The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin still appreciates Edward's ability to come up with such a method. You must know that in this era, there are not many monarchs with such wisdom.

However, Marin didn't know that Edward was actually influenced by him, so he liked to use his brain so much. After all, during the campaign against Henry VII, Marin showed off all kinds of tricks in front of him, which greatly stimulated Edward. Then, the European monarch began to think about Marin's strategies and imitate them. Finally, "a fool who thinks a lot may gain something", which made him think of this method to clear up the remnants of the previous dynasty, which made Marin admire him.

You know, the attack on Scotland this time is a battle to destroy the country. Once defeated, England will be able to annex Scotland and complete the great cause of unifying the British Isles. It would be a double blessing if at the same time the remnants of the Tudor dynasty that were hidden in the dark could be wiped out. At that time, Edward will also become a well-known monarch in England's history. Even if he was killed by Marin in the end, his great achievements in unifying the British Isles during his reign will be recorded in the annals of history forever. Although Marin contributed the most to the unification of the British Isles, Marin did not dare to write his conspiracies and tricks into the history books. In the end, these credits still have to be credited to Edward...

To be honest, Edward's life was worth it. Originally, he was just an unlucky child who should have been beheaded by Henry VII in 1497. Today, he is the king of England, a powerful European country, and he will conquer Scotland and complete the unification of the British Isles. Perhaps, in future history books, Edward will be mixed with the title of "Edward the Great". Because Marin also intends to help him conquer the entire island of Ireland. At that time, Edward, who unified the British Isles, really deserves the title of "Emperor"...

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Looking at the conflict between England and Scotland, the French naturally cannot sit back and watch their ally Scotland being rubbed on the ground by England. In particular, the French were very worried that England would take the opportunity to destroy Scotland. After all, the main Scottish force is still being held captive by England. Right now, in Scotland, the number of troops that can be mobilized is a few thousand at most, and most of them are fucking second-line militias with little combat effectiveness.

Therefore, King Louis XII of France decided to ship a group of French soldiers to Scotland in the name of mercenaries to help them repel the English invasion.

However, since England began to mobilize its army, the English navy began to dispatch frequently. Before, French merchant ships could go around Scotland from the North Sea. But now, the English have not allowed any ships to go north. As long as there are French ships heading northeast from Calais, the English will definitely send warships to intercept and inspect them. If you are not convinced, attack directly...

Therefore, the French plan to send reinforcements to Scotland from the North Sea failed. Then, the French began to try to go to sea from the west...it really saved the French from a few ships and transported hundreds of people to Scotland. Mainly, the French sent ships to depart from the port of Nantes on the west coast, then detour from the west coast of the island of Ireland, and then bypass the northern part of Scotland to arrive at the port of Edinburgh...

The spies sent by the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to Scotland quickly passed this information to London. Edward was taken aback, and then began to send a large number of warships to cruise the west coast of France, eventually preventing France from sending reinforcements to Scotland.

However, Scotland does not know. They thought that it was still possible for France to pass through the Atlantic Ocean and bring some reinforcements over. So, in the end, John Stewart, who had greatly increased his confidence, decided to send all the 3,000 militiamen in the Royal City of Edinburgh to the southern border, using the first terrain to defend against England's attack. Then, he also allocated 1,000 people from the 2,000 Scottish Guards to support the southern front, mainly letting the veterans of the 1,000 Guards serve as grassroots officers of the southern border guards. After all, most of the reinforcements sent to the south were unprofessional militiamen who needed veterans to lead and command them to fight.

As for the city of Edinburgh, John Stewart only left 1,000 soldiers of the Guards,

Counting the 100 French guards he brought back home before, and the about 600 reinforcements supported by France later, there are only 1,700 defenders left in Edinburgh. Of course, these defenders are all elite, and their combat effectiveness is still very strong. Moreover, if France continues to send reinforcements, there will be nothing to say. Even, John Stewart plans to send French reinforcements to the front to help stop the English army's attack. After all, as far as it is concerned, the biggest threat is the attack of the English army on the southern border.

As for the cross-sea landing, it seems that England has not shown such signs. But the prudent John Stewart still sent a group of militiamen to garrison on the docks of Edinburgh to prevent the British army from landing in Shengtang Gaoge. If necessary, the militia would burn the docks to prevent British troops from landing there.

But John Stewart didn't know that the Fourth Army had no intention of landing on the Edinburgh dock at all. Because, as the capital's pier, there will definitely be guards. Therefore, the port chosen by the Fourth Army to land was Seton Port, 4 miles east of Edinburgh. Of course, it is not called Seton Port yet, and there is no formal wharf there. It is just an ordinary small fishing village with only a long bridge wharf, which is convenient for the fishing boats in the village to dock.

However, Marin's spies, who are proficient in Scottish Gaelic, have mixed into this small fishing village. A few fishing boats look like they are going to be fishing tycoons. At that time, when the fleet lands here, they can make good use of these long bridge piers to unload their luggage and horses. The soldiers, on the other hand, mainly waded and landed. After all, God knows how long it would take an army of 10,000 to land using those narrow long bridge piers. The sneak attack on Edinburgh is fast. Therefore, it is the quickest way to let most of the soldiers land on the water.

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In fact, in Italy, Marin also used the same method. On the west coast of the Papal State, Pope Julius II specially selected a remote coastal fishing village and moved all the villagers away. Then, use this remote small fishing port as a temporary stop for Marin's army attacking Siena. After the war, Marin's army will use this small fishing port as its home port, and take a boat to the north coast of the Grosseto area on the coast of the Republic of Siena, looking for a fishing village suitable for landing.

Then, Marin will send Italian spies under his command to buy land and boats in that fishing village in the same way as Seton Port, and build piers... When the army lands here, those piers will be just in use...

However, this time when sending troops to Italy, Marin's army went into battle lightly, without artillery and other supplies, not even horses. Only some gunpowder barrels need to go to the pier because they are afraid of the tide. As for ordinary soldiers, just wading and landing...

Marin's way of landing in a remote fishing village can be regarded as avoiding the enemy's defense. At the same time, it is more concealed and can achieve the best effect of sneak attack. After all, who the hell would think of sending troops to defend a small remote fishing village? Read the latest chapter of "The Rise of the European Emperor Claw Machine Bookstore" for free for the first time.