Chapter 685： Food safety issues

As Marin had guessed, when Coster and Maric returned to the thief regiment and talked about going north against the Scottish army, the thieves were excited.

Most of them have a deep hatred against Scotland. Although the Scottish army did not directly slaughter the residents of several counties in northern England, they robbed them of food, which was equivalent to killing many people in disguise. These thieves are basically relatives of the victims. In order to survive, they had to join the bandit group. Whoever wants to live where there is a way to live?

At the beginning, the Scots robbed all the food from the residents of the northern counties, killed all the animals, and took them with bacon. As a result, people from several northern counties suddenly became refugees, so they swarmed south, hoping to go south to beg for food.

However, in order to prevent refugees from messing up the most prosperous southeast of England, Henry VII sent a large army to establish a defense line south of several central counties to prevent refugees from going south. In desperation, these people had to become robbers for the sake of their lives, plus Koster and Maric's flicker. Although he survived, his hatred of the Scots was not forgotten.

Today, Koster and Marić brought up their memories, and their unbearable memories suddenly came to mind. Many thieves couldn't help crying when thinking of their parents' wives and children starving to death. But soon, they concealed their grief, and their faces became extremely unbearable:

"The Scots must be paid for blood!"

"Yes, kill them!"

"We want to get revenge!"

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Such a fanatical atmosphere suddenly filled the camp ...

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Koster and Maric announced the formation of a volunteer army, selecting 3,000 people to enter Newcastle to assist the defense and resist the Scots head-on.

Sure enough, as Marin expected, many thieves who starved to death in their families actively registered. According to Marin, this kind of revenge is most suitable for the desperate struggle of the Scottish army on the top of the city. Because of hatred, they will not take a step back.

And those who are not very active in registration, either the family is not dead, or the courage to desperately. If such a person goes to the city, they will probably do bad things. However, because they are not so fanatical, they are quite suitable for fighting harassment. Because these people will not go to the Scottish army as easily as those who are fanatical. In harassment, the important thing is to retreat in one blow. If you avenge your heart, you will fight for war, which will eventually lead to a head-on confrontation. And this group of thieves confronting the regular Scottish army in the wild is tantamount to death ...

Therefore, as a liberal arts student who has studied psychology, Marin is quite accurate in judging this point.

In the end, Koster and Maric picked out 3300 thieves with vengeance, led by Kest's confidant Lescott, and went to Newcastle to help defend.

With about 4,200 people left, Koster left 300 people to protect thousands of his family members. The remaining 4,000 people were divided into two parts-the 900 horse thieves, led by Koster himself, attacked the food passage of the Scottish army. And Marici, with the remaining 3,000 people, was responsible for harassing the Scots ’camp in batches in the middle of the night, making the Scots sleep well ...

After dividing the work, the three northward horsemen went northward together, preparing to deal with the Scots. Especially the 3300 thieves with revenge, they all exhaled their murderous spirit, and they wished to fly to Newcastle immediately, and fight with the enemy to make a living ...

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At the same time, Marin also sent people north to inform Siwag to prepare to meet these friendly forces and to deliver supplies to the thieves through the Tyne.

In the cold weapon era, there was no need for ammunition supplies. The main supplies were grain and grass, and replacement of broken swords. Of course, the supply of bows and arrows is also a big head.

Marin had long regarded Newcastle as his home base in England, so he invested a lot of money to operate. At this time, in Newcastle City, there was a lot of food, and I couldn't finish it. After all, this was prepared for consumption by tens of thousands of troops.

However, this also caused a problem, that is-Newcastle can not lose ... If the Scots get the mountainous food in Newcastle, they may have the courage to continue south ...

You know, although the Kingdom of Scotland is very large, most areas are highlands. In later generations, the Scottish Highlands are very famous. The so-called Scottish highland infantry in the British army is actually the mountain people of Scotland. Because there are many highlands and the plain is only a little south, the population of Scotland cannot be too large, because the cultivated land is not enough to feed too many people. As a result, the Scots have always thought of going south to invade England.

But unfortunately, because of the small number of people, in the cold weapon era, Scotland's national strength has been weaker than England in the south. I want to invade England, but I can't beat it. Only in a period of upheaval in England can Scotland benefit from the south.

No, I heard that Edward gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and Henry VII to work. James IV felt that the opportunity came and immediately led the army south.

However, the grain of the southward army has become the weakness of the Scottish army. Why? As I said before, there are many plains in Scotland, but there is not much cultivated land, and natural food is not enough. Often the army goes south, and it takes a long time or even two or three years in advance to prepare the grain and grass needed by the army.

Of course, this is not necessarily. The Scots can also obtain enough food by plundering the English and supplying them locally. As for the life and death of the English who had been robbed of food, what did they do?

But the problem is that the Scottish army had just plundered in several counties in northern England the previous year, completely ruining agricultural production in northern England, and till now the agriculture in several counties in northern England has not recovered. Therefore, at this time, don't want to grab the food needed by the army, you can only rely on domestic transportation.

However, if Newcastle, which has taken Marin ’s grain reserves, says something else ...

Newcastle ’s food reserves are about 50 million pounds, which is calculated according to the common standard of one pound per person per day, enough for 100,000 people to eat for 16 months.

The most important consumption of the army this year is food. If the Scottish army gets so much food, then the supply will be completely worry-free. Then, the Scottish army loves to toss in the north of England, because they can toss ...

Fortunately, Marin had sent Siwag to the north to **** the refugees. If the Scots were accidentally robbed of the 50 million pounds of food stored in the city of Newcastle by force, Marin would definitely cry in the toilet.

Because, this not only funded the Scottish army, but also cut off the food lane of Marin. You know, there are tens of thousands of people in his hand, and they all count on Newcastle to ship food over there. Otherwise, why did Marin choose the march route by the sea? Without him, it is convenient for food transportation ...

But ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Now that Newcastle is ushering in a war, it is difficult to transport grain safely south. Fortunately, the Humber River Basin is now under Marin's control. So, for the safety of the food road, Marin personally wrote a letter and ordered Newcastle's boat to go south to the port town of Grimsby on the south bank of the Humber River estuary.

Moreover, Marin intends to mobilize a thousand people from home to guard the small port of Grimsby. After that, here will become the rear of the supply of grain and grass of the Marin army.

Newcastle ’s grain and grass must have been shipped because of the war. However, as long as the small port is kept well, Marin can send a ship back to Emden to transport food. In this way, the food supply of the army is solved ...

Why don't you move the grain transportation port to the south? There are English ships cruising to the south! Marin used Danish pirates to contain the power of the English sea in the waters of Suffolk and Norfolk, making the British ships temporarily unable to cruise north. Otherwise, this small port in the north of Lincolnshire is not suitable as a food logistics base.

However, Marin did not dare to guarantee that the English ships would go mad, ignoring pirate attacks, and happened to go north to reach the mouth of the Humber River. Therefore, for safety, Marin decided to let the locals send 10 500-ton main battleships to protect the safety of Grimsby Port. At the same time, let 250-class armed merchant ships take on the task of transporting grain. The 250-class armed merchant ships also have the ability to shell, and they are not afraid of being intercepted by the Kirk ship of the English Navy ... So, the supply of food and grass for the army is completely safe ...

At this time, when it was time for Tu Qiong to see him, Marin did not need to cover up anymore. Therefore, his battleship can also be lit up. If it was still secretive, and accidentally let the English navy cut off the grain road, Marin ’s army would be starved. After all, that's fifty or sixty thousand mouths ...