Chapter 649： Let Edward play for a while

In this tacit naval battle, which is similar to the fight against counterfeit balls, both warring parties are winners. However, England is the current winner, and the Grand Duchy of the North Sea is the future winner.

Only France really believes that the Grand Duchy of the North Sea sent out a fleet and killed England. It seemed that he was afraid of the failure of Marin's fleet. Louis XII specially sent people to Aurich to remind Marin-there are too many British ships. Do you want to add some warships?

But at this time Marin had already set off for Newcastle, and of course Louis XII's messenger could not find Marin. The receptionist, Jeffrey Palace, fooled the French messenger and said: "We sent 35 warships before, bypassing northern Scotland from the North Sea and ambushed in the northern part of the Irish Sea. So, we will not fight lost"……

The French thought it was true, but after the waiter returned, the French were a little worried, so they wanted to send one or two small boats to the Irish sea to see the situation.

But at this time, Wallace, the British naval officer in charge of Plymouth Port, did not allow the French ship to approach ...

Although he could not beat the 30 regular warships led by Kidd, Wallace, with many ships, could still intercept one or two French spy ships. Spy ships are not warships, they are small, and there are no specialized naval personnel. Once the ship sent by Wallace was intercepted, he had to look back. Therefore, the French spy ship failed to detect specific news.

The reason why Wallace sent someone to intercept the French spy ship was because it was afraid that the intelligence would be sent back to France, making the French upper class feel wrong.

The British despised the French navy, but they could not despise the wisdom of the high-level French. Louis XII was not stupid, and if he knew that there was no naval battle at sea, he might have seen something. Therefore, Wallace ’s order is-not to fight the previous "French Fleet". But at the same time, the reconnaissance ship from the French mainland must not be allowed to be close to the Irish Sea. At this point, the fishing boats he led could do it. After all, there are a few real warships inside, just a little bit smaller. It may not be possible to deal with the big warship, but it can still be done by driving the small French spy ship ...

The British believe that what happened on the Irish sea will definitely cause suspicion of the "French Fleet". Therefore, they may separate the ship and return to China to report these strange situations. Therefore, although most of the ships brought by Wallace are fishing boats forcibly recruited by the people, there are also a small number of small and medium-sized warships, about a dozen.

The 30 Clark battleships on the front of these ships will certainly not work. It is still possible to intercept the ships and reconnaissance boats of the French.

As long as the French mainland does not receive the abnormal news from the Irish sea, then the French will attack the British mainland as originally planned. By that time, the British were pregnant ...

However, what makes the British strange is that the "French Fleet" on the Irish Sea did not report the situation to the local ships. It was the French mainland and sent several small spy ships for reconnaissance, but they were all stopped by Wallace's fleet.

The British did not understand this-is it that the commander of that fleet is a fool?

In the end, the British could only explain it this way. On the French side, there is not much useful information. Because of the interception of dozens of warships under Wallace, French spies found nothing. But, from the perspective of the British who closely intercepted the spy ship-the fighting on the Irish sea seems to be fierce ...

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The main force of Kidd's fleet escorted 30 Kirk sailboats of more than 200 tons to Dublin, and Edward had long waited with a 10,000 army at the dock in Dublin.

In order to facilitate landing, Edward ordered the construction of more than twenty long bridge terminals along the coast of Dublin to facilitate the docking of Marin's ships.

Because the Irish were no longer blocked by the English, now Edward's army is very smooth. After loading the ship, the fleet crossed the Irish Sea directly to the port city of Liverpool on the other side.

Kidd's warship team first, sent troops to land first, occupying the port city of Liverpool. Liverpool at this time is not yet an important port city in England in the future, but just a small seaside town.

Therefore, Kidd's fleet easily occupied Liverpool, a city lacking garrisons. Then, they began to build a temporary long bridge wharf to meet the landing needs of Edward's army ...

Liverpool at this time belonged to Chester County (later changed to Cheshire), and north of Chester County was Lancashire, the old nest of the Lancaster family. Because it is linked to Lancashire, Chester County also belongs to the Lancaster family.

Therefore, after the last looting by the Scots, Henry VII failed to take care of the other counties in the north or the counties in the middle, but for Chester and Lancashire, these two basic Relief was given. After all, in any case, Lancashire is the largest basic dish of Henry VII, while Chester and Lancashire are together. Therefore, these two counties received some support from Henry VII. Of course, there are also two counties near the seaside, and it is convenient for Henry VII to support it.

As a representative of the York family, Edward naturally has no interest in the people of these two counties. Therefore, after the soldiers landed, Edward emphasized discipline, but said otherwise-in Chester and Lancashire, they do n’t have to follow the rules. This means that Edward acquiesced to rob in these two counties ...

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Before landing, Kidd found Edward and quietly told him-this action plan changed. Although Marin's 20,000 Army has landed in Newcastle, it is currently not suitable to come and join Edward.

Moreover, the landing of Edward's army in Liverpool certainly cannot escape Henry VII's attention. Why? Because Chestershire is close to Wales ...

Wales is one of the basics of the King of England, and every British Crown Prince is Prince of Wales. Therefore, the royal family's control of Wales is still very strong.

Landing in Liverpool close to Wales, it is basically difficult to escape the end found by the King's eye ~ www.novelhall.com ~ However, Marin is not worried about this. Because this is what Henry VII is going to show ...

Marin is now taking 20,000 men and hiding in the mountains of Greater Northumberland to avoid being discovered by the scouts of Henry VII. Because if Marin's 20,000 people were discovered by Henry VII, Henry VII might be terrified to deal with the French. Therefore, it is better not to scare Henry VII.

Marin asked Kidd to tell Edward-let him take the Irish army that landed alone to act alone, it will take some time before he can bring troops to join him.

As for why, Kidd explained that Henry VII is currently preparing for France with all his might. If his army appears too early, he may divert Henry VII's attention. At that time, if Henry VII sent the main force of the army to the north, the south would be empty. If it was picked up cheaply by the French, there would be no place to cry.

Therefore, Marin decided to hide in the mountains of Northumberland for the time being with 20,000 troops. And Edward, because of his weak power, did not dare to go south alone.

Therefore, Marin gave a bad idea-since I have no confidence to go south, then go north chant ...

Where is going north? Naturally Lancashire in the north of Chester! There is the home base of the Lancaster family, there must be many "big fish".

Therefore, Marin suggested that Edward should first take the soldiers north to Lancashire and leave the Lancaster family in his hometown of Lancashire for blood washing. In this way, private anger can also be vented. At the same time, it also avoids going south to compete with Henry VII in advance ...

On Henry VII's side, if the spies discover that Edward's 10,000 people are playing alone, it is estimated that they will be very relieved. After all, Edward's own power is certainly not an opponent of Henry VII. In this way, Henry VII can also focus on eliminating the invading French ...