King of German Mercenaries

Paris, France, Edward, Earl of Warwick, had been fleeing to France for several months. When Edward fled to France with a family token, he was immediately regarded as a treasure by the anti-British French and arranged for him to live in France.

Not only did France regard Edward as an important bargaining chip to check and balance the United Kingdom, but King James IV of Scotland also regarded Edward as a weapon against the United Kingdom. So, Earl Edward had a good time in Paris.

However, because he was imprisoned in the Tower of London by Henry VII at the age of 11, and was imprisoned for 14 years, the Earl Edward, who was only 25 years old, had difficulty communicating with people.

Also, anyone who has been detained for 14 years without seeing the light of day will also have difficulty communicating with others. After all, Edward grew up in solitary confinement for a mission that posed a major threat to Henry VII. The soldiers guarding him were forbidden to speak to him. After getting out of trouble, Edward was a little uncomfortable with people.

So, during this time, he has been taking up etiquette classes at the court in Paris and learning French. The French really wanted to train Edward Earl to be the spokesman of France in England.

You know, despite being 25 years old, Earl Edward's mind is actually a big boy. Because he has been isolated from others since he was a child, and hardly interacts with outsiders, his mind naturally cannot grow, and he even has severe autism.

As it happens, Louis XII is currently leading an army to attack the Kingdom of Naples and has no energy to deal with Count Edward's affairs. So, Louis XII ordered by remote control to send some court teachers to teach Count Edward to learn court etiquette and French. While teaching Count Edward to learn French, the teacher who was sent to teach Edward French was also required to instill in Count Edward every day French and English "friendship", as well as the idea that France hopes to establish a "Northwest European Co-Prosperity Sphere" headed by France ...

In fact, although Earl Edward has become a little autistic, he is not stupid. He knew the ambitions of the French. Although both the French and the Scots helped him, neither country was at peace. Their wish is not to help Edward, but to hope that Britain will be in chaos.

However, Edward grew up in a big aristocratic family and was not a fool. He knew that neither the French nor the Scots were at ease. However, he had no other choice. As Britain's more legitimate heir, he couldn't stay out of it. He was imprisoned by Henry VII for 14 years, even though he never participated in any campaign against Henry VII. If it wasn't for his sister Margaret who came up with a way to "drop the bag", he would have been killed by Henry VII by now.

In order to survive, he had to stand against Henry VII and accept the reality of being a puppet of France and Scotland. And if he dared to refuse to be such a pawn, the French could give him to Henry VII in minutes. And the only consequence of Henry VII catching him is to kill him.

Earl Edward is also very grateful to the group of Dutchmen who helped his sister rescue themselves from the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" in the Tower of London. Edison, the nominal leader of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, was also the object of Earl Edward's gratitude.

Speaking of which, Marin is also very old-fashioned, and he can come up with any name he wants. There is an Einstein in front, and another Edison on the Beihai Chamber of Commerce. It made Earl Edward very grateful to Edison, who was born more than 300 years later...

However, Earl Edward also mistakenly believed that the North Sea Chamber of Commerce was secretly supported by the Habsburg family. Because, Beihai Chamber of Commerce, on the bright side, is a Chamber of Commerce from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Amsterdam, on the other hand, was under the rule of the Habsburgs. Therefore, Earl Edward also regarded "Edison" as a subordinate of the Habsburg family. I have to say, this is a beautiful misunderstanding.

Although freedom was limited, the French treated Count Edward very well. At least, Earl Edward was treated like an exiled monarch, not a prisoner in the Tower of London.

In Paris, Count Edward greedily breathed the fresh air of the wild and basked in the sun that he had not been exposed to in 14 years. The French at the Paris court did not understand why Count Edward loved the sun so much. How do they understand how a poor child who has not seen the sun for 14 years used to yearn for the sun...

In addition to finding a teacher for Edward to teach court etiquette and French, the French also supported Edward in the military. Even though Louis XII was far away in Italy, he instructed the country to select a group of apprentice knights who were not the eldest sons of noble families and followed Count Edward. In addition, Louis XII also ordered to start recruiting wandering knights for Earl Edward to form plate armored cavalry.

This era is no longer the era of the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. In this era, due to the great progress of plate armor manufacturing technology, the defense power of plate armor against the English longbow has been very strong. Therefore, it is also very important to bring a large group of plate knights who can resist the "barrage strike" of the English longbow.

After the restoration of Henry V in 1470, Edward IV fled to Burgundy and borrowed 15,000 troops from Burgundy, including a large number of Burgundian plate knights. Under the impact of the Burgundian plate knights, Henry V, who had 30,000 troops, failed to escape the fate of defeat despite having a large number of English longbowmen. Because longbowmen have limited lethality to plate knights armed to the teeth. And once the plate knights rushed into the longbowmen formation, they could slaughter the longbowmen wantonly. Because, the melee ability of longbowmen is far worse than that of knights.

At this time, the French's plan was to let Edward, Earl of Warwick learn from his uncle, Edward IV, and borrow the numerous French knights of high martial arts in France to defeat the longbowmen the British were proud of. British throne.

To this end, Louis XII also reached a secret agreement with King James IV of Scotland through letters - the two countries agreed that if the restoration of the York Dynasty represented by the Earl of Warwick was successful, both sides would send 10,000 troops to be stationed in London for a long time. , secretly control this powerful country, suppressing its power and rise...

And the initiator of all this, Marin, is a pseudonym Edison, hiding behind the scenes and secretly having fun. He had known for a long time that a fake Richard could get the support of France and Scotland, let alone a real Edward?

When he helped Margaret rescue Edward, Earl of Warwick, he sent her to France. The next thing, the French will come forward to deal with it, and he will not be involved at all.

Sure enough, after the French got Edward, Earl of Warwick, if they found a treasure, they immediately took them to Paris to raise them and began to recruit horses for him. Even from Scotland, a large amount of money and weapons and armor were sent.

Although Scotland's national strength is not strong, it does not dare to provoke Britain head-on. But when it comes to stabbing England in the back, the Scots will never be vague. Therefore, even if he does not publicly help Earl Edward to attack Britain, the necessary support is available.

Even, many of the money and weapons and armor that supported Earl Edward were originally intended to be used to pay the Scottish regular army. Seeing that Edward, Earl of Warwick was "imminent", King James IV of Scotland simply gave this batch of army salaries and weapons and armor to Edward Earl to help him cause great damage to the English.

Under such circumstances, Earl Edward knew that he was just a puppet, but he still couldn't help his blood boil. Because the French and Scots promised to help them recruit 20,000 troops to help them attack Britain and seize the throne. Among them, thousands of apprentice knights in plate armor will participate. As long as Louis XII's class returns to the DPRK, the French will take support of Earl Edward's landing in England and the fight for the throne with Henry VII as an important top priority...

Of course, the French also have conditions. In addition to the conditions for garrisoning in London in the future, the Earl Edward needs to marry a daughter of a great nobleman from France as his wife, in order to achieve the purpose of strengthening the marriage with France...