Chapter 671： Flee without fighting

In the eyes of nobles, Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, is a very well-cultivated and polite young nobleman. However, that is also limited to the face of nobility. When facing civilians, Henry Percy is another face.

In the name of gangsters, Henry Percy arrested many refugees on the charge of "communicating bandits" and then took them northward. Therefore, 20,000 refugees in Leicestershire were basically caught by him.

However, Henry Percy was not satisfied. After all, Northumberland is a large county with more than 5,000 square kilometers. Before, there were only tens of thousands of people, which was obviously underdeveloped.

Know that in this era, because there is no application machine. Therefore, agricultural activities are basically completed by manpower. Therefore, to fully develop Northumberland requires a large population.

Before this, the Earls of Northumberland had not tried to recruit immigrants. However, Northumberland is located in the northernmost part of England. Without the warmth of the south, it is vulnerable to attacks by the Kingdom of Scotland in the north. Therefore, few people are willing to move to Northumberland. The population of England is mainly concentrated in several counties in the southeast near London.

But this time was different, and then the chance of Richard Ball was replaced. Savvy Henry Percy saw a huge opportunity-there are more than 100,000 refugees in several central counties. If you bring them to Northumberland, you can definitely improve the development of Northumberland.

Today, Northumberland is mainly based on sheep farming. In addition to the reasons why wool sells well, there are also frustrations of labor shortage. After all, farming requires a lot of people.

Therefore, Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, desperately won the opportunity to become coach. He intends to use this troop to go north and make a fortune. At least, we must plunder sufficient labor ...

With this idea, Henry Percy naturally led the army to the chaotic central route, instead of the western route that Richard Ball planned to take.

In the name of gangsters, Henry Percy sent an army to gangsters. But at the same time, he also sent cronies and led soldiers to capture the refugees from the north. As for the name of arresting people, it is naturally a "communicator." After seizing it, the family took it away and followed the army north ...

After cleaning up Leicestershire, Henry Percy was surprised to find out-why did he catch more than 10,000 refugees? Isn't it that there are more than one hundred thousand refugees?

This is also the information of Henry Percy lags behind, the number of hundreds of thousands of refugees is no problem, but that was the matter of the previous year. Because the food was robbed, most refugees in the northern counties naturally went south to beg or find grass roots and bark to eat (the northern counties were eaten up). But since last year, many of the northern refugees who came forward have chosen to return home. After all, the bark and grass of my hometown have grown. Of course, it would be better if some grain seeds could be taken back and planted ...

In addition, Marin also emigrated tens of thousands of refugees. Therefore, there are only 50,000 or 60,000 refugees left in the central counties. Moreover, many people also joined the bandit group.

Under such circumstances, Henry Percy naturally cannot catch any refugees ...

In desperation, Henry Percy suddenly gave birth to a plan-in order to take away a sufficient population, he sent some trusted officers, led his soldiers, dressed as thieves of thieves, went to the home of the locals in Leicestershire to rob and take local The farmer's family was robbed of poverty and could not survive ...

Then, Henry Percy sent another man to appear as the savior, mobilizing these local unlucky eggs who had lost everything, and going to the "good life" in Northumberland in the north ...

Can't live anymore, what can the local peasant farmers do? I had to follow him. Subsequently, Henry Percy relieved them of their limited food-in fact, the food was originally robbed from their home ...

By this insignificant means, Henry Percy took away more than 10,000 people from Leicestershire, bringing the refugee team to as many as 30,000.

Then, Henry Percy led the army with satisfaction and continued north. Because he did not dare to offend Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derbyshire, Henry Percy ’s army did not pass Derbyshire but went to Nottinghamshire, east of Derbyshire. Nottinghamshire is also home to the "Robin Han Thieves" ...

The reason why Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire were chosen as the "start" is because neither Leicestershire nor Nottinghamshire currently has a lord. They belong to the "ownerless" land, and there will be no count until the middle and late 16th century Separated into these two counties. Even if the population is robbed here, no one can be blamed. Unlike Derbyshire, the Earl Thomas Stanley of Derbyshire is too strong. They are the king ’s stepfather and ca n’t afford to offend ...

When Henry Percy led the army into Nottinghamshire, he inevitably ran into the "Robin Han Thieves". However, when Henry Percy's army was rampant in Leicestershire, the heads of the "Robin Hood Thieves" Coster and Maric asked Marlin how to respond. After careful consideration, Marin decided to let the "Robin Hood Rogue" retreat and temporarily avoid the edge ...

Doesn't mean that "Robin Hood Rogue" is afraid of Henry Percy's army. After all, "Robin Hood Rogue" can't beat Henry Percy, but it is safer to hide in the jungle.

It was only that Marin considered that he needed to encourage the arrogance of his opponents, so that the two of Coster and Maric took the initiative to retreat.

The "Robin Han Thieves" who once made the king a headache for the scourge, fled without a fight. How much did Henry Percy's self-confidence increase?

Seven or eight thousand thieves chose to escape, inadvertently accelerating the arrogance of Henry Percy ~ www.novelhall.com ~ After all, the other party is a 27-year-old young man, so, shouldn't he be crazy?

Koster and Maric chose to execute Marin's order decisively. They took their men, and after tidying up, under the watch of the British reconnaissance cavalry, they fled into the Benning Mountains to the northwest. Convergence ...

Of course, in order to make "Lost Fleeing" more realistic, when the "Robin Hood Rogue" evacuated from Sherwood Forest, they fled at first. In addition to the south where the British army is located, there are thieves in three other directions to escape.

But the British Scouts did n’t know that the thieves in these three directions would eventually run towards the mountainous area of ​​the Benning Mountains in the northwest, and at most make a circle ...

Uh ...

As expected, Henry Percy, who was still plundering the population in the south of Nottinghamshire, as expected by Marlin, heard that seven or eight thousand robin robbers in the Sherwood Forest in the north of Nottinghamshire had spread out after his army arrived. The news of the escape made Henry Percy ’s self-confidence explode—the reputation of Lao Tzu was so lethal ... before the north of Nottinghamshire, the thieves ran first, and they were seven or eight thousand thieves. what!

So, Henry Percy immediately wrote to Henry VII to report his "heird record" ......

Henry VII and Thomas Stanley are also a bit sullen-isn't the head of the bandit group a French knight? Why did it flash without disrupting the British army? Could it be because they lost their confidence after learning the "bad news" of the elimination of the main force of the French army? Um ... it should be like this ...