The Rise of the European Emperor

Coincidentally, when George, Duke of Saxony gathered his army to fight to the death with the army of the Duchy of Gerdes, Edward also acted on the island of Ireland.

Edward's preparations were in a hurry, but he had to speed up preparations for battle. Because he can't wait. After all, he now manages a population of 100,000 people, and the food is so small, it can last two or three months at most. If the war is not started soon, it may be dragged down, as the English court hoped to see.

Maurice, Earl of Desmond, received Edward's suggestion to jointly destroy the Counties of Ormond. At first, Earl Desmond was not happy. why? Because the elimination of the Earl of Ormond is too big, it is easy to attract the attention of the English court and expose itself.

However, the messenger sent by Edward told him. Edward's men might starve to death if they did not capture the Earl of Ormond and clear the shipping lanes on the west coast of the island of Ireland.

Maurice, Earl of Desmond, was an ambitious man who also wanted to expand on the island of Ireland, but he feared the might of the English court. The existence of Edward obviously attracted all the attention of Henry VII's court. As long as Edward is not destroyed, Henry VII has no time to pay attention to him. Therefore, after thinking about it, Earl Maurice agreed to a plan to jointly attack the Counties of Ormond.

However, the cunning Morris modified the plan of marching together. Because, if he joins forces with Edward's army to attack the Counties of Ormond, it is clear that he is mixed with Edward. In that case, Henry VII would not let him go.

Therefore, Earl Maurice and his staff made a safer plan - first, the Counties of Desmond would provoke troubles, and attract the troops of the Counties of Ormond to the south of the Counties of Ormond and Germany. Go to the border bordering the Earl of Smond.

Then, Edward's army, taking advantage of the emptiness, drove straight into the hinterland of the Ormond Country, destroying the Ormond Country in one fell swoop...

In this way, although the effect is the same, Maurice, Earl of Desmond has a reason to justify - it is not me and Edward who conspired, but he took the opportunity to pick peaches...

Moreover, once the Earl of Ormond is destroyed by Edward, Earl Morris can take the opportunity to recruit the troops of the Earl of Ormond who have lost their nests, and take the opportunity to strengthen himself. In addition, the conditions for dividing the land of the Earl of Ormond, which were negotiated with Edward, remain unchanged—Edward mainly gets the northern area of ​​the Earl of Ormond, while Morris gets the southern area of ​​the Earl of Ormond...

That is to say, the Earl of Desmond does not need to do anything, it only needs to send troops to set up a posture on the border in the early stage, and the main force of the army of the Earl of Ormond will be attracted. Then, the matter of attacking the hinterland of the Counties of Ormond was left to Edward. In the end, Maurice was able to get half of the benefits, plus the army of the Counties of Ormond to be annexed.

Although angry at the shamelessness of Maurice, Earl of Desmond, Edward knew better that this was his only option. If this war fails, I may be on a dead end...

To this end, Edward sent a letter to the Earl of Morris, agreeing to this plan, and quickly began to gather the army, ready to attack the country of Ormond.

Although there were 10,000 main troops, Edward did not dare to send out all the troops, but only 6,000 main troops. The other 4,000 were left to garrison Dublin in case they were attacked by England.

As for whether 6,000 people were enough, Edward was not worried. Why? Because, even if the Counties of Ormond died, there would only be two or three thousand troops. In addition, Desmond County took the initiative to provoke the Ormond County's attention. At that time, among the two or three thousand Mali people from the Earl of Ormond, at least 2,000 people will be drawn to the southern border with the Earl of Desmond to confront the army of the Earl of Desmond.

At that time, Edward's army only needs to face the obstruction of thousands of people. In the face of thousands of people, the 6ooo elite has a good chance of winning.

Moreover, in order to expand his strength, Edward also selected 10,000 elites from the 70,000 or 80,000 refugees outside the city to form a levy.

Although these 10,000 people have no fighting power,

However, there is no problem in helping the main force to raise the flag and deliver supplies.

If you encounter some town-level battles, you can even let these levies on to exercise their courage. By the time this war is over, some conscripts will surely grow up. At that time, Edward may harvest two or three thousand qualified soldiers...

This idea was proposed by Sahi (pseudonym Jonathan), the deputy commander of the demolition team of the Marlins in Edward's army. At the beginning, when attacking Denmark, Marin used the people who transported supplies to defend the city many times. Sometimes they will command the Minzhuang to attack some villages and towns in Denmark with very weak defenses, so that the Minzhuang can see blood and exercise their courage. When the regular army was reduced after the war, it would be a good idea to recruit those who performed well from the strong people and fill them into the regular army.

Under Edward's command, Sahi was promoted by Edward Dali because of his outstanding performance and has become the commander-in-chief of the artillery unit. When Edward ascended the throne this time, he was also rewarded as a baron, becoming one of Edward's most trusted men.

I have to say that this idea is very beneficial to Edward who wants to expand his strength. If Edward wanted to go to England and fight Henry VII to the death, he would definitely need a large number of troops, at least tens of thousands.

But when the army entered 6 England, it not only needed tens of thousands of troops to fight Henry VII, but also needed troops to be stationed in the hometown. If the hegemony in England fails, there must be a way out.

Therefore, Edward believes that the number of troops under his command should be at least 15,000. In this way, when you go out, you can also leave thousands of people stationed in Dublin, so as to leave a retreat for yourself. In addition, Edward's wife, Anna, and daughter, Margaret, were also not allowed to go to war, and they must remain in Dublin. In this way, it is even more necessary to guard the safety of Dublin.

Moreover, it was very easy for Edward to recruit troops at this time. At this time, the 70,000 to 80,000 refugees in the Edward-controlled area had basically come to Dublin to beg for food. The reason for this is that when the British army robbed these Irishmen of their food, they told them that there was food in Dublin. Then, all these refugees came...

This move by the British is very insidious. Seventy or eighty thousand hungry Irish people came to Dublin, and it became a ticking time bomb. If Edward refused to give food to the refugees, it would cause strong dissatisfaction and even anger among the refugees. At that time, it is not impossible for refugees and Edward's defenders to have bloody clashes.

But if Edward really distributed food to the refugees, he wouldn't be able to last long...

After all, the British have blocked the northern end of Hainan, Ireland, and Edward cannot get supplies from outside grain ships...

However, the British have limited strength, and they have reached the limit of being able to block the northern and southern ends of the Irish Hainan. In other directions on the island of Ireland, there is no ability to block it. Therefore, after receiving the information from Marin, Edward immediately had a bottom line and began to release food to help the refugees. Of course, it would not be very good for refugees to eat, at most, some gooey porridge on a dark cooking board cooked with rye and wild vegetables.

Want to eat bread? Okay, let's be a soldier and have bread to eat...

Sure enough, after Edward raised the banner of recruiting, many young refugees came to sign up. After all, drinking that kind of thin and gooey porridge every day is very uncomfortable. How can you be happy when you are a soldier? Moreover, not as a soldier, but as an auxiliary soldier, mainly responsible for transportation and other miscellaneous duties. As long as you're full, that's enough...

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