Chapter 976： Fishing Village Landing Tactics

Marin still appreciates Edward's ability to come up with such a solution. You know, in this era, there are not many wise monarchs.

However, Marin did not know that Edward was actually influenced by him, so he likes to use his brain like this. After all, during the conquest of Henry VII, Marin in front of him, all kinds of show tricks, stimulated Edward not lightly. Then, the European monarch, began to constantly think about Marin's strategies, and to imitate. Finally, "The fool has a lot of worries, or he may have a chance", which made him think of this method of eliminating the remnants of the previous dynasty, which made Marin admire.

You know, this time attacking Scotland, but the battle of annihilation. Once defeated, England was able to annex Scotland and complete the great cause of reunifying Britain. If at the same time it is possible to wipe out the remnants of the Tudor dynasty hidden in the dark, it would be a double happiness. At that time, Edward will also become a famous monarch in the history of England. Even if he was finally killed by Marin, his great achievements in reunifying Britain will remain in the history forever. Although the biggest contribution to the reunification of the British island was Marin, Marin did not dare to write his conspiracies and tricks into the history books. In the end, these credits still have to count on Edward ...

To be honest, Edward's life is also worth it. Originally, he was just a bad boy who should have been beheaded by Henry VII in 1497. Today, he is the king of England, a powerful European country, and will also conquer Scotland, complete the reunification of the British Isles, and properly emperor Ming's line. Perhaps, in the future history book, Edward will confuse the title of "Edward Emperor". Because, Marin also intends to help him conquer the entire island of Ireland. At that time, Edward who unified the British Isles really deserves the title of "Emperor" ...

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Looking at the conflict between England and Scotland, the French naturally cannot sit back and watch allies Scotland rubbed on the ground by England. In particular, the French are worried that England will take the opportunity to destroy Scotland. After all, the main Scottish troops are still prisoners on the English side. At present, the mobilized army in Scotland is up to several thousand people, and most of them are special second-line militiamen with little combat effectiveness.

Therefore, King Louis XII of France decided to transport a group of French soldiers by ship and sent them to Scotland in the name of mercenaries to help him repel the English invasion of the film teacher.

However, since England began to mobilize the army, the English navy began to dispatch frequently. Previously, the French merchant ships could also travel to Scotland from the North Sea. But now, the English have not allowed any ships to go north. As long as there are French ships sailing northeast in Calais, the English will definitely send warships to intercept and check. If you are not convinced, attack directly ...

Therefore, the French plan to send troops to Scotland from the North Sea went bankrupt. Then, the French began to try to go to the sea from the west ... really let the French escape a few ships and transported hundreds of people to Scotland. Mainly, the French sent their ships to depart from the port of Nantes on the west coast, then detour from the west coast of the island of Ireland, and then around northern Scotland to reach the port of Edinburgh ...

The spy sent by the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to Scotland quickly sent this information to London. Edward was taken aback, and then he began to send a large number of warships to cruise the west coast of France, which eventually prevented France from sending reinforcements to Scotland.

But Scotland does n’t know. They thought that France would still be able to transport some reinforcements through the Atlantic. Therefore, in the end, John Stewart, who had greatly increased his confidence, decided to send all the 3000 militiamen in the Edinburgh City to the southern border, using the first terrain to defend England's attack. Then, he also separated 1,000 people from the 2000 Scottish Guards to support the southern front, mainly to let the veterans of the 1000 Guards serve as the grassroots officers of the southern border guards. After all, most of the reinforcements sent to the south are unprofessional militiamen, and veterans are needed to lead and command them in combat.

As for Edinburgh City, John Stewart left only 1,000 Guards soldiers. Counting the 100 French guards he had brought back to the country, and about 600 reinforcements later supported by France, Edinburgh City only had 1700 defenders. Of course, these defenders are elite, and their combat effectiveness is still very strong. Moreover, if France continues to send reinforcements, it will not even be said. Even John Stewart planned to send to the frontline to help stop the offensive of the English army if he came to France again. After all, at present, the biggest threat is the attack of the English army on the southern border.

As for the landing across the sea, it seems that there is no such sign in England. But the cautious John Stewart still sent a team of militiamen to the Edinburgh wharf to prevent the British from landing in the Tang Dynasty. If necessary, the militia would burn down the pier and not give the British army a chance to land here.

But John Stewart did not know that the Fourth Army had no intention of landing on the Edinburgh dock. Because, as the pier of the capital, there will definitely be guard. Therefore, the port that the Fourth Army chose to land on was Port Seton, 4 miles east of Edinburgh. Of course, it is not yet called Seton Port, and there is no formal dock there. It is just an ordinary small fishing village. There is only a long bridge dock, which is convenient for the fishing boats of this village.

But Marin ’s spy who is proficient in Scottish Gaelic ~ www.novelhall.com ~ has mixed into this small fishing village. As a local rich man of Scotland, he bought a large open area beside the pier and funded the construction of several long bridges. At the wharf, I also bought several fishing boats, and I wanted to be a fishing tycoon. At that time, the fleet will land here and make use of these long bridge piers to unload the load and horses. The soldiers were mainly involved in landing. After all, using those narrow long bridge piers, God knows how long it will take 10,000 troops to land. And sneak attack on Edinburgh, all it takes is fast. Therefore, it is the quickest way to let most soldiers wader and land.

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In fact, in Italy, Marin also used the same method. On the west coast of the Papal State, Pope Julius II specially selected a remote coastal fishing village and removed all the villagers. Then, use this remote small fishing port as a temporary stop for Marin's army attacking Siena. After the war, Marin's army will use this small fishing port as the home port and take a boat to the north coast of the Grosseto region of the Republic of Siena to find a fishing village suitable for landing.

Then, Marin will send Italian spies under the same method as the Port of Seton, buy land and buy boats in that fishing village, and build docks ... When the army comes here, those docks are just right ...

However, this time when he sent troops to Italy, Marin's army was lightly armed and did not carry artillery and other weights, not even horses. Only some barrels of "drugs" of fire need to go to the dock because they are afraid of "tide". As for ordinary soldiers, just wading and landing ...

Marin's way of landing in a remote fishing village is considered to avoid the defense of the enemy. At the same time, it is more concealed and can achieve the best effect of sneak attack. After all, who would have thought of sending troops to defend a remote small fishing village? Read the latest chapter of "The Emperor's Rising Claw Machine Bookstore" for free for the first time.