Chapter 696： Blackmail first, then tear

The two hundred plate armoured knights in Scotland lost their injustice. As usual, in the face of the light cavalry, plate armoured knights armed to the teeth were easily defeated by the opponent. No matter how bad it is, you have to scare away your opponent.

However, unexpectedly, this time, they kicked on the iron plate-the clockwork fire carbine, specifically used to fight the plate armor ...

The scout cavalry on Arabian horses first rode their horses and retreated a long distance after being chased by Scottish plate armoured knights. Then, the horseman of the Scottish knight had no strength ...

Originally, the Scottish knights were equipped with war horses to escape, which consumed a lot of physical strength of the war horses. Now, he turned around and chased for a while, and could not run directly. If you don't take a rest for ten or twenty minutes, you can't run again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Markenson slowly commanded the 500 Scout Cavalry to come up and raised the clockwork to fire the carbine and aimed at the Scottish knights ...

With a mess of gunfire, the Scottish knights were shot down. Although it was rarely killed directly, most of them were injured and could not get up for a while ...

Markenson was not assured, let his men fill up the mainspring rifle, then held the gun and leaned up carefully ...

There were indeed rebels, some of the Scottish knights who had not been injured, wielding large swords, wanted to see what scout cavalry, but were directly knocked down by volleyball guns, and the bones broke countless roots ...

Then, the 200 strong Scottish knights of martial arts were captured in suffocation. Except for a small number of those killed, most of the Scots knights were wounded and captured ...

Later, Markenson thought of the "suspected big fish" that ran away, and quickly took most of them to continue to pursue the north, leaving some people to **** the injured Scottish knights back to camp.

However, halfway down, Markenson was surprised to find that Maric was carrying a group of thieves and was holding a dozen of plate-clad men who were **** by the flowers and was coming south. Those people seem to be the "big fish" who escaped under the cover of those Scots knights.

What makes Markenson jealous is that this "big fish" is really the king of Scotland!

You know, even if Marin is the master, the greatest merit is that he ambushed and defeated the Cavaliers of Charles VIII, but he still let Charles VIII run away. Like Maric, the situation of catching a king in life is simply not worth the effort.

"You bastard, developed this time. Live to capture the King of Scotland, at least you can change a baron!" Markenson said with red eyes. For a moment, Markenson even wanted to destroy Maric's people and swallow this credit himself. In the end, he suppressed the greed. Anyway, he defeated 200 Scots Knights, and the credit was enough to be promoted to hereditary knights. Before, Markenson was just a knight of ordinary knights. He was a close believer of Sauer. After his promotion, Sauer became a minister, so naturally he did not need to lead a team to reconnaissance himself. So, to promote the more capable Markenson, succeed him to command the Scout Regiment.

When the Markensons escorted a group of Scotsmen back to the Scottish camp, the battle in the Scottish camp was not over. Because the Scots are well-prepared, some people wear clothes and carry weapons before going to bed at night. They each formed a small formation and resisted for a long time, causing more than 1,000 casualties to Marin's army. This was a record-breaking during Marin's night raid.

Fortunately, Marin's armor rate is very high. Even ordinary soldiers wear wooden pieces of armor with iron pieces attached, and the protection is very good. Therefore, even if there are more than a thousand casualties, most of them are injured. Under the treatment of alcohol, gold ulcer medicine and gauze, most people can still be saved. No more than 100 people actually died.

Looking at the 200 Scottish knights who were brought back, Marin suddenly felt. So he beckoned and called the military doctor. These military doctors are disciples of Mozhgen and Battle, and are familiar with Mongolian medical techniques. They are best at bones and bruises. Therefore, these broken Scottish knights should be handed over to them. After all, these knights are all people with a certain net worth, and the ransom can reach several hundred gold coins ... As an expensive "meat ticket", Marin has an obligation to ensure that they will not die ...

When Maric escorted King James IV of Scotland back, Marin grew his mouth in surprise-Nima, this time caught a king, it was so big ...

