The Rise of the European Emperor

Edward was both excited and depressed at this time. Excitedly, he finally understood why many nobles who married close relatives were prone to extinction. The depressing place is even simpler - he is not a consanguineous marriage, why can't he give birth to a son...

Of course he didn't know that he had been violently "ligated" by the wicked Louis XII with a master of kicking eggs. Had he known this secret, Marin was sure that Edward would have gone mad and attacked France.

Although Marin also hoped that Edward would frantically attack France, the timing was not right. Otherwise, Marin would have told Edward the truth long ago.

The timing was wrong because Marin was not ready to take over England. Once taking over England, Marin faced not only the resistance of the opposition forces in England, but also the blow from France. Because France also wants to annex England...

The French would be mad with jealousy if they saw Marin jumping out to pick peaches. At that time, the North Sea Kingdom will become the object of frantic revenge by France. Because France is really capable of fighting two wars at the same time.

So, before annexing England, Marin wanted to weaken France. At the very least, make France lose the ability to fight two wars at the same time.

At the same time, Marin also hopes that the regiments hidden in the Americas can also be trained. By that time, there were enough troops and France had been weakened, and the hopes of a successful takeover of England were greatly increased.

Therefore, at this moment, Marin's purpose is to instigate Edward to attack France. Even an attack on the coasts of northern and western France would be a weakening of France.

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After discussing the dangers of consanguineous marriage, Marin led the topic to the current political instability in France. As he spoke, Marin suddenly urged:

"Your Majesty, while the little king of France has not yet taken control of the situation, let's send troops to take Calais back!"

"Recapture Calais?" Edward was startled, and then he showed a serious desire...

The loss of the fortress of Calais was a major setback for Edward's ascension to the throne. You know, the fortress of Calais has been the only foothold of England on the European continent for all ages. After losing the fortress of Calais, England's influence on the European continent was greatly reduced. Even the commercial port of England's wool export was forced to move to Antwerp, which allowed Prince Philip of the Habsburg family to earn a lot of taxes.

Therefore, retaking Calais Fortress was indeed what Edward longed for. But the problem is - Edward has no confidence...

England was never an army power,

I have no confidence in the French army. You must know that after the French captured the fortress of Calais, there were 5,000 troops stationed in the city of Calais, and their strength was very strong.

The fighting strength of the French infantry already surpassed that of the United Kingdom, and the fortress wall of Calais was tall and strong. Even if England dispatched 20,000 troops, they might not be able to conquer the fortress of Calais. Besides, the French are not dead. During the siege, the Paris side will certainly send a large army to the rescue. Unless, England can capture the fortress of Calais in a very short time. Otherwise, as soon as reinforcements from Paris arrive, the English will lose...

"By the way, Your Majesty, when England ruled the fortress of Calais, wasn't there any secret way to get in and out of the city? If there is such a secret way, we can send a team of elites to sneak into the city, open the city gate, and then cooperate with the inside and the outside. Ah!" Marin suggested.

But Edward shook his head and said:

"There is no secret road leading to the city in Calais. When England controlled Calais Fortress in the past, because the English warships were confident that they could control the pier and the north gate on the side of the pier. Therefore, we don't need a secret road, we can fully control it. Fortress of Calais..."

Marin was a little speechless, but he also knew that the English people did have self-confidence. Because, the English navy can easily pick up the French navy (if it counts as a navy). However, the English never thought that Calais would be conquered one day.

Under normal circumstances, the English Army is indeed incapable of capturing the fortress of Calais. If that's the case, Marin won't come to Edward either...

I saw Malin smiled slightly and said:

"Your Majesty, under normal circumstances, the fortress of Calais is indeed difficult to conquer. However, what if I can send someone to open the iron gates of the sewers in the city and let a group of elite soldiers from England enter the city?"

Edward was lost in thought...

The sewer gate of Calais is in the northwest corner of Calais, some distance from the north gate and west gate. Just in time, a group of elite English soldiers got in, and I am afraid they will be surrounded and suppressed by French soldiers soon...

So, Edward shook his head and said:

"No, I have studied the map of Calais. The sewer gate is in the northwest corner of the city, far from the north gate and the west gate. Moreover, there is a small French military camp near the gate. If the French are disturbed, even if they go in for a while. It's no use to get people. Are you trying to pry open that sewer gate in the middle of the night? The gate is less than 50 yards away from a small French barracks. It is said that in the middle of the night, the French will send people on the barracks wall with torches to monitor What about the situation on the other side of the sewer gate. Once there is any movement, the French will definitely check. If they warn, the French troops in the whole city will come..."

Marin smiled and said:

"Under normal circumstances, of course it is. However, my people have been lurking in Calais for a long time, and they have found a situation, and that is - on rainy nights, the military camp responsible for guarding the sewer gates does not leave the French on the wall. People are watching. Because the torches are easily extinguished by the rain in rainy days. Moreover, the rain is loud in rainy days, just enough to cover up the sound of opening the gate..."

"How do you open it? Pick the lock? Violent destruction? Such a sound should alarm the people in the military camp, right? Even the sound of rain can't be concealed..." Edward questioned. In fact, this is one of the reasons why the French do not send vigils on rainy days. Because the iron gates of the sewers are very thick, and if they are violently damaged, they can easily be heard by the French in the barracks. And picking the lock... There are 5 iron locks on the iron gate, all of them are very complicated locks...

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, my people will never make too much noise when they break the iron lock. When that time comes, your people will just dig in!" Marin said confidently.

His confidence came from the legendary aqua regia. Even if there were 5 large iron locks, he had the confidence to corrode them within a few hours. Before, the iron gate of the sewer in Paris was destroyed like this, and the French people still do not understand how the iron gate was opened.

Fortunately, Marin's men took away the iron lock of the iron gate of the sewer in Paris that was corroded with aqua regia, so that the French could not see the picture that the iron lock was corroded. This also led to the French thinking that the enemy had obtained the key to the iron lock and opened the iron gate directly. Now, several officials in charge of the keys to the iron gates of the sewer are being interrogated by the French court. Their hearts are bitter - the keys are well preserved, so why do they blame them...

Before the French had figured out the secret of the opening of the sewer gates, Marin decided to make persistent efforts to help the British retake the fortress of Calais in one breath.

As long as England recaptured the fortress of Calais, the French would have had a nail in the back. If you want to have other actions, it depends on whether the English people agree or not...