Chapter 1398： Invitation to visit England

In other words, as the newly-increased "European **** stick", Marin and the original "European **** stick" England were particularly fortunate. No, King Edward suddenly sent an invitation letter inviting the Marin family to visit London.

"Invite my family to visit London? Why is this?" Marin was a little unclear.

It is important to know that in future generations, it is very easy for heads of state to visit abroad because of the convenience of flying. The so-called "state visits" are still very frequent.

But that was the age of later generations with extremely developed transportation. But what about this era? Traffic is extremely backward! Especially when going to sea, the safety factor is very low. Before, when Marin voyaged to Daming, he had to make arrangements for the aftermath, because sailing at sea was too dangerous.

Although it is not dangerous to go to the North Sea from the North Sea country to England, there are generally few country owners who cross the sea and visit abroad. After all, when you go to the sea, those army guards on land have no effect. Perhaps, a raid of pirates can easily kill a king. Because the knights who guard the king may not have beaten pirates at sea.

Of course, this is not a problem for Marin. As long as 10 500-ton warships are dispatched, equipped with gunpowder and iron ball shells, they can definitely walk across the sea. As long as the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean are not used, the safety is still guaranteed. The existence of the British Isles naturally blocked the storm on the Atlantic Ocean. When sailing on the North Sea, only the summer storm is greater, and in the spring, there is no danger. At least, there is no "force majeure" like a typhoon or hurricane. Therefore, Marin has no resistance to visiting England by boat.

As for why Edward invited himself to visit England, Kohler's side quickly got the information sent by England's side-

It turned out that there was civil unrest in England ...

It is said that France intends to expedite Italy from the south, and naturally does not want to fire in the backyard. Therefore, before leaving the country, France must ensure the safety of the rear.

For France, there are three main threats-Spain, Austria and England. Among them, Spain is the strongest, Austria is second, and England is the weakest.

However, Spain is far southwest, and poses little threat to Paris in northern France. To threaten Paris, Spain must first occupy the Aquitaine and Roussillon regions in southwestern France. By the time the Spaniards gnawed off the southwestern region, the French had already prepared and started to fight back. So, although Spain is the strongest, the threat is minimal.

Then, there is Austria, which is very powerful on land. If it is only Austrian, France is naturally not afraid. However, if the Netherlands is added, the threat to France will be greater. Because, from the southern part of the Netherlands (Belgium in later generations) to Paris, there are only more than 200 kilometers. As long as the army crosses the border of the Ardennes forest area, it is a flat river, which can drive directly into Paris and attack directly.

Therefore, the Habsburg family's threat to France is too great, so France has to be afraid. Previously, the reason why French King Louis XI forced the annexation of the main region of Burgundy (later Burgundy) was because the northwestern part of Burgundy was too close to Paris. If the Habsburg family concentrated on cavalry, they could hit Paris in one day. Therefore, the French King Louis XI will not allow the powerful Habsburg family to obtain Burgundy.

Even if the Burgundy region is lost, the southern border of Condland is still too close to Paris. Therefore, the Habsburg family must be a hostile force that threatens France more than Spain.

However, because the main force of the Habsburg family army is now in Switzerland, Louis XII is currently not worried that Paris will be threatened by the Habsburg family.

As for England, when the former European stronghold was maintained in Calais, the threat to France was no less than that of the Habsburgs. Because the distance between Calais and Paris is about the same as the distance from southern Netherlands to Paris.

If England took advantage of the main force of the French army to go to Italy, landed from Calais and went straight to Paris, France would definitely be blind. Therefore, Louis XII managed to win Calais. Without Calais, the British threat to France has been greatly reduced.

However, Britain has an absolute naval advantage over the English Channel. Therefore, before sending his troops, Louis XII also worried that the British would use a powerful navy to launch a landing war against France, threatening Paris.

Therefore, before sending his troops, Louis XII tried to add some chaos to England, lest England really take the opportunity to send troops to attack Paris.

To this end, Louis XII allocated a batch of money, even elite French soldiers, in the name of mercenaries, temporarily serving the remnants of the Tudor dynasty, and instructing them to return to Britain to do things ...

Right now, because the only "son" of Henry VII's only surviving daughter Margaret, "Nativity" of "Henry VIII", the remnants of the Tudor dynasty fled to France as if to find the backbone Unity came to Queen Margaret.

This time, with the generous help from France to make money, Queen Margaret was naturally stubborn, intending to add a bit to the enemy Edward ...

As a result, a group of elite French troops, together with a large amount of ordnance, were transported to the Welsh region in the west of the British Isles, including Lancaster County in northwest England-where is the basic plate of the Tudor family ...

what? Why don't you support the area closer to France on the southern coast of England? Because there is the core area of ​​England, Edward's people are staring very tightly, it is not easy to start. Moreover, the French cannot do so without knowing how to safely deliver weapons and materials ashore in this core area.

In Wales in the west of England, and Lancaster County in the northwest, the British defense is much lower. Moreover, this is the main supporting area of ​​the Tudor dynasty.

Needless to say in Lancaster County, Henry VII was the leader of the Lancastrians. Naturally, there was support for the Tudor dynasty, the successor of the Lancaster dynasty, and naturally opposed the Edwardian York dynasty. Although Edward later killed many nobles in Lancaster County, public opinion there supported the Lancastrian Tudors. This time, Louis XII also supported the Tudor dynasty to land on the coast of Lancaster County with weapons and materials, and mobilized the local people to fight against Edward.

And Wales, where Henry VII landed for the throne. There were a number of nobles who supported the Tudor dynasty. Of course, after Edward seized the throne, he also baptized the local noble families who supported the Tudor dynasty.

But in this era, local nobles were often the benchmarks and leaders of the locals, and the leaders of public opinion. Therefore, Edward's reputation in Wales is very bad. Louis XII knew this too, so he sent some Tudor remnants and brought a group of French warriors to instigate local soldiers to rebel ...

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It happened that Edward and the nobles had a tense relationship because of the abolition of the "Great Charter". Therefore, this time the French incited the rebellion of the people of Lancaster and Wales. Many nobles in England who maintain the "Great Charter" ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Although they did not explicitly support the rebellion, they also deliberately released water and showed mercy to the people, resulting in poor repression of these two places during the early rebellion. Then, the scale of the rebellion expanded ...

But unfortunately, because of the fact that the North Sea State Fourth and Fifth Legion was attracted, Edward's relationship with the two legions was broken.

But at this critical juncture, Edward needed the Fourth Legion and the Fifth Legion to support his suppression of the rebellion in both places and deter the nobles in the country.

Therefore, Edward at this time intends to ease the contradiction between the two sides by inviting Marin to visit. The most important thing is to be able to obtain unconditional support from the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army.

Also, once this visit is reached, all forces in England will realize that the Fourth and Fifth Legions still support Edward, and the York dynasty will not collapse ... So, England can quickly stabilize ...

Moreover, Marin itself is a "powerful thug", a devil-level character who can stop children in Lancaster County. Marin's approach to the Edward platform in London was a deterrent in itself.

These are the main reasons why Edward invited Marin to visit England ...