The Rise of the European Emperor

Sure enough, after the army entered the territory of the Oakland family near the territory of the O'Donnell family, the leader of the Oakland family, Sean (meaning John in Irish), also chose to withdraw from the city to fight guerrillas.

The territory of the Oakland family is smaller than that of the O'Donnell family, but this area in the northwest of Ireland has more mountains. So, Xiao En took his elite men and hid in the mountains. Moreover, with the support of the O'Connor family in the south, Sean's men dug a lot of caves in the mountains and hid a lot of food supplies to facilitate their long-term guerrilla warfare.

As a result, the English army was suddenly in trouble. The northwest of Ireland is not only abundant in rainfall, but also has rugged terrain. As a result, the local mountain roads became very slippery under the washing of rainwater. If the infantry wearing straw sandals is fine, those horses will be difficult.

On the slippery mountain road, seven or eight English horses slipped and broke their legs, making it extremely difficult for the British army to pursue the enemy.

In fact, the weak Oranke family has a rebel army of no more than 1,200 people. However, due to the rugged terrain and slippery mountain roads, it was even more difficult than the O'Donnell family.

In desperation, Edward had no choice but to order the closure of the mountain, and dispatched scouts in various towns outside the mountain, as long as he saw the rebel army coming out to purchase supplies, he would send a signal. Then, send out the army to pursue and suppress.

However, as soon as Adler's Irish-speaking soldiers asked the locals and learned that the enemy had purchased a large amount of supplies and transported them into the mountains, they knew that things were in trouble.

There are not many rebel soldiers in the Oranke family, but because there are not many, their demand for food supplies is not high. Based on the information provided by those in the know, it is estimated that the food reserves of the Oranke family this time are enough to feed the rebels for two years.

In desperation, Edward had no choice but to send soldiers and horses into several groups, and went into the mountains to search for the rebels. At first, the rebels happily resisted. After all, the British army was divided, and they thought they could take advantage of it.

However, Sean probably overestimated his own strength. Moreover, they were very unlucky and chose two phalanxes of the Fourth Army with a size of 2,500 people. Then, Sean and his men were shot out in the mountains.

Fortunately, because of the slippery mountain road and the rain, Xiao En led his men to rely on their familiarity with the local area, and finally got rid of their opponents. But in this battle, Sean's troops were reduced by 170 people. This is still the reason for running fast, otherwise the loss will be greater.

The two phalanx leaders of the Fourth Army saw an opportunity to expand their victories, and led their men in hot pursuit. And in order to encircle the enemy, they lighted the beacon fire... But it didn't work - because of the rain, no matter whether it was the beacon fire at night or the wolf smoke during the day, they were all wiped out by the rain...

Therefore, the two phalanxes of the Fourth Army watched the enemy escape from the forest, but were unable to notify the friendly army. Then, they ignited the only three-shot firecracker in their hands as a warning...

Soon, a nearby team rushed over, but they came to join the two phalanxes. When they arrived, the resistance army of the Oranke family had already run away.

Not only that, but the army of the O'Connor family to the south of the Oak family also began to assemble and prepare to fight against the British army.

The O'Connor family has a great background. They are descendants of the Connaught Kingdom three hundred years ago, and they are also one of the most powerful forces in Ireland.

At the beginning, it was precisely because the Kingdom of Connacht intended to annex the Kingdom of Leinster that forced King Dermot of Leinster to seek help from England, which led to the invasion of the Norman nobles in England. Then, the Kingdom of Connacht and the Kingdom of Leinster were forced to cancel the title of King.

Today, Ferdimid II of the O'Connor family, a descendant of the Connaught royal family, only dares to call himself the Duke of Connaught, not the king. If you dare to call yourself, not to mention whether you can be recognized by European countries, you will be easily beaten by troops sent by England.

However, their forbearance did not eliminate the ambition of the English to annex them. No, Edward came here with an army of 27,000...

After hearing the news that England had sent troops to the mountains to suppress the resistance army of the Oakland family,

Fedimid II, Duke of Connaught, felt that this was a good opportunity and could not sit still.

Therefore, he contacted the O'Reilly family and the O'Farrell family, which were attached to the O'Connor family, and the three families gathered 1,800 light cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the dispersed British army...

Then, a phalanx of 1,250 men from the English Guards under Edward's command was unfortunately wiped out by this light cavalry.

This was probably the first time that the British army had been systematically wiped out since Edward invaded Ireland. Edward was furious when he heard the news, and mobilized 10,000 troops from the south to pursue the enemy force. However, Edward's army was dominated by infantry, and the enemy was all light cavalry, so the pursuit was in vain.

Subsequently, the light cavalry sent by the Duke of Connaught, Ferdimid II, began to fight guerrilla mode. When they saw the main force of the British army, they turned around and ran away, but if they saw a single infantry or a transport team, they rushed up and slashed and killed, disturbing the British army's peace.

At this time, Adler, who led 40 knights, 500 cavalry, and 1,500 infantry in the northern half of the area to encircle the resistance army of the Oranke family, was very excited when he heard about it, and wanted to lead his troops south to single out the enemy army.

Sakala, the head of the Fourth Army, and Heynckes, the head of the Sixth Army, who came with the army stopped Adler firmly and prevented him from taking risks.

After all, the enemy has nearly 1,800 cavalry. And Adler's only 40 knights and 500 Cossack cavalry can fight a little. However, against three times the number of enemy cavalry, there is no chance of winning.

Moreover, now that England is in an advantage, it doesn't need to fight the enemy desperately. It is stupid to send out an army that is not dominant to fight the enemy recklessly.

But Adler plausibly said that only the Cossacks could pursue the enemy's light cavalry. However, there is a lack of light cavalry in the handsome, and the other troops simply cannot catch up with the enemy light cavalry. Therefore, he persisted in asking for a fight.

After hearing Adler's request, Edward fell into deep thought...

Adler is right, England has no light cavalry at all, only a small amount of scout light cavalry. In addition, there are thousands of English knights. However, these knights are good at heavy armor assault, not light cavalry combat. Even if they are very good at fighting, there is nothing they can do when they encounter an opponent who is fleeing. Moreover, even the war horses of these knights are tall horses with strong explosive power in a short period of time, but not very good endurance.

The cavalry of the three families in the Connaught area, because the three families are very poor, cannot afford plate armor and horse armor, but are all light cavalry. In this way, Edward found that - it seemed that the only ones who could fight the enemy were Adler's 500 Cossack cavalry...

"By the way, Adler, I heard that there are still many Cossack cavalry in the North Sea?" Edward seemed to have heard what Marin said when Marin visited London last time, so he asked Adler.

Adler thought for a while and replied:

"Indeed there are a lot of people, it seems... there are 5,000 people..." Adler was a little uncertain. In the last battle with the princes of the eight countries, it seems that the Cossack cavalry did form a 5,000-man Cossack army. But he didn't know that now Marin had recruited another 1,500 Cossacks. Today, the total number of Cossack cavalry in the North Sea has reached 6,500.

"That's great. I've heard of the reputation of the Cossacks. If there are enough Cossack cavalry, the light cavalry of the Connaughts will be easily defeated! Well, I wrote to Marin and asked him to send another 2000 Cossacks come, so that we don't have to worry about the enemy's light cavalry fighting with us!"

Then, Edward excitedly began to write a letter of appeal for help, and asked someone to send it to the North Sea...

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