Chapter 348： Newcastle coal supply cut off

Although there was no solution for the 300,000 refugees, Henry VII and his ministers knew that refugees must not be allowed to arrive in London. Otherwise, the country is in turmoil.

Therefore, after entangled again and again, Henry VII ordered that Sir Richard Ball ’s 18,000 army stop the south withdrawal, and set up defense lines in the northern border areas of Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Norfolk County to prevent refugees from crossing the defense line to go south. .

As for the unaffected areas such as Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Leicestershire north of the defense line, temporarily give up and let the victims flood in. As for Staffordshire and Cheshire in the west, refugees are also allowed to flow in.

The English court's plan was to protect the richest southeast from refugees. As for the central counties, let him go. Those nobles whose territories are destroyed will also be compensated in the future. For example, Thomas Stanley, Earl of Henry VII ’s stepfather Derbyshire, was looted by the Scottish army on his Derbyshire enclosure. Because he hated Thomas Stanley ’s poisonous plans, the Scottish army robbed Derbyshire completely under the direction of King James IV of Scotland.

However, Derby County is Thomas Stanley's site. Who is Thomas Stanley? That was Henry VII's stepfather. Moreover, Thomas Stanley was one of Henry VII's most important contributors to the throne of Richard III.

Without Thomas Stanley as an internal response, even before the battle, Richard III may not lose to Henry VII. Even the winning side is much larger than that of Henry VII. After all, Henry VII brought only 2,000 French mercenaries to England, and then only 5,000 troops in the decisive battle.

It was also the intention of Richard III that only brought 10,000 horses to face the battle. But for 10,000 people in Mali, 3,000 people turned out to be on the battlefield (Thomas Stanley ’s younger brother William Stanley took 3,000 horses to turn, while Thomas Stanley took 1,000 people to stand still), and, Count Northumberland ’s The 2,000 men and women are also standing still.

In other words, there were 3,000 troops in Richard III's army, and 3,000 people turned around, and another 3,000 troops stayed intact ...

In the end, there were only 4,000 soldiers led by Richard III, 5,000 soldiers led by Henry VII, and 3,000 rebels led by William Stan. At this time, the strength comparison between the two sides changed from 2 to 1 to 1 to 2. Moreover, Richard III was still enemies in the back, and it was strange to be undefeated.

But the situation is very different now. Richard III killed his nephew to usurp the throne, angered the noble class, and led to the rebellion of the relatives. Only then will Henry VII lead thousands of people against it.

Count Edward encountered a united English court. Therefore, not to mention landing with thousands of people, it is with 10,000 troops to land, and the possibility of failure is extremely high. Earl Edward also knew this, plus the lesson of false Richard's failure, he did not rashly send troops to England, but first consolidated the site in Ireland. Until the rear is stable, it will send troops to England.

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The core of England is the counties around London in the southeast. Moreover, the population is also concentrated here. Therefore, the government of England and the public understand that at this juncture, the most important thing is to not let refugees flood into London. Even, they should not be allowed to destroy several counties around London. As for the several counties in the central part, it is enough to use it to harm refugees.

As for the life and death of the people in several counties in central China? Henry VII didn't care. The other nobles didn't care too. As for the nobles in several central counties, they would also receive some compensation afterwards. Anyway, there must be no share of ordinary people. As for the labor force of the aristocracy? Quite simply, hired and recruited from the surviving people ... Anyway, after the scourge of the refugees, those surviving people will definitely have nothing. If they do n’t work for the nobles, where can they live?

In this way, Henry VII and his ministers made a cruel decision-to let those three hundred thousand refugees scourge the three counties of Lincoln, Nottingham and Leicester in the middle, and Cheshire and Star in the west Fordshire. In exchange for the suffering of the people in several counties in the central region, the peace in the southern region was exchanged.

Refugee crossing is not a joke. Although European refugees do not have the idea of ​​"a prince will have a kind of kindness" in Huaxia refugees, it is normal to see the emergence of thieves or something. When the time comes, the area where the thieves are active will surely not live.

Afterwards, what the English court had to do was to suppress the thieves, or simply draw the thieves and recruit them into the army. As for the life and death of civilians, who cares?

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It's just that this riot caused Marin a huge problem-that is, the supply of coal in Newcastle was cut off ...

After all, Newcastle City was attacked by the Scottish army and looted as a whole. This time, all Newcastle people are going to flee the desert, who still has the mind to dig coal?

However, the fuel for the salt cooking base and cement plant on Baltrum Island is mainly supplied by Newcastle ...

As a result, the person in charge of Bad Trum Island, who had cut off the coal supply, urgently reported to Prime Minister Jeffrey. Then, Jeffrey sent a quick man to whip south, and asked Marin how to deal with ...

"What's so special, I'm not" mistaken by the deputy car "..." Marin thought with a headache.

It is impossible to transfer coal from the Ruhr area in a short period of time, and buying large quantities of coal from the Ruhr area may attract the attention of interested parties. After all, it is difficult to transport the coal from the Ruhr area through many countries without being noticeable. Only buying coal from the harbour of Newcastle is enough to hide.

Therefore, Marin will now have to intervene in the affairs of England. At least, it is necessary to intervene in the affairs of the Newcastle area.

Now, in Newcastle, the coal mine has basically stopped working. Last time, Marin's coal carrier passed by. As a result, the locals did not collect money, only food. Even the food on board was robbed by the Newcastle people. If the net was not prepared on the boat, net fishing would solve the food problem of the crew on the return trip, and the crew might starve to death ...

Thinking twice ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin believes that Newcastle is too confusing now. It is difficult to obtain coal there by normal means. Even if Marin sent people to transport food in the past, it is easy to be robbed violently by the locals.

Therefore, this time sending people to Newcastle may send troops to the town. Otherwise, the extremely hungry English people cannot be stopped.

However, the army cannot be sent publicly. Otherwise, it would be a flagrant offense to England.

Therefore, the best way is to send a group of soldiers in the name of the Chamber of Commerce, control coal mines and docks in Newcastle in the name of mercenaries, and hire local people to help mine and transport coal with food. Then, transport to Baltrum Island.

To this end, Malint let his men play the name of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce, and mobilized 2,000 mercenaries, wearing French breastplates and helmets, holding long hair, and went to Newcastle town. As for the musket, it is not usable. In particular, the Marin phalanx cannot be discharged. Otherwise, the English can guess Marlin's skill no matter how silly.

However, the Marin phalanx that uses the matchlock on a large scale cannot be used, and the scattered array that uses the matchlock on a small scale can still be used. The role of the musketeer is also mainly used to snipe the opponent's macho brother and armor. As long as the brother on the opposite side was killed, the others, the uniform spear array, absolutely poked them to call their mother ...

In this way, Marin issued an order to dispatch 2000 spearmen and 100 musketeers to expedite Newcastle. No need to control Newcastle, just control Newcastle ’s coal mines and terminals to ensure the supply of coal ... 8)