Chapter 691： Newcastle situation

As a qualified businessman-style prince, Marin is the most unfavorable. In particular, the territorial benefits. So, Edward promised to give another county, Marin agreed without thinking, and then directly organized the army to go north.

However, halfway, Marin suddenly reacted-Nima, I can't just kill King James IV of Scotland. Otherwise, those German princes must not eat me? Killing the king casually is hostile to all monarchs.

So Marin looked at Edward with a bitter face and said:

"Your Majesty, don't pit me. I'm a law-abiding person who can't just kill the King of Scotland. If you can't kill their King, you can't annex Scotland. A county you promised doesn't become an invalid promise?"

Edward smiled awkwardly, he was impulsive before. Now think of it, it seems a bit difficult ...

However, he quickly thought of a solution:

"Otherwise, you can get another sinking ship. We will send James IV back from the sea to return home, let him sink in the North Sea?"

Marlin looked at Edward silently:

"Your Majesty, you let your nephews sink into the sea once, and everyone will think it's an accident. Then let James IV sink into the sea, and people all over Europe will know that it is your hand ..." This skill Murder, you can say accident with one use, come again, and it is from the same person, and the fool knows what's going on ...

"This ..." Edward chuckled.

However, after thinking about it, Edward decided to destroy the Scottish army. Now, Newcastle has eight thousand defenders, plus the assistance of the thieves. If Marin ’s 20,000 main force suddenly arrived, there was no reason to destroy Scotland ’s 10,000 army.

After the extermination of Scotland's 10,000 troops, there was basically no one in Scotland who could fight. After all, the total population of the Kingdom of Scotland is only 4.5 million. In the future, England would be easy to destroy Scotland.

However, now, it is really not the time to destroy Scotland, at least until you have control of the hungry situation in England before you can destroy Scotland. Otherwise, if England is still unstable, it will go to annex Scotland, and it will die.

But this opportunity is so rare, Edward does not seem to let it go. However, if you cannot give Marin a Scottish county, you have to get a county from England and give Marin. Otherwise, the merchant-like guy Marin must not buy it. But for the county of England, Edward was also reluctant. What would be the difference between letting Marin sit in England and being controlled by France?

After thinking about it, Edward finally made up his mind:

"Duke Marin, the remuneration of a county is unchanged. Since the territory of Scotland cannot give you, then I will give you an Irish county as a reward!"

"Okay, deal! But it must be an agricultural county in the east!"

Edward nodded and agreed to Marin's request. For the Irish island, Edward hadn't paid much attention. For the Kingdom of England, the island of Ireland is more like a colony than a territory. Because the Irish are different from the English. As Marin said, the Irish are similar to the French Gauls and the Scots, are Celtic, and the English are Germanic descendants. Therefore, the Kingdom of England has difficulty in controlling the island of Ireland, and there are frequent rebellions there. So, giving Marin to a county is nothing.

Marin doesn't matter, just land. As for the ethnic issues in Ireland, Marin feels that the problem is not big. The reason why there is a problem is not made by yourself? The English ruled the island of Ireland, but they did not treat the Irish as human beings, but regarded them as waiting for others. Moreover, Marin believes that the European national consciousness in this era has not yet been awakened (this thing was mainly awakened during the French Revolution and has long been able to fight the French Republic. Because fanatic nationalists are the most popular Crazy, the degree of madness is second only to the fanatics), as long as those Irish people have a good life, using Huairou means and the method of eliminating the combination of dead and hard elements, it is not difficult to integrate the Irish.

After unifying his ideas, Marin no longer hesitated and led his army northward hurriedly ...

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In Newcastle City on the north bank of the Tyne, fierce fighting is taking place. The 10,000th Army of Scotland, surrounding Newcastle, is launching an attack ...

The "Robin Hood Thieves Regiment" supported the 3300 thieves in Newcastle and failed to reach Newcastle before the Scottish Army. Because they march on foot. While the southern Benning Mountains are several days away from Newcastle City, Coster's confidant Lescott quickly hurried with 3300 thieves, still behind the Scottish army.

In desperation, Lescott had to stay with his men on the south bank of the Tyne. As it happens, England also needs to guard against the Scottish army crossing the Tyne south. Moreover, more than 60,000 refugees camped here on the south bank of the Tyne. Therefore, Lescott simply led people to station on the south bank of the Tyne River in preparation for the Scottish army crossing the river ...

These 3300 life thieves have hatred with the Scots. Therefore, they used their enthusiasm to guard the Tyne defense line, imitating the Scottish invaders crossing the river ...

As expected by Lescott, the Scottish army had sent people to cross the river. The reason for sending people to cross the river is because James IV has greeted the tens of thousands of refugees on the south bank of the Tyne River-the Kingdom of Scotland is also short of people ...

Moreover, James IV was surprised to find that the refugees on the south bank of the Tyne actually had food in their hands. Every day, you can see the smoke rising from the refugee camps on the South Bank ...

Therefore, James IV thought-sending people to cross the river, while grabbing people, also grab food. Looking at the amount of smoke in the South Bank, it seems that there is a lot of food ...

Before, the Scottish army passed through the northern part of Northumberland and did not grab much food. After all, ~ www.novelhall.com ~ production there has not recovered much, and the food available is limited. If food from tens of thousands of refugees from the South Bank can be robbed, even if the population cannot be robbed, it will be very cost-effective ...

However, the Scots ’crossing of the river was met with strong resistance from the Robin Hood bandit. The thieves used a spear of a few meters to stab the Scottish soldiers who tried to reach the south bank by boat and raft ...

Speaking of Scottish soldiers, the quality must be higher than the robbers of the Robin Hood band. If you change into a knight charge, hundreds of knights can crush these thieves. But it is a pity that the Scottish army is crossing the river ... Before the success of the crossing, the Scottish army could not form an effective formation, and the horses of the knights were scrapped on the ship. In the face of the thieves of the 3300 Robin Hood bandits who were waiting for the shore, the Scots was helpless ...

Fortunately, there is not much shortage of food in the Scottish army, and, in Newcastle, it is said that there is more food reserves. Therefore, James IV, who personally led the army, simply stopped the Nandu plan and concentrated on attacking Newcastle City. Anyway, the thieves resembling militia on the South Bank would never dare to cross the river. Otherwise, the Scottish knights must let them know what is called hoof trampling ... Although there are few Scottish knights, there are hundreds of them. They wore plate armor aided by the French, and the martial arts were also guided by the French knights. The combat effectiveness is still good, but the number is less ...

In this way, a more delicate balance was formed near Newcastle-the Scottish army could not cross the river to the south, but the 3300 thieves of the "Robin Hood Bandit" did not dare to cross the river to support Newcastle ...

The other two units of the "Robin Hood Rogue", after seeing that the Scottish army has reached the north shore of Tyne, went directly west, intending to bypass the upper Tyne River from the mountain forest area, around the back of the Scottish army, and launch an attack ... …