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Although the Scottish soldiers were well prepared, they stubbornly resisted. However, in the face of twice as many strong enemies, and being surrounded by divisions early on, they can't avoid the fate of failure no matter how brave they are.

Not long after James IV was taken back, the entire Scottish camp fell ...

Marin and Edward, with James IV who was **** by the five flowers, entered the Chinese military account that originally belonged to James IV ...

At this time, James IV also knew the identities of Edward and Marin. So, after entering the big account, he growled:

"Edward, what do you mean? Why did you let Henry VII, the big enemy, not attack, why did you hit me? We are in the same camp! You will be despised by all the nobles if you attack such an ally!" James IV decided to take the lead. , Refute Edward in the sense of justice, it is best to let the other party let themselves go.

Edward was already prepared, he replied calmly:

"Your Majesty James, I remember that you and your army were not invited to enter England? Your march is an invasion of England. As King of England, I have an obligation to stop your invasion!"

"I'm here to help you, how can you deal with me?" In order to get out, James IV began to quibble.

"Help me? Ha ha, didn't you see the white rose flag at the head of Newcastle? That's a sign of my York family. The white rose flag hung by the head of Newcastle, indicating that this is my territory. You still insist on attacking, it's an ally Practice? "Edward responded with a sneer.

Suddenly, James IV's words were poor. Yeah, Newcastle ’s chief of guard Syvag showed his identity from the beginning-we are His Majesty Edward. As a result, the Scottish army ignored it and continued to attack, indeed it was not the ally's business.

After James IV stayed and settled down, Edward began to discuss with Marin the way to deal with James IV. Edward now also feels tricky. If James IV died on the battlefield, it would be easy to say. Nowadays, the opponent is caught alive, but he can't take him. The previously proposed law of shipwreck murder, as Marin said, is "unique." The nephews who murdered him are at best criticized. The murder of a prince of a country is to be isolated and hostile throughout Europe. Even if you want to kill, you have to start clean, and you must clear yourself.

"Duke Marin, you said, how should I deal with this James IV?"

"Changing money! King, a lot of ransom!" Marin's eyes were suddenly full of gold coins.

"Changing money?" Edward suddenly had a black line-Lao Tzu wanted Scottish territory, not money! So he suppressed his anger and said:

"I want Scotland, not money!"

Marin shook his head directly and said:

"Frankly speaking, Your Majesty, it is not advisable to annex the Kingdom of Scotland until England has stabilized. Otherwise, you will have even more headaches!"

Edward nodded. He also knew that it was not appropriate to annex Scotland before solidifying England, otherwise it would easily endure death. However, he was not reconciled:

"You can miss this opportunity, it will be difficult for us to try to catch James IV next time ..."

Indeed, it is easy to catch a wild king in the wild. If you want to break through the king of other people and catch the king of others, that seems too difficult ...

In fact, before this, Emperor Shinra could seize the King of England, and Richard I was anxious to return to his country to rebel, disguised as a merchant passing by Vienna, and there were not many troops around him, so he was easily caught.

Marin suddenly turned his head and smiled slightly:

"Why did you let him go?"

Edward froze, saying:

"You mean to imprison him like this?"

Marin shook his head and said:

"That's a lot of waste. We can impose a huge ransom from Scotland while we are imprisoning him. You know, a king is worth 1 million gold coins ..."

"One million gold coins ..." Edward suddenly felt dizzy. He hadn't seen so much money yet. At the current exchange rate, one pound is equal to 4 gold coins, which is equivalent to 250,000 pounds.

Of course, this pound is impure. Because of the reduction in currency purity, a pound is now only equivalent to 170 grams of sterling silver, equivalent to 4 gold coins, not as valuable as in the early years.

"Of course, when Richard I was captured by Emperor Henry VI, didn't he also ask for sterling silver of 150,000 marks (equivalent to 100,000 pounds)?"

