The Rise of the European Emperor

On the island of Ireland, after capturing the whole of the MacMurrow dynasty, the army of Earl Edward was rehabilitated for a period of time and did not immediately attack Dublin. Instead, they waited until the grain requisition ships of the English royal family had collected the autumn grain from the Irish royal family's direct territory (The Pale) before starting the attack.

The British did not care much about the island of Ireland at this time. Even if it was a territory directly under the royal family, Henry VII handed it over to the Earl of Kildare, one of the three native earls left after the Norman conquest on the island of Ireland. Carte blanche rule.

Therefore, the English royal family hardly cares about the island of Ireland, and only sends ships on a large scale every year when the autumn grain is collected. Usually, unless something big happens, a small boat will be sent over to deliver the message. Then, some merchant ships came to Ireland to do business.

Immediately after the British royal family's grain ship left, the Earl of Edward sent a letter to France and Scotland, asking them to start intercepting any ships that wanted to enter or leave Ireland in the waters east of the island of Ireland. Even fishing boats are only allowed to fish near the coast and are strictly prohibited from leaving the coast.

Then, while the locals were not paying attention, Earl Edward raided Dublin on Christmas Day 1503 under the banner of the MacMurrow dynasty of the newly destroyed Leinster kingdom.

Because it was Christmas, the defenders of Dublin were defenseless. Even the Earl of Kildare ran back to his own territory for Christmas.

Even, the army of Earl Edward did not use the trick of artillery bombardment + gunpowder barrel blasting, and sent people to climb the city wall with ladders, and easily captured Dublin, the largest city on the island of Ireland.

It is no wonder that the European Christmas is as important as the Eastern Spring Festival, and even more important than the New Year. On this day, no one goes to work, and the shops are closed. Even, many soldiers have gone home on vacation, and there are not many people defending the city wall.

This tradition of giving soldiers a holiday will not be abolished in the armies of various countries until after the devils attack Pearl Harbor. Instead, even on major festivals, the military around the country will remain on alert, even higher than usual.

Because he is a transmigrator from later generations, Marin naturally realizes this. Therefore, in the East Frisian Army, every holiday, there will be staff on duty, who will be on duty day and night.

However, other armies belonging to this era do not have this tradition.

When Marlin sent "Jonathan the Dane" Sahi in Earl Edward's army to suggest to Earl Edward that they should raid Dublin on Christmas Day, they were opposed by the whole army, thinking that it was to deprive soldiers of Christmas. s right.

However, Earl Edward believes that Christmas raids can indeed be unexpected,

Reduce siege losses. Therefore, he strongly supported Sahi's approach.

Sure enough, on Christmas Day, when Earl Edward's army entered the territory under the direct control of the King of England, there was no resistance at all. Even if the army drove to the bottom of Dublin City, there were not a few defenders on the top of the city. In this way, at a very small cost, the army of Earl Edward occupied Dublin.

Then, after taking control of Dublin, Earl Edward adopted Sahi's advice. After leaving part of the defenders to control Dublin, he took most of his troops to the county of Kildare, not far west of the royal family's direct territory, to Attack Ness, the capital of the Earl of Kildare.

The news of the capture of Dublin by Earl Edward's army seems to have alarmed the Earl of Kildare. Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, received a report that Dublin was contributed. It seems that he is gathering troops and intends to retake Dublin.

Probably because he was afraid of the King's punishment, Earl Gerald did not send someone to look for a ship to seek help from the King of England, but planned to go it alone and recover Dublin to make atonement.

In addition, Gerald did not ask for help from his neighbor, the Earl of Ormond. Because, when Henry VII appointed the Earl of Kildare to be the sole governor of the island of Ireland, replacing the original three earl coalition, the relationship between the Earl of Ormond and the Earl of Desmond and the Earl of Kildare broke down. . Therefore, even if Gerald went to ask for help, it would not have a good result. Even if you ask the other party for help, you will need to pay an unimaginably high price.

