The Rise of the European Emperor

Full of anger, Saqqara came to the backyard of Edinburgh Castle to interrogate the maids. It turned out that the queen retreated from the residential area to the city in the northwest corner with a dozen or so French knights before dawn. And poor John Stewart didn't know about it. Because, he took someone to guard the backyard gate.

"What? She's been running for a long time?" Sakala was filled with despair. If he just ran, he might still be able to catch up. However, the other party has been running for a long time, and they still don't know the direction, so it will be troublesome.

Seeing that Saqqara was annoyed there, Isaac, the commander of the Musket Battalion, reminded at this time:

"Legion Commander, it's too late to pursue Margaret. At the moment, the most important thing is to hang the body of the false king John Stewart in the city square to extinguish the Scots' resistance! Without the king, their resistance will be destroyed." would be pointless!"

"But Queen Margaret ran away. With a queen, the Scots may choose her to take the lead in continuing the resistance!" Saqqara said angrily.

After thinking about it, Isaac said:

"It's simple, look at me!" Then, he asked the court ladies in the backyard of Edinburgh Castle kindly:

"Which of you looks the most like Queen Margaret? Especially the color of your hair."

The maids thought for a while, and all pointed to a beautiful court lady with long chestnut hair.

"In this case..." Isaac suddenly changed his face and said:

"Then let me borrow your corpse!"

Then, with a grim expression on his face, Isaac ordered the maid who looked like Queen Margaret to be taken down and strangled to death.

"What are you doing? Why are you killing innocent women?" Saqqara asked dissatisfied.

Isaac nodded heavily, and replied:

"I know she is innocent, but the most important thing right now is to destroy the Scots' will to resist. You know, what His Majesty Edward wants is the entire Kingdom of Scotland. Therefore, I plan to use the body of the maid to pretend to be Margaret queen……"

Sakala suddenly realized that, although he couldn't bear it, he still supported Isaac's approach. Because, this will help to quickly quell Scotland's resistance.

"Hang up the corpses of John Stuart and that maid, and remember to change that maid into Queen Margaret's daily clothes! Also, it's best to let the corpse of that maid hang her head down, and it's best if her hair is messy, Cover your face so that no one can see the flaws. Also, send guards to guard, so that no one can get close and identify carefully."

"Yes, sir!" The guard led the order and left.

At this time, Saqqara's adjutant raised a question:

"Legion Commander, it's August now, the weather is hot, corpses are easy to rot, if you are not careful, it is easy to cause plague!"

Sakala thought for a while and said:

"How about this, the corpse will only be hung for three days, and the body will be buried after three days! In addition, the gates of the city will be opened wide, and the people will be allowed to leave Edinburgh freely. I will use the mouth of those people to tell the whole of Scotland—their king and queen are dead!"

...

Although he got a corpse substitute for Queen Margaret, Saqqara will not give up the pursuit of the real Queen Margaret. All the scouts of the Fourth Legion were scattered in order to track down Queen Margaret. You know, a subjugated princess of England is also the former queen of Scotland. Such an identity was too much of a threat to Edward.

Sakala didn't know that Marin planned to let Edward "get the box lunch" out at the right time, but he knew that his young master, Little Caesar, was engaged to Edward's daughter, Princess Margaret. Perhaps, in the future, the whole of England will belong to his young master. Therefore, it is best not to keep the hidden danger of Queen Margaret.

In addition, this time, he might not have the chance to be promoted to Earl. Originally, Edward promised that if he could capture John Stewart and Queen Margaret, he would be given the title of hereditary earl. However, he only completed half of the task, or even less than half of the task. Because he let go of Queen Margaret, who was the greatest threat to Edward's throne.

Therefore, this time his credit has been discounted so much, I am afraid he can only exchange for the title of Viscount.

...

At this time, Queen Margaret, who made Saqqara very depressed, was galloping on the country road to Glasgow on horseback with a dozen French knights. Their horses, forcibly recruited from the villages outside Edinburgh, were originally the villagers' draft horses. But Queen Margaret and her party couldn't take care of it anymore, because they had no horses at all when they descended from the top of the hill, so they could only snatch the villagers' draft horses.

"Queen, why are we going to Glasgow to take a boat? There is our boat at the port of Edinburgh! When we arrive in Glasgow, there is no decent big boat to carry us!" Renault, the leading French knight, asked puzzledly.

Queen Margaret replied while riding her horse:

"Reynolds Knight, the Firth of Forth north of Edinburgh is full of enemy warships. We will definitely be intercepted if we take your ship. It may not even be easy to go to the North Sea. Because the other party must have warships again Patrol the North Sea. You know, England is a sea power, and there are so many ships..."

In fact, Queen Margaret guessed right. At this time, outside the Forth Bay, there were dozens of English warships wandering. If Queen Margaret and her party really boarded the ships that originally carried the French army and went out to sea, they would definitely be intercepted.

As a former princess of England, Queen Margaret obviously knew the strength of England's navy. Under the suppression of England, Scotland does not even have a decent navy. It's not that Scotland doesn't want to have it, but that it will attract the encirclement and attack of the English fleet. Because, once Scotland has a powerful navy, it can send a powerful French army to Scotland to land. Then there was a mortal threat to England from the north. Alternatively, transport French troops directly to England. Therefore, England does not allow Scotland to have a strong navy.

Therefore, Queen Margaret, who is well aware of the mentality of the English, never thought of escaping from the North Sea by boat. As for the continued resistance of the Scottish Highlands retreating to the north, Queen Margaret never thought about it. Because she knows that there is no resistance army in Scotland now. The population of Scotland is too small, and most of the young men are detained in England. Therefore, even if you continue to resist, it is just lingering. And once it fails, Edward will definitely not let her go.

With this in mind, Queen Margaret took the dozen or so French knights who were willing to run with them to a nearby village and robbed the villagers of their cultivated land without even thinking about it. horse, and galloped directly in the direction of Glasgow.

Glasgow is only 75 kilometers away from Edinburgh, and Queen Margaret and her party spare no effort. When Saqqara discovered that Queen Margaret and her party were missing in the afternoon, they had already arrived at the port of Glasgow.

At this time, Glasgow was not a prosperous port like later generations, but an ordinary fishing port. After Queen Margaret arrived, she didn't even repair it. She directly confiscated the largest fishing boat on the pier, and ordered the fishermen and sailors on the fishing boat who were going to go home from work to go out to sea overnight. Before boarding the ship, Queen Margaret asked the French knights to forcefully confiscate a lot of food and fresh water from Glasgow for the voyage.

Then, under the eyes of many people in the Glasgow fishing port, the large fishing boat carrying Queen Margaret left the port of Glasgow, and then sailed along the Clyde River to the direction of the Irish Sea in the south... ()

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