Chapter 1501： Trooping Ireland

Unlike the three major knights (Hospital Knights, Templars, and Teutonic Knights) previously established by the Holy See, the Flying Wings are a secular knight. The three former knights were strictly speaking groups of armed monks. All the former heads of the group must be single and unmarried monks.

The Flying Wings formed by Simon is strictly a secular knight. It stands to reason that it is not eligible for approval by the Holy See. For example, the Guardian Knights of England and the Golden Wool Knights of Burgundy have not been approved by the Holy See.

But this is no problem here in Marin. After all, his father-in-law is the pope. Moreover, Simon's site is indeed located in the easternmost part of the Catholic area. It is said that the army formed by Simon is a barrier to the Catholic world, and no one can say anything. After all, this is also true.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the Flying Wing Knights are just a secular knighthood recognized by the Holy See. But because of the admission of the Holy See, it is more dazzling than the ordinary secular knights. After all, in this era when Protestantism has not yet risen, the name of the Holy See is still very loud. With the admission of the Holy See, although the Flying Wing Knights can't keep up with the reputation of the three major Knights, their popularity in the civil society is definitely very high.

In this way, when the people sent by Simon recruited wandering knights, it really went a lot better. After all, the Knights are "regular" Knights approved by the Pope ...

To put it bluntly, Simon is too unknown. If Simon were to lead the formation of the Knights alone, no one would come. After all, Simon is currently unknown. Only by embracing the thick thighs of the Holy See and letting the Holy See help propagandize, can someone willingly come to surrender.

Sure enough, as Marin expected, after being publicly acknowledged by the Holy See, "wow", the Flying Wing Knight became famous ...

Then, when Simon promoted recruitment in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland, many people actively came to apply.

Simon first selected a thousand young and strong ones, and gathered them to be trained by dozens of Polish wing cavalry instructors sent by Sigmund I. Simon himself ran back and made a villain with Princess Anna ...

As for the remaining staff, Simon's men will slowly recruit. After all, in this era of "communications basically relying on roaring", messaging is too slow. I really want to recruit thousands of people, it is estimated that it will take a long time ...

After all, in this era, many knights lived in the countryside, and transportation and messaging were very inconvenient. To recruit them, you have to wait for the announcement to be posted in the countryside.

Besides, Marin estimated to wait until the outbreak of religious wars, it is estimated that it will be several years, this knighthood is not so anxious, and can recruit people while training. Considering that the outbreak of religious wars is still long, Marin asked-try to find younger wandering knights. In this way, when the religious war really broke out, this group of knights would not look too old, just the same year ...

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And while Simon was busy with recruiting, Marin also received a letter from King Edward in Aurich-England is already preparing to attack Ireland ...

In fact, as early as summer, Edward was persuaded by Marin and began to prepare for the use of force against Ireland. However, Edward does not have enough grain and grass for tens of thousands of horses, nor can he buy food from Marin. Therefore, we can only wait for the collection of new grains after the autumn harvest to serve as grain for tens of thousands of troops. Today, the autumn harvest has long passed, and Edward has also carried out a nationwide food requisition in China. When Marin received Edward's letter, Edward's grain was almost ready ...

This is also a common problem of European monarchs in this era-the war preparation period is longer. There is no way. At this time, in Europe, except Marin, the grain output is relatively high, and there has never been a shortage of grain.

Often fighting a war, the monarchs of European countries need to collect food nationwide. Otherwise, the food needed by tens of thousands of troops is simply not enough. Therefore, in recent years, the wars in Europe often only have 10,000 or 20,000 people. If there were more people, it would be difficult for the monarchs to afford military expenses and food.

Although Marin has a lot of food, he will not be used as an injustice to provide food to Edward for free. After all, this makes no sense. If you are too enthusiastic and take the initiative to post, it may cause Edward's suspicion.

Therefore, Marin could only stand by and watch Edward watch the Edwards collect food from all over the country during the autumn harvest in the name of levying a "war tax."

The "enclosure movement" in England was still in its infancy at this time. The nobles had only occupied public land, and had not yet developed to the stage of large-scale encroachment on arable land of small tenant farmers and self-cultivated farmers. Therefore, food production in England is now okay. At the end of an autumn harvest, Edward also barely gathered the military food.

According to the previous agreement, Edward will lead 10,000 of the most elite guards in England, plus 10,000 from the Sixth Army and 5,000 soldiers from the Fourth Army, together with a total of 25,000, attacking Ireland. island. Moreover, Edward will take the lead in person and lead the troops to unify the entire island of Ireland.

Marin reminded him last time-if this time the island of Ireland is completely unified, he will become the first monarch in British history to completely unite the islands of Britain and Ireland. Even if he dies, he can properly earn the title of "Emperor".

Therefore, Edward naturally needs to go to the island of Ireland to brush his face. Although you don't need to be a leader, you also need to maintain a sufficient sense of presence. Only in this way can historical achievements be brought to oneself.

In fact, at this time in Ireland, those indigenous forces generally did not have a total strength of more than 5,000. Even if the troops are added together, there are only more than 10,000 people. Counting the militias formed by the people, there may be tens of thousands of people. After all, at this time, the entire Irish island is only about 250,000 people.

Therefore, this time Edward took an attack with 25,000 troops, and the probability of failure was very low. Originally, Elizabeth I used 17,000 troops and fought for 9 years, because the Irish Resistance Army received Spanish support from the sea at that time. Spain's invincible fleet had lost to England before, and it was with a grudge, so it strongly supported the Irish to find the stubble of England, so that England spent so much power to suppress.

But now, regardless of whether it is Spain or France, these two great powers capable of supporting the local Irish power, they first pinched themselves in Italy and have no energy to support the local Irish power. Therefore, when attacking Ireland at this time, the local indigenous forces could not get strong help.

Even, Marin thinks that ~ www.novelhall.com ~ this time it is possible for the big soldiers to divide their path. After all, the military strength of the indigenous forces is so weak.

However, whether it is Marin or Edward, it is clear that the resistance forces on the island, in addition to those indigenous people, may also be the counts left during the Norman Conquest ...

Don't look at the four forces of the Desmond, Ormond, Alster, and Wexford Dominions. They nominally surrendered to the English royal family. However, who knows whether these four forces are really loyal to England.

These families have been local tyrants on the island of Ireland for too long, and have long regarded Ireland as their own site. For England to reach in, they might feel offended. After all, for hundreds of years, England hasn't managed Irish Island very seriously. At this time, England suddenly sent a large army to the Irish island. These four princes may not be sincerely welcomed. If you are not careful, you may be stabbed in the back by these four princes.

Therefore, both Marin and Edward felt that it was still prudent to avoid overturning the boat in the gutter. In addition to being careful of the resistance of the indigenous people, we must also pay attention to the movements of the four princes, so as not to be overcast by them ...

According to the original plan, Edward will play with 10,000 Guards. And Marin's Fourth Army in England will send 5,000 troops to accompany him. They will first arrive in the west coast of England, and then board the ship to land in Dublin. On the side of Marin, the Sixth Army with Scottish Highlanders as the main force will be sent from the mainland to Dublin and Edward.

After receiving the letter from Edward, Marin called the head of the Sixth Legion, Heinx, to prepare it, took the army to Emden Port, prepared to board the ship, went to Ireland, and joined Edward and his party. Then, attack the indigenous forces on the Irish island ...