Moreover, Gerald's intelligence has also made mistakes. He thought that the raid on Dublin was the MacMurrow dynasty, the remnant of the Leinster kingdom next to Dublin, so he didn't take the enemy seriously at all. Because, Earl Gerald looked down on the combat effectiveness of the indigenous army on the island of Ireland. He believed that Dublin was lost because the enemy had succeeded when Dublin City was unprepared for Christmas. In a head-to-head battle, the army of the McMurrow dynasty would not be able to defeat even the army of Kildare...

It's a pity, in fact, what attacked Dublin was not the Irish native army, as Earl Gerald thought, but the elite French mercenaries, Swiss mercenaries and Scottish Highland infantry...

These armies are also among the top-ranking top combat powers in Europe, stronger than the combat power of the main British army. So, the tragedy of Earl Gerald...

The 5,000-strong army led by Earl Edward met in a village in the country of Kildare with the 3,000-strong Kildare army led by Gerald who planned to retake Dublin...

Kildare's army is still the most primitive feudal army. It is mainly composed of 300 elite knight attendants, 1000 regular infantry and 1800 levies led by 50 knights from the country of Kildare. Such an army cannot compete with French professional soldiers, Swiss mercenaries and the most elite highland infantry in Scotland. At most, they bully the indigenous army on the island of Ireland and use it to fight against the top army in Europe...

The battle was worth half a day, and the outcome was decided. Two thousand Swiss spearmen directly lined up in a phalanx to attack Kildare's army. In just two rounds, 50 knights and 300 elite knight attendants under the ear of Kildare killed 23 knights and 150 knight attendants. After the remaining knights and knights fled on their horses, the Swiss mercenaries did not stop and directly attacked the 1,000 regular infantry directly under the ear of Kildare...

The Swiss spearmen are the king of European infantry (not counting Marin's army), and the so-called regular infantry who abused the country of Kildare have not been captured? An hour later, half of the regular infantry of the Earl of Kildare lost half of them, and the rest all fled. No matter how much Earl Gerald shouted, he could not stop his men from escaping.

Even the lord knight and the regular infantry have been defeated, and those levies still have the courage to fight? You must know that Earl Edward has only dispatched Swiss mercenaries, French mercenaries and Scottish mercenaries have not been dispatched yet.

In desperation, Earl Gerald took the remaining knights, knight attendants, and conscripts, and retreated into the small village on the edge, trying to resist.

However, there are no solid walls in the village, only some wooden fences. If the enemy attacked is a cold weapon army, it can indeed hold on. However, Earl Edward's army has artillery...

In front of the iron ball cannonballs, those wooden fences are no different from those made of paper...

Before dark, Earl Gerald had no choice but to surrender to Earl Edward...

In the following period, Earl Edward sent a large army to swept the country of Kildare and the territory directly under the king of England. In this way, Earl Edward owns a large area of ​​land, with a total area of ​​almost 15,000 square kilometers.

The next time is to repair the city and wait for the British army to attack.

Over time, the British were sure to detect changes on the island of Ireland. At that time, Henry VII will definitely not let Earl Edward occupy the island of Ireland, and will definitely send a large army to attack.

What Earl Edward asked to do was to stick to the big cities such as Dublin and Wicklow, repel the British counterattack, and stabilize the rule of the island of Ireland.

Of course, Earl Edward was not fighting alone. When the British invaded the island of Ireland, the French promised to send a fleet to the Thames Estuary to threaten the city of London. At the same time, the Kingdom of Scotland will also gather a large army and go to the border area between Scotland and England to put pressure on England and force the British to retreat...

As long as he survives this wave, Earl Edward will gain a firm foothold on the island of Ireland, become bigger and stronger, and become a powerful force that truly threatens Henry VII. And this is exactly what France and Scotland, who are hostile to England, most want to see...