At that time, the silver was not adulterated, and the purity was still guaranteed. Of course, a pound of silver does not mean 453.59 grams of silver, but the troy pound system, which is only 373.242 grams (equivalent to 12 ounces). And because the silver coin is not pure silver (the pure silver is too soft to be minted, the silver dollar is mixed with copper to ensure the hardness), so the pound at the time was equivalent to 350 grams of pure silver (much better than the current 170 grams of a pound ).

Marin proposed 1 million gold coins, equivalent to 250,000 pounds, which was more than 20% more expensive than Richard I's ransom. But considering the factors of rising prices for hundreds of years, it is not more expensive than Richard I's ransom.

"However, can Scotland afford a ransom of 1 million gold coins? Not to mention, there are thousands of prisoners of war ..." Although the number of prisoners of war has not yet been counted, Edward estimates that he can also exchange hundreds of thousands of ransom coins What.

Scotland only has a population of 500,000, because of the rugged terrain and the undeveloped agriculture. In order to pay the ransom of 150,000 marks in England, Richard I was reduced to the level of taking the army to rob and he died. Therefore, Edward seriously doubts whether the Kingdom of Scotland can get 1 million gold coins ... plus those prisoners of war, Scotland must not be able to pay the ransom ...

"Just make them unable to pay, so that you can detain James IV for a long time. If you do not pay the ransom, you will not let him go back. In this way, I estimate that it will take many years. And after these years, you must be England is under control. By the time, it is better to send troops to annex Scotland in the name of Scotland ’s unwillingness to pay the ransom. ”

"What a great idea!" Edward's eyes suddenly flicked.

Indeed, he could not kill James IV casually. However, he can ask for a huge ransom that the Kingdom of Scotland cannot afford, so that Scotland cannot afford it. In this way, Edward has a reason to detain James IV for a long time. As a result, the Kingdom of Scotland has been headless for a long time. James IV originally had two younger brothers, but both passed away, and no descendants were left. In this way, Scotland will be headless for a long time. Even James IV has no descendants. So, as long as the time is right, England can indeed easily annex Scotland ...

"But I can't kill James IV. He is alive. It is a threat to me to annex Scotland ..."

"Then rip the ticket ... We first use James IV as the hostage, extortionate the Kingdom of Scotland, and squeeze out the Kingdom of Scotland's finances, so that they have no money to support the army against England. Finally, we do not want to pay all the ransom Swallowed Scotland for its name. As for how to solve James IV ... Your Majesty, you can send a killer to lurking in Scotland. After you put James IV back home, you can send a killer to intercept it halfway. In this way, it is not in England You can shirk responsibility for what happened inside, and the responsibility to blame the opposition of James IV is ... "

"Assassination of James IV in Scotland? Good idea!" Edward's eyes suddenly lightened. James IV had no heirs, no brothers and nephews. As long as he died, Scotland had no legal heir. At that time, it will be easier for England to send troops to annex Scotland ...

But Edward thought for a while ~ www.novelhall.com ~ said:

"No, I remember that King James II of Scotland had a young son named Alexander and was the Duke of Albany in the Kingdom of Scotland. He had an heir named John and was the current Duke of Albany. We killed James IV and gave Albany exactly Does Duke John have the chance to succeed the throne? If this thing is available, I will still have an influence on annexing Scotland. "

After thinking about it, Marin said:

"This is simple, you sent the assassin of James IV to deliberately leave the Duke of Albany on the scene. In this way, when you entered Scotland, according to this clue, it was directly determined that John Duke of Albany sent someone to assassinate James To win the throne. You come out of justice to help James IV take revenge and execute John Duke of Albany. By the way ... took over the entire Kingdom of Scotland ... "

"High, really high!" Edward gave his thumbs up admiringly ...

Afterwards, Edward and Marin, the guilty conspirators, conducted detailed consultations on the shameless plan of "extortion first, then tear votes" for the King of Scotland. After the negotiation was over, both of them issued a whimsy laugh ... "In the camp, a gust of wind blew ..."