The Rise of the European Emperor

Only selecting 6,000 people obviously failed to meet Marin's expectations. Therefore, Marin planned to think of other ways. For example, the idea was put on those Scottish civilians who were transported with the army but ended up being captured...

Marin came to the Minzhuang camp, and then asked for an interpreter to check the household registration. Why check the account? This is also a way for Marin to choose soldiers...

"What? You are from Highland County? Very good, pack up and report to the barracks!" The translator in charge of registration asked the registered permanent residence of the captured people. As long as you hear that it is from Highland County, you will accept it.

However, there are only more than 1,000 people in Highland County, and Marin still doesn't have enough 10,000 people. So, he relaxed the requirements again-all Min Zhuang with household registration in the southern border counties of Scotland were also accepted. Because, Marin will be the lord of the southern border county in the future, and these people are all "own people". However, there are still not enough people...

In desperation, Marin had to let the remaining folks compete. And then, the old rules—the brave and unyielding stay, the timid get out, it's useless to win the battle...

In the end, Marin finally gathered 10,000 horses, and began to break up and reorganize, planning to retrain. But Edward came to the door again, expressing his dissatisfaction and worry...

It turned out that Marin only selected 6,000 of the nearly 10,000 Scottish regular army prisoners of war, and there were three or four thousand left. However, these people who were eliminated by Marin were noble officers and veterans that Edward was most worried about...

In this way, the benefits of Marin's recruitment were eaten, but those Scottish officers who were unstable factors were all returned to Edward...

Speaking of which, during the rebellion, although those people picked by Marin were the main force. However, the leaders were all the noble officers who were eliminated by Marin... Even if there were no people picked by Marin to join the rebellion, they could still confuse other Scots to join the rebellion...

In other words, Marin was very happy to recruit people this time, but he didn't help Edward solve the problem! Therefore, Edward was furious and came to the door to question the crime...

"That's it, it's true that I didn't think carefully..."

After thinking for a long time, Marin finally came up with a solution——

"Your Majesty, how about it? It's really risky to send these people back. How about, in the name of the King of Scotland, organize them into an independent small army of 4,000 people and send them to Ireland?"

"Sent to Ireland?" Edward was a little puzzled.

"Yes, to Ireland. These men, especially the noble officers, have to remain in Scotland,

is dangerous. If they are stationed on the island of Ireland, then their threatening ability will be greatly reduced! Coincidentally, you also have plans to unify the island of Ireland. Thousands of officers, large and small, and 3,000 veterans are also used to conquer the native forces on the island of Ireland..."

"Having said that, you don't even look down on them. Are you sure they have the strength to defeat those natives on the island of Ireland?" Edward expressed doubts about this...

Marin smiled:

"Your Majesty, I didn't say that I expect these people to unify Ireland. Besides, what if they can't beat the natives? Whether they kill the natives or the natives kill them, it's a good thing for you, Your Majesty! Because both parties are actually people His Majesty wants to get rid of!"

"Well... what you said is very reasonable, how to do it specifically? Also, what should they do if they don't want to do it?"

"Specifically, after you are crowned, in the name of the King of Scotland, order them to form a small army of 4,000 people and station them on the border of the territory directly under the British king on the island of Ireland and the area controlled by the local aboriginals. Then, secretly order these people To provoke and harm those indigenous people, so as to anger those indigenous people..."

"Then, if those natives are really provoked, that would be the best. At that time, the natives will definitely send troops. If these Scottish officers and veterans defeat each other, you can just take over those territories. Then, according to the battle merit points It’s for those heroes. If the natives defeat them, it’s easy to do. You can send another army to attack the natives who sent troops. After all, those Scottish officers and veterans are their own family. They were beaten. You, the king, sent troops to help It's normal to be in the first place, and there are good reasons..."

"As for their refusal? That's the best thing to do. Anyway, they are still prisoners. If they don't want to, they will continue to be imprisoned in the name of 'opposing the king'. As long as they continue to be imprisoned, they will not be able to return to the country to organize a rebellion against you. ..."

After hearing this, Edward thought about it, and then said with satisfaction:

"Very well, let's do it!"

...

After another period of time, the fleet of the Fourth Army just passed the Thames Estuary, and was ordered by Marin to suspend the London dock. Then, Edward and his wife, Queen Anna, followed Marin on board the troop carrier of the Fourth Army, and followed north to Edinburgh. With the fourth army guarding him, Edward didn't have to worry about safety.

After arriving in Edinburgh, under the shameless praise and "persuasion" of a group of Scottish nobles who surrendered, Edward "reluctantly" accepted the temporary throne of Scotland, and asked the Bishop of Edinburgh to help him crown him as "Acting King of Scotland"...

Strictly speaking, without the recognition of the Holy See, Edward's coronation ceremony is actually not legal. But who cares, anyway, what Edward crowned was not the official king, but the acting king...

Moreover, the Holy See actually favored him—the Holy See declared that if Margaret could not produce conclusive evidence within five years to prove that she and John Stewart were not involved in the murder of James IV, the Holy See would recognize Edward as the legal king of Scotland... …

Without daring to return to Scotland, how difficult is it for Margaret to find evidence to clear herself and John Stewart? Therefore, the Holy See's move can be regarded as favoring Edward...

After ascending the throne as queen, the next step is naturally to reward the three armies. Marin, as the number one contributor to the provision of troops, has naturally gained a lot - a border county with an area of ​​more than 4,700 square kilometers and close to Marin's current English fief Northumberland, plus a highland county with an area of ​​more than 25,000 square kilometers... …

Moreover, with the two huge fiefdoms, there are also titles - Earl of the Scottish Borders and Earl of the Scottish Highlands...

Then, there are rewards for the specific heroes Saqqara and Sivager who participated in the war. However, Edward is cunning. He believes that since these two men are Marin's subordinates, most of their credit goes to Marin. Then, their fief should also be in Marin's big fief...

As a result, both Saqqara and Sivager were awarded the title of Vice Earl (Viscount). But their fiefs were all arranged in Marin's fief. Moreover, Edward cunningly asked Marin to arrange for himself...

Marin couldn't treat his subordinates badly, so the Viscounty of Saqqara was sealed near Inverness, the richest place in Highland County (excluding Inverness). And the Viscountdom of Sivager is in a valley area in the southern border county of Scotland, which is not bad...