they could carry them.

In this way, the British army began to send troops, around Arklow, everywhere to catch the people to help transport the weight. By the way, they went to the houses of the civilian husbands and robbed them. These Irish peasants were considered to have had blood mold for eight lifetimes. Not only were they arrested as civilian husbands, but their food and valuables were also taken away by the British soldiers. Moreover, there is no salary for serving as a British husband ...

So, the Irish civilians, with full of resentment, began a career in serving the British army. In addition to the 20,000-strong army, the merchant ships of the "Five Ports Alliance" are also filled with food and weapons. In order to attack the city, the British army also raised 30 small bronze guns. Because, the British also got the method of shelling + blasting the city from the Danes. However, they did not know that Earl Edward, with the help of Marin, had replaced the city gate of Dublin with a large iron gate, and also coated it with tin. And those tins were purchased from Cornwall, England ...

The British army dragged the ground finally north, and along the way, 20,000 British troops marched while looting the local Irish family, looting food and property, causing great anger in the Irish. However, in front of the British army of 20,000, the Irish have no good solution.

When 20,000 British troops arrived in the city of Wicklow, the Longbowmen just shot a few rounds of arrows at the head of the city, and a thousand Irish militiamen in the city surrendered. Because these Irish militias have no armor on them, many people were injured in the face of the arrow rain falling from the sky. As a result, the morale of the Irish militia plummeted. Without seeing any hope, the militia chief simply surrendered to the city ...

Seeing that his side had only fired several rounds of arrow rain, the other side surrendered to the city, and for a time, the morale of the British army was greatly boosted. Many British soldiers began to fantasize about using the same method to overcome Dublin.

The British generals, led by Chief Commander Sir Richard Ball, entered the city of Wicklow proudly for three days.

In these three days, the entire Wicklow has become a **** on earth. The British soldiers began to burn and loot in the city of Wicklow, annihilating women and turning a good capital of Leinster into a **** on earth. Although some Wicklow citizens rebelled against it, the number of British troops was too large. Therefore, the rebels were shot by the British longbowmen and became hedgehogs ...

The British army was wandering all over the city of Wicklow, but the British commander, Sir Richard Bohr, a close friend of King Henry VII, had a headache.

Because, before leaving, Henry VII and his wife gave him two opposite advices ...

King Henry VII instructed Richard Ball to ask him to catch Count Edward and kill him on the spot to prevent future troubles. And his wife Margaret asked him to escape if he defeated Earl Edward. Even if Earl Edward did n’t escape, it ’s better to catch it alive and bring it back to England ...

This is not the most important thing. If this is the case, Sir Richard Ball will stand without hesitation on the side of King Henry VII and kill his uncle.

But, the Margaret Lord gave him an ultimatum. That ultimatum made him shudder ...

The Margaret Lord threatened Richard Ball this way-"If you kill my brother, I will publicly declare that I am the orthodox British throne, the orthodox heir to the York family. The son, Henry Ball, is the legitimate British king of the York family ... "

Richard Ball's head is big, the Margaret Lord is his wife, her son is naturally his own son. If Lord Margaret declares ~ www.novelhall.com ~ to claim that Little Henry is the legal king of England, Richard Ball's understanding of his boss will certainly not let little Henry out. Therefore, he is so tangled now.

It can be said that the mad mother-in-law of Margaret County is threatening herself with her son's future. If she killed her younger brother, then little Henry would die ...

In fact, Richard Ball simply thought too much. Before scoring Dublin, I thought about whether to let Earl Edward ...

However, at this time, there were not a few people in the British army who had similar ideas to Richard Ball. Because of the victory of Wicklow City, they made them dazed.

The British soldiers did not know that Earl Edward never intended to die in Wicklow. Therefore, the defenders of the city of Wicklow were all farmers plucked by Earl Edward from around Wicklow, and they were not regular soldiers at all. So, after several rounds of rain, these farmers chose to surrender.

Unlike Dublin, they are all professional soldiers. In the face of the arrow rain of the British army, it will not be so easy to succumb. Moreover, Earl Edward had long received the information sent by Marin with the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" and learned that the British army had mobilized all 7,000 long bowmen to the Irish battlefield, and had already taken countermeasures ...