Chapter 949： Get married

When retreating, Kahn and his party deliberately drilled into the mountains to the west, not to the east. Moreover, the direction is somewhat northwest. If someone is alive, they can definitely see their movements. Northwest ... Isn't that the hinterland of Scotland?

That's right, Marin wanted this effect. Because, he needs to shake the pot and throw the black pot on the head of the traitor inside Scotland. Because of the defeat of the previous army and being captured, most of the Duke and Earl in Scotland were captured together. The release of Edwards this time did not include those dukes and counts who could exchange money, only James IV was returned, nominally for his return to raise ransom. In Scotland, there are only a few dukes and counts left. In particular, John Stewart, Duke of Albany.

In fact, several of the most powerful Dukes and Earls in the Kingdom of Scotland accompanied James IV in the Battle of Newcastle. The large nobles who stayed in the country had only a few servants who were responsible for guarding Edinburgh. And John Stuart, the Duke of Albany, actually returned to Scotland not long after.

John Stewart is the second-generation Duke of Albany, and his father Alexander Stewart is the second son of James IV, the grandfather of James IV, and the first-generation Duke of Albany.

However, because of the conflict with his brother James IV, Alexander Stuart, the first Duke of Albany in the Stuart Dynasty, was imprisoned by his brother James III in 1479. After being released, Alexander Stewart tried to rebel because of resentment and was defeated by his brother James III in 1484. Then the family went into exile in France. However, he died in 1485.

Alexander, the eldest son of Alexander Stewart, has long been a priest and has now returned to Scotland to become a regional bishop. The second son, Andrew, died early, while the third son, John Stewart, was originally in exile in France.

However, after James IV, most of the Scottish nobility and the Scottish army were captured, because James IV had no heirs, and the brothers died early and did not leave heirs, the French tried to prevent England from killing James IV and murdering The throne of Scotland returned John Stuart, 22, to Edinburgh. The French's intention was that once James IV was killed, the Scottish side inherited the Duke of Albany's heir John Stewart to inherit the Scottish throne.

After all, according to the pedigree, John Stewart was the cousin of James IV and had the highest succession to the throne.

Of course, it is said to be the Duke of Albany, but in fact, because the Duke of Albany's family was in exile in France, after the first death of the Duke of Albany, the young John Stewart has not been registered as the Duke of Albany. After all, King James IV was taken prisoner by the English, and no one sealed it.

But at this juncture, the officials left behind in Scotland can't manage that much. Because, if James IV really died or could not come back, according to blood, John Stewart is indeed the most qualified heir to the Scottish throne.

In the original history, John Stewart was actually greeted by the Scots in 1514, the second year after the death of James IV in 1513, and served as the regent of the young James V. At the same time, he would succeed the title of Duke of Albany at that time.

But now because of the capture of James IV, the French feared an accident and sent John Stewart back to Scotland early. The left ministers of Scotland were also happy to see that the king had a spare tire, lest James IV die, no one would succeed.

In the heart, John Stewart, the heir to the Duke of Albany, was actually eager for James IV to die in England. In this way, he can become king of Scotland.

Marin knew this too, so while shooting Kahn to beat James IV, he intentionally said that he would return to Lord Duke.

Moreover, when they withdrew, a small number of the 50 Scottish knights lying on the ground were not actually dead, but were seriously injured and could not get up for a while. After all, they wear plate armor. Even if injured, it is generally not fatal. The reason why Kahn did not kill these people is to tell the ministers who stayed in Scotland, especially the sentence "Return to Lord Duke" ...

There are several dukes in Scotland, but the little duke seems to be only John Stewart. Because, he has not been officially sealed, can only be regarded as a reserve duke. Therefore, it is appropriate to use the word "small". In addition, John Stewart did have the motivation to assassinate James IV. Because, as long as James IV died, he would almost certainly be the King of Scotland. According to the simple logic of "who benefits most who is suspected", it seems that John Stewart is very suspicious.

Of course, not only is John Stewart suspected, but Edward is also very suspect. After all, before James IV returned, the two sides signed an agreement on the succession of the throne. Therefore, Edward's assassination of James IV is greater than John Stewart's.

And this ~ www.novelhall.com ~ is also one of the important reasons why Marin chose to start near Edinburgh. In addition to being unexpected here, there is also the meaning of eliciting Edward's suspicion-look, all are close to your capital, where is the Englishman capable of assassination there? Obviously yours!

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Kahn's cruel words before he left were actually deliberately misleading those undead Scots knights. After speaking out, Kahn took his men, buried the French plate armor, and then crossed the mountains and walked back to England.

However, in order to mislead the other party, Kahn deliberately sent his men on the road in the opposite direction to create false evidence. For example, take off a few pieces of French plate armor ...

These pieces of French plate armor are different from the plate armor worn by most of them in Kahn. It is not a product imitated by Marin Forge, but one of the plate armor used by the French knights captured by Marin when he ambushed Charles VIII . Insiders picked it up and knew that it was an authentic French plate armor, and it would never be wrong.

In this way, once these French plate armor as evidence is found by the Scottish officials, things are difficult to clarify. At least, many people think that this is a black hand under John Stewart. After all, John Stewart was sent back by France to be the king's spare tire. If James IV dies, he is likely to become the new king. Of course, it is not ruled out that it was the English who took the blame. After all, the Englishman's previous sea battle also captured many French ships loaded with military supplies, and it was not surprising to get a few pieces of pure French plate armor.

Whether it is Edward or Marin, obviously all hope to succeed in planting. As long as Edward ’s suspicion of murdering James IV is eliminated, Edward can logically inherit the throne of Scotland according to the agreement signed before James IV returned to his country. Then, the island of Great Britain can be unified ...